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Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.43 out of 4 stars for DVDnett.noDVDnett.no
For å ha sagt det med en gang, A Bug's Life er en fryd å se på. På alle måter. Her har vi truffet Disney i det gode hjørnet, og når entusiastiske Pixar tar fram sine helt uslåelige animasjonskunster er det bare å bøye seg i støvet. Dette er en ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at DVDnett.no
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.42 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com reviews A Bug's Lifefilmcritic.com reviews A Bug's Life
Disney/Pixar's remake of, ironically, Three Amigos!, is redone with bugs and animated via computer. When meanie grasshoppers (headed by Kevin Spacey) threaten the anthill, well-intentioned clutz Flik (Dave Foley) goes on a crusade to find help. He ends ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at filmcritic.com reviews A Bug's Life
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.28 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
Bug's Life'' is one of the great movies -- a triumph of storytelling and character development, and a whole new ballgame for computer animation. This warm, rollicking movie features a computer-created world that looks breathtakingly natural, with ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for The Digital BitsThe Digital Bits
Imagine if you will, an ant colony, where each of the tiny creatures slaves away to gather enough food to appease their grasshopper masters. And in that colony, is an ant named Flik, who likes to think "outside the box". Unfortunately, that often gets ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at The Digital Bits
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Time OutTime Out
An underworld film in the truest sense, Disney/Pixar's animated story takes elements from the gangster and adventure genres and shrinks them down to a microscopic grass-root level. Flik is like any other worker ant gathering harvest before the onset of ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Time Out
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVDRAMADVDRAMA
En cette fin d'année, la zone 2 frappe un grand coup. Après deux disques quasi parfaits, Le masque de Zorro et , voici sans doute le meilleur DVD zone 2 (voir même le meilleur tout court) jamais fabriqué. Pour ceux qui avaient le DVd zone 1 ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at DVDRAMA
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for dvdfuture.com (Ken Pierce)dvdfuture.com (Ken Pierce)
Two of the best animated features of 1998 are now available on DVD. Begin announcer voice 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 ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at dvdfuture.com (Ken Pierce)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for FOCUS Online FOCUS Online
Panik auf der Ameiseninsel: Als der jährliche Futtertribut an die gefräßige Grashüpferbande sprichwörtlich ins Wasser fällt, fürchten Prinzessin Atta (Madeleine Stolze) und die Königin (Elisabeth Volkmann) die schreckliche Rache von Hopper ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at FOCUS Online
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Joy WyseJoy Wyse
Disney Studios' latest full-length animation film is delightful. It tells the story of a colony of ants that work and slave to provide food for the dreaded grasshoppers that descend upon them each year and take their harvest. Then, after the grasshoppers ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Joy Wyse
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Ryan DavisRyan Davis
It's rather strange too have two computer animated talking ant movies come out in a single year, but that is what Disney and Pixar Animation;s latest film represents. While A Bugs Life isn't nearly as deep as it's predecessor, Dreamwork's Antz, it is ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Ryan Davis
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Arnold KimArnold Kim
It seems that these days a lot of films are dependent on visuals and filmmaking technology to "ooh" and "aah" the audience enough to occupy them for two hours. Story is often a mere second to visual effects in movies like "Godzilla" or "Armageddon". What ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Arnold Kim
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Russell Smith)Austin Chronicle (Russell Smith)
In 1998's mano-a-mandible clash of digital an(t)imation features, this breakneck-paced, understatedly clever, Disney/Pixar release wins in a split decision over DreamWorks' previously released Antz. Split because, whereas most grownups would agree that ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Austin Chronicle (Russell Smith)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Espace DVD (John Mayère)Espace DVD (John Mayère)
Comme chaque saison, la fourmilière de la reine se prépare à faire sa propre récolte ainsi que celle pour les terribles sauterelles. Mais Tilt, inventeur et maladroit invétéré, provoque une catastrophe qui emporte toute la récolte destinée aux ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Espace DVD (John Mayère)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DigitalVD.de (Carsten Scheibe)DigitalVD.de (Carsten Scheibe)
