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filmcritic.com
Every ant has his day. At least, that’s what Woody Allen would have you think, in this twisted animated version of Annie Hall meets Brazil. Starting with a moody grass-scape of what turns out to be a quiet corner of Central Park, voiced-over by ...read the complete Antz movie review at filmcritic.com
Baltimore City Paper (Luisa F. Ribeiro)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
The dense and sophisticated ``Antz,'' out on video, is foremost a good Woody Allen comedy. With Allen voicing the main character, Z, the film is full of neurotic energy.
It's a little surprising that this computer-generated feature from the West ...read the complete Antz movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
If it seems odd for what is ostensibly a kid's feature to have serious underlying themes like the evil of totalitarianism, it is. However, "Antz" should not be taken as just a movie for little ones--some of its jokes are irreverent enough and at least ...read the complete Antz movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
FOCUS Online
"Z-4195" (Woody Allen) ist eines von Millionen unbedeutenden Arbeitstieren einer unterirdischen Ameisenkolonie. Und dann verliebt sich der von Selbstzweifeln geplagte Sechsbeiner ausgerechnet in die reizende Prinzessin Bala (Sharon Stone)!
Um ...read the complete Antz movie review at FOCUS Online
The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
Animated feature about a timid, neurotic worker ant (voiced by Woody Allen). He meets Ant Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) and impersonates an army-ant friend to meet her again, only to end up in an ant raid on a neighboring termite colony. ...read the complete Antz movie review at The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Woody Allen (Everyone Says I Love You, Mighty Aphrodite) gets to voice the main character, Z, a worker ant who questions his role in life being one of millions of ants who do nothing but dig all day. He seeks help from a shrink, and frequently questions ...read the complete Antz movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Pierce Dalton
With the voices of Woody Allen, Gene Hackman, Jennifer Lopez, Sylvester Stallone, and Sharon Stone, this computer-animated yak-fest (think Toy Story [1996] filled with used merchandising) is one for the ant-eaters.
The main story is the independence ...read the complete Antz movie review at Pierce Dalton
A Guide To Current Film Movie Review
As Z, a worker ant, Allen is lively and displays a sparkle that he usually doesn't even have in his own films. "Antz" is smart and witty and sharp in the way that some of Allen's better films are as well. It's not really much of a kid's film in my humble ...read the complete Antz movie review at A Guide To Current Film Movie Review
David Wilcock
Dreamworks latest picture, after Small Soldiers, is another children's flick. And again, like Small Soldiers, most of the gags will probably go right over your kids head. Woody Allen plays 'Z', a neurotic worker ant in a massive ant colony. By a chance ...read the complete Antz movie review at David Wilcock
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Every ant has his day. At least, that’s what Woody Allen would have you think, in this twisted animated version of Annie Hall meets Brazil. Starting with a moody grass-scape of what turns out to be a quiet corner of Central Park, voiced-over by ...read the complete Antz movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Apollo Movie Guide (Dan Jardine)
Woody Allen is disaffected worker ant Z, who dreams of a world where he can rise above his feelings of insignificance. Despite predictable philosophical debates about the importance of individuality, Antz is nonetheless great fun and an awesome technical ...read the complete Antz movie review at Apollo Movie Guide (Dan Jardine)
filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
The results are pretty good. While "Antz" is not
the great film that "Toy Story" was, it is
thoroughly enjoyable. The animation is
satisfying, the characters are interesting, there
are many funny moments, and even some suspense.
