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Antz (1998) Rank 4 Reviews
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Alex Iosjpe
There was a time when Disney was completely out of reach. It was insane to even think about competing with this colossal giant of entertainment. That time has passed. Disney is now struggling to keep up with the new talents, that are frequently ...read the complete Antz movie review at Alex Iosjpe
filmfacts (Andreas Edler)
Z-4195 (Stimme von Woody Allen) ist eine Arbeiterameise, die den ganzen Tag in den Minen des Ameisenbaus arbeitet. Z ist nicht sonderlich zufrieden mit seinem Leben und ziemlich depressiv und somit Dauergast bei seinem Psychiater. Er hofft auf ein ...read the complete Antz movie review at filmfacts (Andreas Edler)
Needcoffee.com - Movie Review
Z (Woody Allen) is an ant that is, well, Woody Allen. So you can understand that when we meet him, he's neurotic, complaining about being the middle child in a generation of millions, and only able to lift ten times his own body weight. He feels out of ...read the complete Antz movie review at Needcoffee.com - Movie Review
eFilmCritic
"Antz" was the first of the two entries in the CGI insect derby this year, and it's a solid, sometimes spectacular performer. And by disguising itself as a kid flick, it might even open the field up to decidedly more adult fare in the future. As it is, ...read the complete Antz movie review at eFilmCritic
Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
For a time now, it has seemed that everything Steven Spielberg touches turns to gold. And it looks like it's gonna stay that way. While he is still riding high on the critical acclaim of his summer blockbuster Saving Private Ryan, his company, Dreamworks ...read the complete Antz movie review at Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
He feels underappreciated "as the middle child in a family of five million."
He's expected to haul dirt all day as a colony worker, while the soldier ants get the respect and the queen gets the royal treatment.
When Z complains to his shrink that ...read the complete Antz movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Alex Ioshpe
"Antz" is not the kind of film that you would expect from Disney and other companies that try to copy their way of work. It is an animated satire for grown-ups. While children will only see the obvious aspects: love, adventure, courage, loneliness, ...read the complete Antz movie review at Alex Ioshpe
Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaça)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
At-A-Glance Film Reviews
Antz is DreamWorks' "computer animated bug" movie for 1998. (The other is Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life.) It features an extraordinary array of vocal talent, with the inspired choice of Woody Allen in the lead role. The result is a hilarious and exciting ...read the complete Antz movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Sophisticated, funny, and joyously subversive animated bug epic. ...read the complete Antz movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
Bob Bloom
Antz is a witty, entertaining story about conformity vs. individuality, the worth of the individual vs. the welfare of the whole and, of course, true love.
Oh, it's also about ants. And after seeing this computer-animated feature, you'll hesitate ...read the complete Antz movie review at Bob Bloom
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
Thirdly, the cast is incredible! It’s simply great, entertaining fun for the entire family. ...read the complete Antz movie review at watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Who’d have ever though that Woody Allen’s most effective screen role would be a neurotic worker ant in a computer animated feature film? ...read the complete Antz movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Finally -- an animated movie that is truly made for adults. Not for little tots, but rather teens and adults, Antz is both amuzing and amazing.