Entdecken Sie die Welt doch einmal aus einer völlig neuen Perspektive. In Disneys/Pixars erfolgreichem Kinohit "Das grosse Krabbeln" werden kleine Helden nämlich ganz gross! Als das fleissige Ameisenvolk von gefrässigen Grashüpfern bedroht wird, ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at DigitalVD.de (Carsten Scheibe)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Earlier this year two meteor movies competed, the first - Dreamworks "Deep Impact" - was a quite good film but could've delivered a bit more, the second - Disney's "Armageddon" - whupped DI's ass and delivered an entertaining & exciting film. 6 months ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for eye WEEKLY (Tom Lyons)eye WEEKLY (Tom Lyons)
British-born Hollywood director James Whale was most famous for his horror movies: the original 1931 Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff, and its equally superb sequel, Bride of Frankenstein. But after his early triumphs, he fell from favor with the ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at eye WEEKLY (Tom Lyons)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Janet Maslin)New York Times (Janet Maslin)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Movie Addict (John Ulmer)Movie Addict (John Ulmer)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.15 out of 4 stars for DVD TimesDVD Times
A Bugs Life - the most hyped DVD since Armageddon - is finally here. Unlike Armageddon, this is one does deserve the hype. The film tells the story of Flik - an inventive if somewhat misguided ant. After one mistake too many he leaves in search of some ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at DVD Times
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.14 out of 4 stars for Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
Despite the fact that other animated bug movie was released just two short months ago, I was quite looking forward to A Bug's Life. It's Pixar's sophomore effort following the brilliant Toy Story and much of the same talent behind the scenes is the same. ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.13 out of 4 stars for A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
The second of the Fall's animated insect projects wasn't nearly as appealing to me as the first. "A Bug's Life" boasts outstanding animation, but a lackluster and predictable plot. Possibly I just felt that way as an adult and maybe it's just my cynical ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.12 out of 4 stars for DVD Review e-zineDVD Review e-zine
One of the trademarks of all Disney animated films is the fact that they appeal to everyone. Although animated and cute by nature, they don’t appeal to children only and they never have the serious, adult note of many other animated movies of recent ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at DVD Review e-zine
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.07 out of 4 stars for Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
An innovative ant who wants to break out from the colony is asked by the queen-to-be and her council to go find "warrior" bugs to fight the evil Hopper, and his rotten gang of grasshoppers. What he ends up finding is a group of washed-up circus bugs who ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.04 out of 4 stars for Sheep Free ReviewsSheep Free Reviews
A Bug's Life is about Flik. He's the smartest ant in the colony - and an outcast, because he doesn't think or act like the others. Basically - the rest of the colony are a bunch of pricks to him. So we see the old formula of geek becomes hero! ok - ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Sheep Free Reviews
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.03 out of 4 stars for kids-in-mindkids-in-mind
An ant and his rag-tag army of bugs stand up to bullying grasshoppers in this computer-animated Disney flick. Voices include Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Hyde Pierce, Denis Leary and Phyllis Diller. ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at kids-in-mind
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.01 out of 4 stars for DVD MovieGuideDVD MovieGuide
We live in such a cruel, harsh competitive world. Our society always has to divide issues into "either/or." Whenever two movies come out that have similar themes, discussions never deal with what people thought of one or the other; it's always "which ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at DVD MovieGuide
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Homer YenHomer Yen
There certainly is no lack of creativity here. A rainstorm looks like the ants are being water bombed. Dandelion pods are used to transport Flik afar as he floats across considerable distances. The circus bugs are all very colorful and appealing. I ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Homer Yen
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film Written Magazine (Andrew Howe)Film Written Magazine (Andrew Howe)
A feel-good movie I'll be revisiting on many a rainy Saturday morning. ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Film Written Magazine (Andrew Howe)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for SF, Horror and Fantasy Film ReviewSF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
1998 may well go down as a year filled with a remarkable number of coincidences of theme in filmmaking with two meteor collision films - Deep Impact (1998), Armageddon (1998); two trapped-in-tv-become-reality films - Pleasantville (1998), The ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Courier-JournalCourier-Journal