The story begins ...read the complete Antz movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Scott Renshaw
It looks like the film-makers behind ANTZ learned the right lessons from TOY STORY. ANTZ may not be in TOY STORY's league when it comes to charm and ingenuity, but it's a clever and appealing piece of work in its own right. The oddly spelled title ...read the complete Antz movie review at Scott Renshaw
Audiovideorevolution.com
Z is indeed our hero, though at the outset he doesn't consider himself as such. On a therapist's couch, the little worker ant, voiced by Woody Allen, is trying to come to grips with being a middle child in a family of 10 million. It's enough to make a ...read the complete Antz movie review at Audiovideorevolution.com
Village Voice (Dennis Lim)
Matching their superbly expressive computer-generated counterparts, the actors are all enjoyably hammy, but the real star of Antz is the art direction, a marvel of teeming detail wittier and more sophisticated than the script. ...read the complete Antz movie review at Village Voice (Dennis Lim)
Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
Sorry, stinging fire ants couldn't make me reveal the outcome of this witty and, yes, surprisingly suspenseful adventure. ...read the complete Antz movie review at Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
Projectionist (Sean Caszatt)
UK Press Association (--)
Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Netflix (James Rocchi)
Matt's Movie Reviews (Matt Easterbrook)
Scott Renshaw's Screening Room (Scott Renshaw)
A clever and appealing piece of work! ...read the complete Antz movie review at Scott Renshaw's Screening Room (Scott Renshaw)
artechock (Thorsten Krueger)
Z (Woody Allen) ist eine Ameise, die als kleines Rädchen unter Millionen anderen einen schweren Minderwertigkeitskomplex mit sich herumträgt. Als er eines abends die Prinzessin Bala (Sharon Stone) trifft, die sich incognito vergnügt, tauscht er ...read the complete Antz movie review at artechock (Thorsten Krueger)
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
As Z, a worker ant, Allen is lively and displays a sparkle that he usually doesn't even have in his own films. "Antz" is smart and witty and sharp in the way that some of Allen's better films are as well. It's not really much of a kid's film in my humble ...read the complete Antz movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
DVDnett.no
Historien handler om Z (Woody Allen) som tilhører arbeiderklassen i maurtuen, et liv som innebærer lange arbeidsdager og en gjennomregulert tilværelse som ikke gir hver enkelt maur en mulighet til å realisere egne drømmer. Z drømmer om å få ...read the complete Antz movie review at DVDnett.no
THE WEEKLY MOVIE REVIEW
From a technical standpoint, ANTZ is a masterpiece. The computer animation is beyond description, especially for its detail. Personally, I was impressed by the realistic facial expressions most. But to think that computers might one day become so good ...read the complete Antz movie review at THE WEEKLY MOVIE REVIEW
Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
Woody Allen is the voice of Z-4195, the feature ant. There are millions upon millions of ants in his colony, and they're either workers, soldiers, or royalty. Z is a worker, and he just doesn't feel like he's cut out for working. When he meets Princess ...read the complete Antz movie review at Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
The Digital Bits
ANTZ tells the story of "Z" (voiced by Woody Allen), a lowly worker ant, who longs to find his purpose in life. Z spends his days digging in the tunnels of his colony's ant hill, yet believes that he's destined for bigger and better things. Z gets an ...read the complete Antz movie review at The Digital Bits
ANTZ:Special Edition DVD: A Review
Needcoffee.com
This movie is not only funny (and quite funny at that), it also has quite a bit of social commentary going on. And it gets major points for doing so in a way that isn't a forced "Think for yourself, schmuck!" like Robert Anton Wilson might say. Don't ...read the complete Antz movie review at Needcoffee.com
Entertainment Insiders (Rusty White)
A children's film with the word "erotic"! A politically subversive fable which harkens back to the communal days of "Easy Rider." Throwing barbs at communism, socialism, militaristic fascism and capitalism, "Antz" is a feel good utopian fantasy which can ...read the complete Antz movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Rusty White)
Light Views, Reviews & Previews (John Larsen)
For an ant, life is no picnic. As part of a colony, there's a lot of work to be done. Food has to be gathered. Tunnels have to be dug. The queen has to be tended to. There's no room for individuality. Try telling that to Z, a worker drone who dreams of a ...read the complete Antz movie review at Light Views, Reviews & Previews (John Larsen)
Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
HormiguitaZ es un claro ejemplo de lo que va a tener que luchar Disney para mantener su estatus de excelencia ...read the complete Antz movie review at Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Has a smart script that will keep adults equally as entertained, if not more, as the young 'uns. ...read the complete Antz movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Woody Allen provides the lead voice and many of the one-liners for Z, an animated worker ant in an ant colony. Z falls in love with the colony's princess (voiced by Sharon Stone) and finds himself as her sole protector after an attack by evil bugs. ...read the complete Antz movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
San Francisco Examiner (Walter Addiego)
That's not to say the entertaining Antz" was made by Woody, just that it's full of his personality. ...read the complete Antz movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Walter Addiego)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
There's plenty of action in this computer-animated comedy, but it's no match for Toy Story in humor and originality. ...read the complete Antz movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
A humongous animation event that ratchets up the level of the computer art that Hollywood is swooning over these days. ...read the complete Antz movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
Palo Alto Weekly (Susan Tavernetti)
Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)
Ever since I saw the trailer with Woody Allen on the psychiatrist's couch as an ant, I was hooked. Who better to rant about the neuroses of an insignificant creature than the ultimate slub? He was made for the part. This is the story of Z, a worker ant ...read the complete Antz movie review at Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)
Doug Pratt's DVD Review
The PG-rated computer animated feature has a great story and is quite witty. With Woody Allen, Sylvester Stallone, Gene Hackman and many others providing voices, it is a class act that is cleverly conceived and executed. The only problem is the ...read the complete Antz movie review at Doug Pratt's DVD Review
Digital Hit Entertainment Review
