A Bug's Life (1998)
Every year, a bunch of grasshoppers come to the anthill and eat what the ants have gathered for them. The "offering", as the ants call the ritual, is a part of their fate. One day in spring, when the offering's preparation has just been finished, Flik, unliked inventor ant, accidentally drops the whole offered seeds into the river. The grasshoppers come and give the ants a second chance to collect food until fall... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton
Written By: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, David Reynolds
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Denis Leary, Dave Foley, Richard Kind, John Ratzenberger, Bonnie Hunt, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Hyde Pierce, Madeline Kahn, Ashley Tisdale
Genres: Comedy, Family/Kids, Animation
Country: USA
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A Bug's Life belongs to 38 collections
1. Passed the Bechdel Test (collaborative: moderated by geohawk - 29 stars)
2. IMDb Top 250 Complete (collaborative: moderated by Jorg - 23 stars)
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Alex Watkins | 3 38th |
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The second-worst Pixar - in other words, pretty entertaining.
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AnnMovie | 95 79th |
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Delightful film! Cute, funny, sweet and touching!
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??? | 75 70th |
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Was a great antidote to my serial-ant-killer tendencies as a child.
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BeeDub | 88 75th |
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A solid sophomore effort from Pixar that established them as a creative force to reckoned with. The central story is rather predictable (a variation on Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven/Three Amigos), but it's surrounded by so many great characters and hilarious moments that you simply don't care.
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aus_hab_fan | 79 75th |
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Great kids movie, entirely enjoyable for adults though
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TedDedon | 70 41st |
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Not awful but far from the rest of Pixar's work.
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Tripwyre | 75 68th |
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Lesser Pixar, certainly, but nowhere near as middling as Cars. Like Cars, it borrows its plotline from another film, but Seven Samurai is obviously far more compelling than Doc Hollywood. The vocal cast is outstanding, which is true of every Pixar flick but especially here. The villains are more memorable than the heroes in this one, and I think Spacey's badass-ery is the main reason for that. Spectacular final battle, and the bird sequence is a ton of fun. Underappreciated film.
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ewp805 | 75 60th |
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I used to play the game on my PS1. Shit was dope as fuck.
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hellboy76 | 68 65th |
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Not the strongest Pixar film but still worth seeing. Clean animation and enough humor to keep things moving. One question; since when do ants get bullied by anything on the planet?
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Alon Reter | 75 82nd |
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Was a great antidote to my serial-ant-killer tendencies as a child!
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joel-w-m | 7 64th |
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Some of the extra computer-y 90s PC game animation bugs me a bit (couldn't resist) but that's the only real flaw of this excellant offering of clever world-building (see the bug bar-where everyone can get a good buzz), great humour, and an engaging protagonist in the creative but hard-luck Flik. The surprisingly dark antagonist climax ("Let this be a lesson...Ideas are very dangerous things!") and the inspiring hero moment after ("You're wrong, Hopper") highlight some compelling themes as well.
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fudgieb | 81 46th |
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Having seen Antz first, I was partial to it. This is probably my least favorite Pixar film. Still, way better than a lot of the crap animation out there.
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PeaceAnarchy | 68 20th |
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A pretty standard kid's flick. Not too bad, but nothing really worth watching.
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| 1 | waddayanuts | 74 53rd |
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Seven Samurai with bugs? I dig it.
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GreatScott85 | 88 65th |
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Certainly not Pixar's best effort, but a great sophomore film nonetheless.
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Bagger | 75 63rd |
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I find this to be an underrated Pixar movie. There is a really good sense of dread and built around the grasshoppers and their scenes, and enough vile in how they are pulled off to make their comeuppance seem that much more satisfying. Arguably the side characters are too one-dimensional, but I find that I get enough laughs from them.
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Fresh | 91 78th |
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A Bug's Life is a clever and enjoyable movie with great animation.
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Paxton | 40 10th |
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I'll end up revisiting a lot of these with my human child, but until then, I don't need kid's movies. I don't need them.
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magdabag | 84 54th |
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kind of bugged me out.
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LookJabba... | 7 57th |
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A Bug's Life had the tough task of following Pixar's debut feature 'Toy Story'. This is one of the few Pixar films that I don't bother rewatching very often but looking back this was impressively imaginative and thoroughly enjoyable. All that tarnishes this film is when you look at Pixar's superior work since, it's very average in comparison. And it's easy to compare this with Dreamworks' 'Antz' which was released around about the same time, but this is undoubtedly the better of the two films.
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| Average Percentile 47.73% from 8591 Ratings |  |