An innovative ant who wants to break out from the colony is asked by the queen-to-be and her council to go find "warrior" bugs to fight the evil Hopper, and his rotten gang of grasshoppers. What he ends up finding is a group of washed-up circus bugs who ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Courier-Journal
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader ReviewsThe BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
Join Flik, a brave but misguided ant, as he mistakenly enlists a troupe of unemployed bug performers from a second-rate flea circus to help him save Ant Island from a gang of greedy grasshoppers. ... ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Onion A.V. Club (Nathan Rabin)The Onion A.V. Club (Nathan Rabin)
The second feature film from Pixar, and the second movie this season to document the antics of a group of zany ants, A Bug's Life tells the story of a lovable ant (Dave Foley) who accidentally disrupts the balance of power between his peaceful colony and ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at The Onion A.V. Club (Nathan Rabin)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top CriticsRotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
Lasseter and Pixar broke new technical and aesthetic ground in the animation field with Toy Story, and here they surpass it in both scope and complexity of movement while telling a story that overlaps Antz in numerous ways. ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
'Bichos' pasará a la historia de la animación como una muestra más de que la magia de Disney no se la llevó del todo el señor Katzenberg ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
The question many skeptics have been asking this holiday season: Is there room for 2 computer-animated movies about ants in 2 months? The answer: barely. The first entry, Dreamworks' Antz was a buzzing delight, a glorious, witty production that appealed ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
Is it odd or is it just me? Every family with a child is going this season to 'A Bug's Life' and 'Rugrats' but nobody's going to 'The Wizard of Oz,' just released in theatres for the first time in more than thirty years and without question the greatest ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
Cranky's only going to do this history bit once this year, so pay attention. 1998 will see two movies about World War II, but the stories are not the same. It has also seen two movies about real people sucked into television shows (if you wait another 3 ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Witty dialogue, funny situations, and entertaining characters. ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for David SungaDavid Sunga
Ingredients: Ants and grasshoppers in human situations.Synopsis: A gang of big mean grasshoppers is extorting protection money from a cowering colony of little ants. One day an innovative ant named Flik (Dave Foley) goes on a quest to find bugs who ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at David Sunga
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Raging Bull (Vanes Naldi)Raging Bull (Vanes Naldi)
Coming from Pixar and Lassiter (who brings the great Hayao Miyazaki films to the US), I expected something at least close to Toy Story. No sir. A Bug's Life is certainly a joy to watch, boasting some of the most impressive CGI I've ever seen, but after ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Raging Bull (Vanes Naldi)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
The second of the Fall's animated insect projects wasn't nearly as appealing to me as the first. "A Bug's Life" boasts outstanding animation, but a lackluster and predictable plot. Possibly I just felt that way as an adult and maybe it's just my cynical ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Town (John J. Puccio)DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
The star of "A Bug´s Life" is an ant named Flik, perhaps a distant cousin of Allen´s angst-ridden Z. Flik is an inveterate inventor, always thinking up new schemes and ideas. When we first meet him he´s trying out a new cultivator he´s built that´s ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Steve Bailey Steve Bailey
Picking on Pixar's A Bug's Life, I feel like a bullying kid refracting the sun through a magnifying glass onto an anthill. As with Pixar's initial computer-animated feature, Toy Story, the animation is seamless, the voice performances are flawless, and ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Steve Bailey
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Raging Bull Movie Reviews (Vanes Naldi)Raging Bull Movie Reviews (Vanes Naldi)
Coming from Pixar and Lassiter (who brings the great Hayao Miyazaki films to the US), I expected something at least close to Toy Story. No sir. A Bug's Life is certainly a joy to watch, boasting some of the most impressive CGI I've ever seen, but after ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Raging Bull Movie Reviews (Vanes Naldi)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for City Pages, Minneapolis/St. PaulCity Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