Antz is the story of Z-4195 (Woody Allen), a worker ant who figures there has to be a better life. Z's seeing a therapist who considers it a breakthrough when his patient says he feels insignificant. After all, in a colony of a billion, Z is pretty ...read the complete Antz movie review at Digital Hit Entertainment Review
Ted Prigge
"Antz" is the second feature film that utlizes the technique of coputer-generated animation, following the wildly sucessful "Toy Story." The technique works wonders, as things look more high tech and more is allowed to be done, but that really wasn't the ...read the complete Antz movie review at Ted Prigge
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
This witty, star-packed and visually splendid kids' movie provides a small-is-beautiful message served on a parodoxically epic scale. ...read the complete Antz movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
Crazy for Cinema
Ever since I saw the trailer with Woody Allen on the psychiatrist's couch as an ant, I was hooked. Who better to rant about the neuroses of an insignificant creature than the ultimate slub? He was made for the part. This is the story of Z, a worker ant ...read the complete Antz movie review at Crazy for Cinema
Tim Voon
ANTZ (DreamWorks) Voices: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken, Anne Bancroft. Screenplay: Todd Alcott and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz. Producers: Brad Lewis, Aron Warner and Patty Wooton. ...read the complete Antz movie review at Tim Voon
Harvey S. Karten
Bill Clinton has made mea maxima culpas the de rigueur du jour, so I think I'd better 'fess up too and maybe get my own four and one-half minutes of fame. Back in the Jurassic Age when I was living in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, I was best ...read the complete Antz movie review at Harvey S. Karten
Mark R. Leeper
Voices also include Sharon Stone, Christopher Walken, Danny Glover, Dan Aykroyd, and Anne Bancroft. Part of the game is in recognizing the voices. - Story involves a worker ant who does not want to be one of a sea of ants, he wants to be an individual. ...read the complete Antz movie review at Mark R. Leeper
David Sunga
In an animated underground ant colony consisting of millions of ants, all of the ants are workaholic conformists except two individualistic ants. One is General Mandible (voice of Gene Hackman), a military megalomaniac who secretly plots to destroy the ...read the complete Antz movie review at David Sunga
Nathaniel R. Atcheson
I've never been big on animation, and I'm not sure why. I've seen some good animated films (many of which are Japanese, and have interesting stories in addition to great animation), but I find that my response to most animated films is the same -- it's ...read the complete Antz movie review at Nathaniel R. Atcheson
Almost Fabulous Movie Reviews
The animation is stunning and brilliant and the plot is pretty good too. Some of the one-liners are perfect, and some of the visual humour is laugh out loud funny. It's not going to be on the Top 100 of All Time list, but it's not bad.
Stallone, even ...read the complete Antz movie review at Almost Fabulous Movie Reviews
Globe and Mail (--)
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Competent, adult computer-animated feature from DreamWorks, manages to draw some great one-liners from star Woody Allen, a few chuckles here and there, and a semi-interesting story line, but nothing too outstanding. It was also fun in respect to all of ...read the complete Antz movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Joe Barlow
"Handling dirt is not my idea of a rewarding career," laments Z, the tiny, unwitting hero of Dreamworks' remarkable animated odyssey, Antz. His frustration is understandable, for he lives in a rigid society that eschews individuality. All ants are ...read the complete Antz movie review at Joe Barlow
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Margaret A. McGurk)
Misfit rankles at social rules. Downtown boy nabs uptown girl. Geeky coward survives hair-raising dangers. Little guy brings down big guys.
Does any of this sound familiar? It should, since it all dates back at least as far as Charlie Chaplin.
The ...read the complete Antz movie review at The Cincinnati Enquirer (Margaret A. McGurk)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Only in an animated film could we have a romantic triangle between Woody Allen, Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman, and still have the situation actually work.
OK, Allen might make the mistake of trying the idea, if he could get Hackman and Stone to ...read the complete Antz movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
How often have you been happy to find ants marching in your own back yard? This may mark the one and only time. Palo Alto-based Pacific Data Images has co-produced with DreamWorks SKG its first computer-animated feature. Directors Eric Darnell (Gas ...read the complete Antz movie review at Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
Detroit News (Susan Stark)
Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
If you think Disney animated features have been getting stale lately, give Antz a try. Antz is the first animated feature put out by DreamWorks SKG, (not affiliated with Disney). As such, it has more freedom to target an audience older than 6. It is ...read the complete Antz movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
Antz: (John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams) While it may not have been the magnificent success in 1998 that A Bug's Life would become, Dreamworks' Antz has nevertheless stood the test of time as a worthy adult-focused companion piece to the Disney ...read the complete Antz movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
Fox Davidson
Their little, smart, and hard working. They have many of the characteristics of humans. They're...Ugly! I watched this movie expecting cute, wide-eyed Disney-esque ants on the screen. Instead, I got vomit-colored, big-mouthed, dwarf-mutant ants running ...read the complete Antz movie review at Fox Davidson
Cinematter (Matt Williams)
In what seems to be the most unusual film trend of late, two studios are offering competing computer-animated-bug films. The first one out of the gate is Antz, the first animated film from Dreamworks SKG. Although not up to the high standards of Toy ...read the complete Antz movie review at Cinematter (Matt Williams)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Z is a dissatisfied worker ant who we meet in the middle of a therapy session which makes a lot of sense because Z's voice is provided by Woody Allen. Z wants something more than the life of a worker and when he meets Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) he ...read the complete Antz movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
I saw 'Antz,' the new Dreamworks animated film, at a Saturday afternoon screening out in the burbs, where two thirds of the audience was under six; and what was most noticeable about the film was that all the laughter, such as it was, in fact the only ...read the complete Antz movie review at Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
UTK Daily Beacon (Christen White)
The computer-animated ANTZ, which opened on Friday, offers viewers of all ages a glimpse of the "big picture" of life and gives an interesting perspective on the world.
