The Ant Bully
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59

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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 37 Ratings

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  • Director: John A. Davis
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family
  • Rating: PG
  • Runtime: 88 min
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    100
    Family entertainment at its best.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    80
    The movie is an epic adventure with a rigorously moral point of view.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    70
    Wittily manipulating scale to generate the requisite fright factor, the movie is stuffed with visual delights both lyrical (a squadron of ants hang-gliding on flower petals) and visceral (a battalion of bottle-blue wasps on the wing).
  4. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    63
    Ant Bully, while not wildly fresh or inventive, is entertaining and energetic.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    This generic exercise in computer-generated animation may provide passable entertainment for very young children, but adults will be less than enchanted by its preachiness, talkiness and Communist Party-line political views.
  6. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    50
    There's nothing outstandingly good or bad about the film.
  7. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    38
    It lacks a sharp look and satisfyingly fleshed-out story and compensates with one numbing round of insect- or human-based peril after another.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 4 out of 21
  1. MaxK.
    Nov 4, 2006
    10
    I liked the movie because it was cool and funny. I liked when the boy turned tiny. The ants gave the boy a good lesson to not be mean to them. I liked the animation very much. My family liked it too! I recommend this movie to all children and parents.… Expand
  2. ChristopherP.
    Aug 1, 2006
    8
    I found this to be a very enjoyable movie to watch. The animation was attractive and inventive, the story was fast paced, and the voice acting was top-notch. I thought the film could have done without some of the crude humor, but it didn't detract too badly from the piece. I recommend it.… Expand
  3. williamwiggles
    Nov 13, 2010
    8
    A fun movie worth seeing, bad endings to good ones, and a bully to ants. What else might you expect? Saw this movie a long time ago, don't know what it's out on, but it might be worth getting.… Expand
  4. KenG.
    Sep 19, 2006
    6
    First half is really kind of charming and fun, but second half grows increasingly corny and dopey. It's a film children should like, but it squandered its chance of being something adults would like as much.… Expand
  5. sil3nt_nick
    Mar 27, 2013
    6
    Good for the younger end of its audience, 'The Ant Bully' is just another film by PIXAR, not having a very interesting story line.
  6. MovieLonely94
    Nov 7, 2010
    5
    of all the bad CGI movies, this is probably the least bad. the animation was cheap and the character development wasn't good, but the visuals were good and the acting wasn't that bad. Warner Bros deserves a credit for at least trying.… Expand
  7. C.
    Aug 24, 2006
    0
    Annoying. Another 3D movie pandering to an audience of retarded dumb kids aged between 2 and 7? Argh. This would make an excellent propaganda film for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.… Expand

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