A Bug's Life opens on the belabored scenario of the socially awkward genius who can't get respect. While docile ants carry food to the hill in perfect (hence, uncreative--nature's so quaint) straight lines, Flik (voiced by Dave Foley) tries out a ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Images (Gary Johnson)Images (Gary Johnson)
Life is no picnic for the ants in A Bug's Life. A marauding colony of grasshoppers periodically descends on the ant colony and demands huge portions of the ant colony's harvest--like gangsters insisting on "protection" money. The grasshoppers are sort of ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Images (Gary Johnson)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.94 out of 4 stars for Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)
Here is my first look at a bug's life, which was an early incomplete print.... Earlier Review of A BUG'S LIFE This is less of a review and more of a document of what the heck I'm doing out here in Silicon Valley, and what the big Silicon Valley ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.93 out of 4 stars for UTK Daily Beacon (Emily Broyles)UTK Daily Beacon (Emily Broyles)
Pixar has gone "to infinity and beyond" with their latest release A Bug's Life. After pushing computer animation to the limit in Toy Story, the creators of A Bug's Life have made an amazing new film, with life-like graphics and charming ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at UTK Daily Beacon (Emily Broyles)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.89 out of 4 stars for Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)
When I mentioned I was flying out to Los Angeles this past week, I received an email from Sir Etch-A-Sketch. He/she is a spy of some import that I've had for just a few months now. But anyway, Sir Etch, dropped a line saying he could arrange a small ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.83 out of 4 stars for DVDTown (John J. Puccio)DVDTown (John J. Puccio)
In another of those monumental coincidences that only Hollywood could manage, two superbly animated cartoons on the same subject from two separate studios arrived in theaters just weeks apart, Disney´s "A Bug´s Life" and DreamWorks´ "Antz." ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at DVDTown (John J. Puccio)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.82 out of 4 stars for The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)
Though considerably outnumbered, some bully-boy grasshoppers intimidate a hard-pressed colony of ants into providing food. One eager beaver of an ant named Flik comes up with a ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for DVDTown- Collector's Edition (John J. Puccio)DVDTown- Collector's Edition (John J. Puccio)
Potential movie buyers have experienced a veritable avalanche of special editions lately, with any number of old DVD favorites showing up in two, three, and even four-disc sets. In a few cases the films themselves have been ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at DVDTown- Collector's Edition (John J. Puccio)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.77 out of 4 stars for Cineclub-Filmkritik Cineclub-Filmkritik
Die ganze Kolonie ist mit der Ernte beschäftigt. Jeder Grashalm der Insel wird abgesucht, alle Körner zum Opferstein gebracht. Während ein ganzes Ameisenvolk in traditioneller Handarbeit vorangeht, experimentiert Flik mit seiner neuen Erntemaschine. ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Cineclub-Filmkritik
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.77 out of 4 stars for Sci-Fi Weekly Sci-Fi Weekly
Every year the ants of an island colony toil like slaves to gather enough food for a nasty band of grasshoppers, led by the evil Hopper (Spacey). And every year they manage to hoard just enough food to feed both the grasshoppers and themselves. One ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Sci-Fi Weekly
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.76 out of 4 stars for Steve Baker's Film Reviews: Barfly MagazineSteve Baker's Film Reviews: Barfly Magazine
Yes, as you've probably heard A Bug's Life is heaps more entertaining than its rival Antz. A Bug's Life is themed in a similar way to Antz with a misfit ant saving the colony from threat but Antz is a self conscious Manhattan political whinge whereas ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Steve Baker's Film Reviews: Barfly Magazine
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.76 out of 4 stars for Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
BUG'S LIFE comes from the folks at Pixar, a company that continually redefine the term state-of-the-art in the world of 3D computer animation. The plot of A BUG'S LIFE is a variation on the fable about the ant and the grasshopper with industrious ants ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Mark R. LeeperMark R. Leeper
The ants of Ant Island could live very well if they were not obliged to pay a heavy tribute of food each year to a ferocious band of grasshoppers. In the colony ant Flik has many ideas how to do things differently-he even has ideas for how to deal with ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Mark R. Leeper
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for James BrundageJames Brundage
Well, the battle of the bugs is finally over and I think, cash wise, that Disney will come out on top once again. After all, there is such a thing a customer loyalty when it comes to kids and animated movies and whatever they see at McDonalds (Disney) ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at James Brundage