The PG-rated movie is brought to life by Z, a worker ant with the voice of Woody ...read the complete Antz movie review at UTK Daily Beacon (Christen White)
DVD Review e-zine
Since Pixar’s acclaimed "Toy Story" hit theaters and video stores in 1995, computer animated feature-length films have been a newly evolving genre. Image rendering technologies have progressed substantially over the past years and new hardware ...read the complete Antz movie review at DVD Review e-zine
Entertainment Insiders (Bryan Ward)
Antz is absolutely gorgeous! It is eye candy of the highest degree. Certainly, the ability of artists and the technology available has improved since the release of Pixars' Toy Story. And it is certainly evident in Antz. It doesn't take long to be ...read the complete Antz movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Bryan Ward)
LowComDom Online Film Reviews
It is set in an ant colony, where Z (Woody Allen) is having a hard time conforming to the hive mentality. Z tries to get others to do their own thing, but doing the same thing is their thing. Z feels alone. Through mishaps he sees life outside the ...read the complete Antz movie review at LowComDom Online Film Reviews
Dr. Daniel's Movie Emergency
I was instantly transported back to being a ten-year old, and was bowled over (pardon the pun) by all the cool stuff there is now for kids. Fuchsia mucous-slingin' electro-gizmos, macho morphing animutants, and all manner of science fictional ...read the complete Antz movie review at Dr. Daniel's Movie Emergency
The Common Guy (Paul Hall)
Antz takes us through the trials and tribulations of the colony of ants that we quickly brush off when we are walking down the street near an anthill. There are a variety of "personality" types that inhabit the colony, just as we have a variety of ...read the complete Antz movie review at The Common Guy (Paul Hall)
kids-in-mind
Animated adventure with Woody Allen as the voice of Z, a neurotic worker ant who does not like conformity. With the co-starring voices of Sharon Stone (the princess Z falls for), Gene Hackman (Z's nemesis, a crazed general), Sylvester Stallone (Z's best ...read the complete Antz movie review at kids-in-mind
dvdfuture.com (Ken Pierce)
In this corner, we have our challenger, hailing from Dreamworks and PDI, weighing in at one hour, twenty-three minutes, and starring the voices of Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone and Christopher Walken, it's Antz!
Our ...read the complete Antz movie review at dvdfuture.com (Ken Pierce)
B Movie Reviews (John J. Brassil)
Well, this movie is doing pretty well at the box office and garnering generally
favorable reviews, so it looks like I may be in the minority by saying that I
just don’t get it. Hey, kind of like the lead character in the movie!
Let’s ...read the complete Antz movie review at B Movie Reviews (John J. Brassil)
Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Dreamworks' new computer animated Antz is a brilliant, sophisticated, funny film, one that will put pressure on Disney to make sure that their upcoming A Bug's Life is as good. Star-studded, gloriously animated, beautifully written, this cartoon will ...read the complete Antz movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
In Film Australia
In a country of millions, it’s easy to feel insignificant. In a colony of billions, it’s even easier.