"Z" (voice of Woody Allen) is an ant who is unhappy with his life of conformity and struggling for the ...read the complete Antz movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)
As Z ponders the idea of leaving the colony, Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) enters the bar for a little excitement. She feels a little suffocated by the responsibilities of being engaged to the colony's military commander, General Mandible (Gene Hackman), ...read the complete Antz movie review at Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)
New York Magazine (David Denby)
Antz, with its deadpan witticisms, its heart-stopping shifts of perspective, is completely entertaining, a kids' movie that will leave grown-ups quoting the best lines to one another. ...read the complete Antz movie review at New York Magazine (David Denby)
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
A charmer, complete with cute critters voiced by the ultrafamous. ...read the complete Antz movie review at LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Variety (Todd McCarthy)
A dazzling delight. ...read the complete Antz movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Visually, it's more impressive than Disney's “Toy ...read the complete Antz movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
It's sharp and funny--not a children's movie, but one of those hybrids that works on different levels for different ages. ...read the complete Antz movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The Onion A.V. Club (Keith Phipps)
Since its formation, it's been amusing to watch the Spielberg-Katzenberg-Geffen-run DreamWorks studio turn into what's essentially a bigger-budgeted variation on one of Roger Corman's operations. On two occasions this year, DreamWorks has anticipated a ...read the complete Antz movie review at The Onion A.V. Club (Keith Phipps)
Rolling Stone
There's no telling what kids will make of hearing the voice of Woody Allen -- in full stuttering, sex-obsessed, neurotic whine -- emerge from Z, an animated worker ant who shares his erotic fantasies with bug babe Princess Bala (wittily voiced by Sharon ...read the complete Antz movie review at Rolling Stone
Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
It ain't no TOY STORY, but the first animated feature from Dream-
works is still an exceedingly cute comedy-for-adults (that's also
okay for older kids) about a dissatisfied drone (the voice but not
the likeness of Woody Allen) who gets into all ...read the complete Antz movie review at Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
``Antz'' rejoices in the fact that a cartoon can show us anything. It's so free, it turns visual cartwheels. It enters into a microscopic world--an ant colony beneath Central Park--and makes it into a world so vast and threatening that comparisons with ...read the complete Antz movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Joe Barlow
The colony's social pecking order is well-established; at birth, all ants are sorted into one of two groups: "workers" (who construct tunnels) or "soldiers" (who defend the colony against predators). Although society has deemed him a worker, Z (voiced ...read the complete Antz movie review at Joe Barlow
Movie Reviews UK
Joining the ranks of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Mickey Mouse, Woody Allen has finally fashioned his gift to posterity. He is a cartoon character. And, of course, the romantic lead. As the whining voice of Z, the neurotic everyant in Antz, he assures ...read the complete Antz movie review at Movie Reviews UK
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
I wasn't too keen on "Antz" before I saw it. From the trailers I thought the ants, with their bulbous heads and huge eyes, were a bit on the creepy side, especially in the gratuitous number of digital animation-flaunting close-ups the previews.
But ...read the complete Antz movie review at SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
More than a few single eyebrows have been raised at Antz, the debut animated feature from Dreamworks SKG. For one thing, the movie features the voice talents of neurotic New Yorker Woody Allen, not exactly a big name in children's entertainment. For ...read the complete Antz movie review at Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
Michael Dequina
The "z" in _Antz_ stands for Z (voice of Woody Allen), a lowly worker ant who for once wants to do something for his individual needs rather than those of the colony. He gets a taste of something different when Princess Bala (Sharon Stone), reluctantly ...read the complete Antz movie review at Michael Dequina
Edward Johnson-Ott
It's just "your basic boy meets girl, boy likes girl, boy changes underlying social structure" tale, according to Z (Woody Allen), the rebellious hero of "Antz," a sophisticated, fun and fast paced computer- generated feature about life from the insects' ...read the complete Antz movie review at Edward Johnson-Ott
Homer Yen
"ANTZ" is a cute and astonishing visual piece of work that shows how Z, with the help of some very unlikely allies, rises from a sea of anonymity and uses his fame to revolutionize the colony. In a chance meeting, he encounters Princess Bala (voiced by ...read the complete Antz movie review at Homer Yen
Susan Granger
"Antz" is only the second fully computer-animated feature ever to be produced; "Toy Story" was the first. And the clever imagery of "Antz" is awesome! The entire film is presented from an ant's prospective. The story revolves around a neurotic worker ant ...read the complete Antz movie review at Susan Granger
Walter Frith
Characteristic of 1995's 'Toy Story', 'Antz', in my opinion is just as good if not better. It has all the classic makings of an animated formula film which is ideal for somewhat older children, say those above the age of 8 and isn't really suitable for ...read the complete Antz movie review at Walter Frith
SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
In an ant colony, one ant Z is dissatisfied with hislot in life as a mere worker and strikes out in favour of individuality.At the same time the princess Bala, who is unhappily engaged to GeneralMandible, is curious about how the drones live and sneaks ...read the complete Antz movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Antz, which had its world premiere on September 19, 1998 as the Closing Gala Selection for the 23rd annual Toronto International Film Festival, is a very good movie, no matter how you look at it. Visually, it's more impressive than Disney's Toy Story, ...read the complete Antz movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
There's no telling what kids will make of hearing the voice of Woody Allen -- in full stuttering, sex-obsessed, neurotic whine -- emerge from Z, an animated worker ant who shares his erotic fantasies with bug babe Princess Bala (wittily voiced by Sharon ...read the complete Antz movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
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