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for John SmythJohn Smyth
Worker ant Flik (voiced by Dave Foley) has a streak of individuality that constantly gets him into trouble. He invents things, to the bemusement of the rest of the ant colony, and he lands himself (and the colony) in big trouble when one of his ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at John Smyth
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.73 out of 4 stars for Radio Free EntertainmentRadio Free Entertainment
When an army of grasshoppers led by the evil Hopper (Spacey) terrorize a peaceful ant colony, an unconventional ant named Flik (Foley) goes on a quest to find bigger bug allies. A wide cast of celebrities lends their voice talents to this film, making ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Radio Free Entertainment
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.72 out of 4 stars for artechock (Ruediger Suchsland)artechock (Ruediger Suchsland)
Schaumig leicht Disneys ameisenhafte Gegenoffensive Bei den Ameisen herrschen bekanntlich die Frauen. Wer freilich meint, unter dem Matriarchat müßte es friedlicher und irgendwie ganz anders zugehen, als unter den Machoverhältnissen menschlichen ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at artechock (Ruediger Suchsland)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.70 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Computer-animated movies, like computers themselves, are only as clever and funny as the people who program them. What "A Bug's Life" demonstrates is that when it comes to bugs, the most fun ones to hang out with hang exclusively with the gang at ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.69 out of 4 stars for Movie-Page.com reviewMovie-Page.com review
A Bug's Life is an entertaining film with a decent story and astounding computer-generated animation. This is the best animation yet of this sort - the facial features of the ants and their rival grasshoppers possess the elasticity of real faces, and the ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Movie-Page.com review
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.69 out of 4 stars for James BowmanJames Bowman
A Bug's Life, directed by John Lasseter “with co-direction by Andrew Stanton†and the usual array of celebrity voices including Kevin Spacey as the bad guy and Phyllis Diller as the ant-queen, is that by-now familiar Hollywood phenomenon, a movie ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at James Bowman
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.66 out of 4 stars for Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
The plot of A BUG'S LIFE sort of takes the old fable about the ant and grasshopper and turns it on its ear. Yes, in A BUG'S LIFE, the industrious ants continuously work through the summer season- stockpiling food. However, instead of just idly flitting ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.66 out of 4 stars for Dr. Daniel's Movie EmergencyDr. Daniel's Movie Emergency
A Bug's Life is the story of a little worker ant named Flik (voiced by Dave Foley of TV's "NewsRadio"). Flik happens to be an inventor of sorts, and he's trying to make life a little easier in the colony. Unfortunately, the queen (Phyllis Diller) and ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Dr. Daniel's Movie Emergency
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.61 out of 4 stars for Movie ram-blings (Ram Samudrala)Movie ram-blings (Ram Samudrala)
A Bug's Life is Disney's second completely computer animated film following Toy Story from a couple of years ago. Coming right at the heels of Antz, comparisons are inevitable. The primary difference is that Antz is essentially an animated Woody Allen ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Movie ram-blings (Ram Samudrala)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.59 out of 4 stars for filmtext.comfilmtext.com
Im neugeschaffenen Subgenre des Zeichentrickfilms, dem total computeranimierten Trickfilm, zeichnet sich ein Machtkampf ab. Walt Disney und Regisseur John Lasseter, mit deren "Toy Story" alles begann, kontern das jüngste Werk namens "Antz" von ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at filmtext.com
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.58 out of 4 stars for Boston Phoenix (Peter Keough)Boston Phoenix (Peter Keough)
Whereas Antz finds some of its edgy inspiration in Kafka by way of Woody Allen, A Bug's Life is mired comfortably in the pastel mediocrity of Gumby. Made by the same people behind the tauter and more entertaining Toy Story, Life re-creates the treacly, ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Boston Phoenix (Peter Keough)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.57 out of 4 stars for Kino (Alessandro Bencivenni)Kino (Alessandro Bencivenni)
Coi loro esoscheletri e le loro corazze, gli insetti sono gli animali meglio compatibili con una certa rigidità ancora implicita nella computergrafica. E' uno dei motivi che spiega la nascita dei progetti gemelli che hanno portato alla realizzazione ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Kino (Alessandro Bencivenni)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.56 out of 4 stars for MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