The animation gurus from Dreamworks, including Tim Johnson – who transformed Homer Simpson into 3D - have taken the standards of computer ...read the complete Antz movie review at In Film Australia
DVDTown (John J. Puccio)
Those are the musings of Woody Allen as Z, Ant Z, an ant among ants, a neurotic ant who longs for something more than conformity in a totalitarian state, who yearns to be an individual in the computer-animated adventure, "Antz." It´s a visually stunning ...read the complete Antz movie review at DVDTown (John J. Puccio)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Of the numerous apocryphal stories clustering around legendary producer Samuel Goldwyn, one concerns "The Life of the Bee," a book by Nobel Prize-winning author Maurice Maeterlinck. Goldwyn, or so the story goes, purchased the rights to this popular ...read the complete Antz movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
Long term readers know that Cranky is a major animation fiend, with cels from the first commercial cartoon, Winsor McCay's Gertie the Dinosaur hanging on his wall. So I didn't wait for the sneak previews to see the computer generated Antz. I went to a ...read the complete Antz movie review at The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
Edinburgh U Film Society (Sarah Woolner)
There can't be many cartoons that open with the lead character lamenting his buggy problems in a psychiatrist's chair, but from the very start of Antz we are in no doubt that this is an animated adventure with a slightly more advanced sense of humour ...read the complete Antz movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Sarah Woolner)
The Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Do you think Dreamworks has it in for Disney? The studio (which is run by former Disney honcho Jeffrey Katzenberg) released its comet-destroying-the-earth thriller Deep Impact a mere two months before Disney's similarly-themed Armageddon. Now they're ...read the complete Antz movie review at The Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Those are the musings of Woody Allen as Z, Ant Z, an ant among ants, a neurotic ant who longs for something more than conformity in a totalitarian state, who yearns to be an individual in the computer-animated adventure, "Antz." It´s a visually stunning ...read the complete Antz movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Dreamworks first big foray into the 3D animation genre proved to be successful with Antz, a beautifully rendered adventure that sparkles with comic dialogue and fantastic special effects. It came out the same year as another big bug movie, Pixar's a ...read the complete Antz movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)
Not given to heroics but feeling compartmentalized as, in his words, the middle child in a family of five million, the worker ant Z (Mr. Allen) expresses his newly liberated individuality by leading a billion of his downtrodden fellows against the evil ...read the complete Antz movie review at The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)
Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)
I was shaking in my seat I was so excited by this film. The film caused those... giggles... you know the type people in film claim you get from smoking pot, but you have never seen pot-smokers get. Or maybe you have, but I haven't. Anyway, that ...read the complete Antz movie review at Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
As with all creatures in the insect world, there is both good and bad to deal with in "ANTZ," DreamWorks Pictures' early answer to Disney's equally eagerly anticipated "A Bug's Life."
Animation nuts will appreciate ex-Disney boss Jeffrey Katzenberg's ...read the complete Antz movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
DVD MovieGuide
Antz in particular represented a serious challenge from DreamWorks to Disney. That film, about an ant who tries to maintain his individuality within the conformist constraints of his colony, boasted almost exactly the same plot as Disney's A Bug’s Life. ...read the complete Antz movie review at DVD MovieGuide
Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
I've been a big fan of Woody Allen movies for years, and although Mr. Allen doesn't write or direct this film, his neurotic stylings are stamped all over it, making it an enjoyable film. It's pretty funny in parts, and actually holds your attention for ...read the complete Antz movie review at Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
The New York Times (Janet Maslin)
Antz works best just showing off its prodigious voice talent. ...read the complete Antz movie review at The New York Times (Janet Maslin)
The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
The story is well-told, but so familiar that it renders the surrounding film a bright, shiny, dispensible bauble, an amusing diversion but not much more. ...read the complete Antz movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
Animated films have always fascinated me, whether they be ink and paint, stop motion or the newest type of animated films that use computers to create three-dimensional worlds. ANTZ ($27) is the latest film to be completely animated in the digital realm, ...read the complete Antz movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
Steve Baker's Film Reviews: Barfly Magazine
There's no doubt that the technical advances in the film making business are downright amazing.
The insects in Antz (don't ya just lurve the spelling???) are completely computer generated by the Dream Works studio in association with Jeffrey ...read the complete Antz movie review at Steve Baker's Film Reviews: Barfly Magazine
Salon.com (Janelle Brown)
Katzenberg may or may not have stolen his idea from Pixar, but it's obvious in the film that he spent significant time at Disney. The plot of Antz is pure Disney ...read the complete Antz movie review at Salon.com (Janelle Brown)
The New Yorker (Anthony Lane)
The latest showpiece for computer animation, with all the contoured, suspiciously gleaming perfection that this entails. ...read the complete Antz movie review at The New Yorker (Anthony Lane)
DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
...a visually stunning film, embracing varied and sympathetic characters and a surprisingly coherent story. ...read the complete Antz movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
This is just the premise of this smart, witty film about the value of individual thought. By transposing the action in a world of ants, the filmmakers give a whole new echo to every event. It's very amusing to see these little ants talking about war, ...read the complete Antz movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Sci-Fi Weekly
At the local bar, Z is too depressed to even join the ritual dance, where ants join together in an enormous regimented line dance, until a beautiful girl ant asks him to dance. Unable to help themselves, the new couple do their own thing on the dance ...read the complete Antz movie review at Sci-Fi Weekly
James Bowman
But of course nobody in analysis is really insignificant. That's the whole point of submitting to it in the first place. The fact that you engage the full attention of a highly trained professional with several degrees for two hours a week is by itself ...read the complete Antz movie review at James Bowman
Images (Gary Johnson)
The ripple effect that Toy Story created within the animation industry is only now being felt by audiences. Earlier this summer, Small Soldiers hit theaters with its mix of computer animation and live action. And looming on the horizon comes another ...read the complete Antz movie review at Images (Gary Johnson)
Reel.com DVD review (Pam Grady)
Antz begins with Allen's disgruntled Zee on his psychiatrist's couch. Born into the highly regimented and class determined society of ants, Zee is not a happy camper. Surrounded at work by aphorisms like "Rest once, work twice" and "Free time is for ...read the complete Antz movie review at Reel.com DVD review (Pam Grady)
Cinemaphile.org (David Keyes)
Film Scouts (Jason Gorber)
Existentialism. Marx. Thomas Moore. Woody Allen.
Computer generated bugs. As Seseme Street or the SAT's would so
eloquently put it, which of these does not belong? Frighteningly,
and perhaps impressively, the correct answer is 'none of the above', ...read the complete Antz movie review at Film Scouts (Jason Gorber)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
It's about to get a little crowded in the world of computer-generated animation (CGI). This fall sees the release of both this offering from DreamWorks SKG, as well as the Disney/Pixar collaboration A Bug's Life, two films treading remarkably similar ...read the complete Antz movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
"Antz" is an excellent movie, far better than "Toy Story" which looked good but was hindered due to a weak story that was just a bit too childish. "Antz" is still fairly simple, but the script is well-written, so its funnier and quite clever. This is the ...read the complete Antz movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Radio Free Entertainment
Antz further develops the technology used in the pioneering Toy Story to bring to the screen a world more fluid and lifelike. The film is visually impressive, and quite a technical achievement. PDI, the studio behind the magic, has completely blown away ...read the complete Antz movie review at Radio Free Entertainment
The Tech (MIT) (Vladimir V. Zelevinsky)
Animation is not just for kids anymore. After Disney started proving how profitable the animated musical adventure formula could be and ended by running said formula into the ground, many other studios jumped on the bandwagon. Their genre entries can be ...read the complete Antz movie review at The Tech (MIT) (Vladimir V. Zelevinsky)
Nicholas Kleszczewski
I wanted to review these two films together, because of all the similarly-themed movie pairings of the last two years (volcanos, asteroids, and Morquito's syndrome-afflicted pre-teens), this pairing held the most intrigue for me. When Katzenberg left ...read the complete Antz movie review at Nicholas Kleszczewski
Ryan Davis
Antz's plot is simple enough; a worker ant, nicknamed Z(whose full name is Z-4195), is tired of his life of forced labor and longs for freedom. Troubled by ideas of a heaven-like place called "insect-topia" and his totally by chance dance with Princess ...read the complete Antz movie review at Ryan Davis
David E. Smith
Neurotic New Yorker Woody Allen provides the voice of Z, a neurotic worker ant. Unhappy with his lot in life, his world is shattered when the lovely Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) goes slumming in a bar where worker ants go after a hard day of digging. ...read the complete Antz movie review at David E. Smith
Reel.com
Antz begins with Allen's disgruntled Zee on his psychiatrist's couch. Born into the highly regimented and class determined society of ants, Zee is not a happy camper. Surrounded at work by aphorisms like "Rest once, work twice" and "Free time is for ...read the complete Antz movie review at Reel.com
DVD Review
The film is an enchanting fairy tale that shows us our world through the eyes of a tiny little ant. Cast with a perfect array of actors to lend their voices and personalities to the animated creatures, “Antz†has turned out to be a hugely ...read the complete Antz movie review at DVD Review
DVD Net (Paul Dossett)
As the above quote may give away, this isn't a film aimed directly at the kiddies. In fact, I'd suspect that the producers knew full well what they were up against (A Bug's Life) and deliberately aimed for a more mature market. They made a crafty casting ...read the complete Antz movie review at DVD Net (Paul Dossett)
Jonah Falcon review
It is a Woody Allen film, even though he did not write it himself. His character, Z, was tailor-made for him, imitating his mannerisms, wry neurotic wit, and self-assured sexuality. In fact, Z originally was to wear Allen's type of glasses, but they were ...read the complete Antz movie review at Jonah Falcon review
Movie Geek Central
CinemaZone.dk
Z er en lille splejs af en arbejdermyre. Ganske som alle sine kolleger i kolonien har han en vigtig opgave, men tilværelsen som myre, som en lille brik i et kæmpe puslespil, er ikke tilfredsstillende. Hans selvværd er ikke på toppen, og når behovet ...read the complete Antz movie review at CinemaZone.dk
Expanded Cinemah
Stockholm Film Review:Antz
Z is troubled. He tells his therapist (in an attempt to get in touch with his inner maggot) that he hates his job, he has feelings of abandonment (which he attributes to being the middle child in a family of five million), and he feels completely out of ...read the complete Antz movie review at Stockholm Film Review:Antz
Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
Z (voice of Woody Allen) is just another worker ant among thousands or even millions in his colony. While the rest of the ants don't seem to mind the daily monotony of their lives, Z hates conformity and believes that there must be something more to his ...read the complete Antz movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