One might consider "A Bug's Life", the follow-up to "Toy Story" from Disney/Pixar, a kinder, gentler, and less-sophisticated version of Dreamworks' "Antz", which arrived in theaters two months earlier. At first glance, it is easy to see the numerous ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.55 out of 4 stars for reVisionreVision
Formiche. Ancora formiche, ma questa volta non solo formiche. A Bug's Life (ultima creazione animata della premiata ditta Disney e Pixar) racconta, attraverso l'uso della computer graphic 3 D, quel mondo a parte che si nasconde e prolifera sotto i fili ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at reVision
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.55 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Flik, the self styled inventor and thinker of the colony, risks his life in search of warriors who will save them all. But, instead of the "Seven Samurai" he thought he hired, Flik finds an eclectic collection of colorful, motor-mouthed and funny bugs. ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.55 out of 4 stars for Cinopsis Cinopsis
Flik, la fourmi, n'a pas ses mandibules dans sa poche! Bourré d'idées, maladroit en diable, il va détruire malencontreusement la récolte de la saison que les fourmis avaient amassée en vue de l'arrivée annuelle du monstrueux Hopper et sa bande de ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Cinopsis
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.54 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
In the autumn of that fabled year of 1998, the movie world saw one of the strangest battles in recent memory, with two entirely computer-animated features about bugs duking it out for box office glory. Having the benefit of first release was ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Reel.com
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.54 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia City Paper (Vance Lehmkuhl)Philadelphia City Paper (Vance Lehmkuhl)
Though Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life was conceived back before Dreamworks even existed (and while Dreamworks cofounder Jeff Katzenberg was—ahem—still at Disney), the upstart studio beat Disney/Pixar to the opening-weekend punch this fall with its Brand ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Philadelphia City Paper (Vance Lehmkuhl)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.53 out of 4 stars for Harvey's Movie Review (Harvey O'Brien)Harvey's Movie Review (Harvey O'Brien)
An ant colony terrorised by a swarm of grasshoppers who demand the ants gather food for them finds itself in dire jeopardy when an enthusiastic inventor ant accidentally knocks the harvest into a puddle. In an effort to make reparation, he sets out to ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Harvey's Movie Review (Harvey O'Brien)
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for Expanded Cinemah Expanded Cinemah
In questa stagione ai ragazzini è stato dedicato uno Zorro anarcosindacalista al servizio del popolo in catene, seguito da una formica post-espressionista, che ricalca con la voce di Woody i balbettii socialdemocratici di Weimar, rieditando Metropolis ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Expanded Cinemah
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.51 out of 4 stars for LowComDom Online Film ReviewsLowComDom Online Film Reviews
A Bug's Life is a disappointment. Once again, Disney proves it is much better at building the trailer than the film. I say that because virtually all the funny stuff is in the trailer. The film also has the problem that there are too many distractions ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at LowComDom Online Film Reviews
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Tim VoonTim Voon
Somehow the idea of playful, individualistic insects with attitude hasn't caught my imagination. This movie is primarily aimed at children, but will entertain adults as well. It is not as cleverly scripted as the humourous Antz, but carries about it a ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Tim Voon
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Harvey S. KartenHarvey S. Karten
"A Bug's Life" has dialogue that will tire adults who were intellectually challenged by the colloquy in "The Waterboy." And the verbal exchanges are bound to be of little appeal to the tots who will form the majority of its audience. One of this movie's ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at Harvey S. Karten
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for James SanfordJames Sanford
Ant Island is annually raided by greedy grasshoppers led by the bullying Hopper (given a distinctively nasty voice by Kevin Spacey), who insists the ants slave away for months gathering food for these unwanted guests. Ambitious Fleck (Foley) volunteers ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at James Sanford
Bug's Life, A (1998) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for David NusairDavid Nusair
The movie is about an overeager ant named Flik (voiced by Foley) who gets his colony in trouble with a dangerous gang of grasshoppers, led by the appropriately named Hopper (Spacey). Flik comes up with a plan to leave the colony and find other insects ...read the complete Bug's Life movie review at David Nusair
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