Movie ram-blings (Ram Samudrala)
In Antz, Z is a self-centred worker ant who doesn't see why he has to conform to what the rest of the colony does and consequently suffers from an identity crisis. He runs into the colony's Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) at a bar and become enamoured with ...read the complete Antz movie review at Movie ram-blings (Ram Samudrala)
Time Out
DreamWorks' blockbuster is a revolutionary political fable set in an ant colony. Low concept, or what? CGI allows Woody Allen to 'play' Z-4195, a neurotic worker ant unhappy with his lot. A chance encounter with a slumming Princess Bala (voiced by Stone) ...read the complete Antz movie review at Time Out
Film Freak Central
Woody Allen agreed to the lead role early on, which meant "we could really write for him and stage for him," said Darnell; perhaps it's no surprise that Woody Allen's 'performance' is the best thing about Antz. The movie begins with his character, "Z," ...read the complete Antz movie review at Film Freak Central
Anchorage Press (Brenda Sokolowski)
Ever had one of those days where you feel like a minor player in the routine of your life, rejecting and rejected by the society around you? "Z," the main character in Antz, as voiced by Woody Allen in his completely neurotic fashion, personifies that ...read the complete Antz movie review at Anchorage Press (Brenda Sokolowski)
Philadelphia City Paper (Vance Lehmkuhl)
For everybody who is interested in animation, especially in animated features, and especially in the progress of CGI. In other words, it's not for everybody. The quality of the animation is very good, giving the ants a grainy texture and fairly realistic ...read the complete Antz movie review at Philadelphia City Paper (Vance Lehmkuhl)
The Flying Inkpot
Granted, Allen's voice and much of his celebrated onscreen "persona" is used to bring the film's protagonist, Z, to life. Z is shrimpy, neurotic and twitchy, a worker ant who whines about being insignificant to Paul Mazursky's psychiatrist on a tiny ant ...read the complete Antz movie review at The Flying Inkpot
Kino (Alessandro Bencivenni)
• E' curioso che una guerra fra titani si svolga attraverso due insetti microscopici: ma è proprio quanto accade fra due colossi dell'animazione, la Disney e la DreamWorks, che scendono in campo ciascono con la sua formica in computergrafica: la ...read the complete Antz movie review at Kino (Alessandro Bencivenni)
Nashville Scene (Noel Murray)
Mostly though, the geniuses of animation have worked in shorter formats: Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Nick Park, the Hubleys, Bill Plympton, Paul Dini--the best work of these pioneers has clocked in under 30 minutes. Using ink, clay, or moving scribble, the ...read the complete Antz movie review at Nashville Scene (Noel Murray)
MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
The first of this year's crop of 'ant movies' has arrived. "Antz" from Dreamworks SKG, which beats Disney's "A Bug's Life" to the multiplexes by almost two months, is a dazzling showcase for the latest advancements in computer-generated animation. ...read the complete Antz movie review at MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
Cinopsis
ANTZ est l'histoire de Z-4195, un des ouvriers de la colonie de fourmis située à Central Park. Z s'ennuie, le conformisme qui l'entoure le rend triste. Mais par un heureux coup du destin, Z va devenir le héros guerrier de la colonie, héros qui va ...read the complete Antz movie review at Cinopsis
Salon (Janelle Brown)
Thank God for "Toy Story." In one fell swoop, "Toy Story" managed to not only raise the bar on animation -- giving us glorious 3-D -- but it did away with all the schlocky Disney cartoon conventions. Here, finally, was a film that skipped the ridiculous ...read the complete Antz movie review at Salon (Janelle Brown)
Harvey's Movie Review (Harvey O'Brien)
Entertaining computer-animated feature notably free of songs and sidekicks which stands alongside Animal Farm as one of the few genuine attempts to articulate political concepts though anthropomorphism. In this case the film follows the events which ...read the complete Antz movie review at Harvey's Movie Review (Harvey O'Brien)
reVision
La famosa skyline di Manhattan riempie il cielo albeggiante. Ecco apparire il sole. Come per miracolo le sagome dei grattacieli si rivelano essere in realtà silhouette di fili d'erba. Poi d'improvviso una discesa vertiginosa verso il basso. Non una ...read the complete Antz movie review at reVision
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
"Antz" is the first foray into a completely computer generated film since the enormously successful "Toy Story" and tells the tale of a young worker ant named Z. Z, voiced by Woody Allen, is the middle child in a family of 5 million and needs to feel ...read the complete Antz movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
BBC Films
Early on in "Antz", we see a lowly worker ant, Z-4195 (voiced by Allen), reclining on a therapist's leaf lamenting his drudgery-filled existence, "You know, when you're the middle child in a family of five million, you don't get any attention." Later on, ...read the complete Antz movie review at BBC Films
Movie-Page.com review
One indicator of popular culture in Antz is the struggle of the individual. Z, voiced by Woody Allen, plays the worker ant in analysis - just one item of Allen's schtick carried over into this, his first appearance in animation. Despite his small ...read the complete Antz movie review at Movie-Page.com review
Jump Cut. Magazin für Film und Kritik
Der Film hat mich im ersten Moment einigermaßen ratlos gemacht. Das eine, daß er mich kalt gelassen, ja, beträchtlich gelangweilt hat, ist schnell gesagt. Auf welcher Ebene man über einen solchen Film überhaupt nachdenken kann, ist ein ...read the complete Antz movie review at Jump Cut. Magazin für Film und Kritik
Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
In this entertaining computer-animated video set in an underground ant colony, Z (Woody Allen) is an unhappy worker who rebels against his socially designated role in a rigid caste system. His two best friends, Weaver (Sylvester Stallone), a soldier, and ...read the complete Antz movie review at Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
FromScript2Screen.com
DVDRAMA
Autant vous dire tout de suite que vos enceintes vont en prendre pour leur grade. Quel que soit la piste choisie (anglais ou français Dolby Digital 5.1) le relief est de toute beauté. L’ensemble se montre d’une impressionnante agressivité, le tout ...read the complete Antz movie review at DVDRAMA
Audio Revolution
There was an odd kind of showdown in 1998: two all-computer animation features squared off against each other, and both were about bugs. DreamWorks' Antz beat Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life into theaters, and made a lot of money -- but then so did A Bug's ...read the complete Antz movie review at Audio Revolution
CNN Showbiz (Paul Tatara)
Get out the Raid. The battle of the bugs has begun. The first bug flick to crawl onto the big screen is DreamWorks' "Antz," beating Disney's also-animated "A Bug's Life" to the box office by eight weeks.
If you ever needed proof that all of Hollywood ...read the complete Antz movie review at CNN Showbiz (Paul Tatara)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
It's about to get a little crowded in the world of computer-generated animation (CGI). This fall sees the release of both this offering from DreamWorks SKG, as well as the Disney/Pixar collaboration A Bug's Life, two films treading remarkably similar ...read the complete Antz movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Soundwaves Cinema (Dennis Willis)
Amazing visuals and a dynamite voice cast highlight this "comedy adventure," only the second film to have been completely computer-generated. Unfortunately, this film suffered from comparison to Disney and Pixar's "A Bug's Life," which came second but ...read the complete Antz movie review at Soundwaves Cinema (Dennis Willis)
Steve Kong
There is a splintering in the animation world: animated movies for kids with subtleties to keep the adults' attention and animated movies for adults with subtleties for kids. Antz falls into the latter category from the get-go. As Antz opens we meet an ...read the complete Antz movie review at Steve Kong
Matthew Dalton
I walked into the theater knowing what I was getting into. A cartoon about talking ants. But, I was forced into it. What else were you suppost to take an 8-year old to? I am sorry to say I ever joined forces with that 8-year old on that unfaithful ...read the complete Antz movie review at Matthew Dalton
LeisureSuit.net
The more recent of these films is A Bug's Life, and it's Disney through and through. From the motley cast of wacky supporting characters, to the cutesy kid hanging around, to the generic Hollywood Ur-score, A Bug's Life is indistinguishable from ...read the complete Antz movie review at LeisureSuit.net
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
The technological mastery and all-star cast all but obscure the one real problem of this movie -- it does not know who its audience is. The computer animation -- and the ad campaign -- suggest that it is directed toward the audience of its predecessor in ...read the complete Antz movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Apollo Guide (Dan Jardine)
In Antz, Woody Allen lends his vocal talents to the disaffected worker ant Z, a well-realised version of the persona he plays in his own movies. Z dreams of a life where he can realise his potential and rise above his feelings of insignificance, but ...read the complete Antz movie review at Apollo Guide (Dan Jardine)
ShowBIZ Data
Antz, DreamWorks' first computer-generated animated feature, is generating megabytes of conflicting reviews. Several question whom the film will appeal to. But Judy Gerstel in the Toronto Star thinks it will have wide appeal. It is, she writes, ...read the complete Antz movie review at ShowBIZ Data
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