The Ant Bully
The Ant Bully
PG | 28 July 2006 (USA)
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Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his front yard ... until the insects shrink him to the size of a bug with a magic elixir. Convicted of "crimes against the colony," Lucas can only regain his freedom by living with the ants and learning their ways.

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mulla-ali-aa

It is a very nice movie with a nice idea, watched it couple of times and it never gets boring

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julcltr

Well, what can I say? The title says it all. My parents took me and my sister to see this when it came out, because there wasn't anything else, and I was expecting it to be something that would be stupid and not worth seeing again, but I was wrong, again. It wasn't bad at all. It was pretty cute, to say the least. The acting was excellent, the story line was great (not to mention original), the animation was decent, everything was nearly perfect. Nothing excessive was used here. And it gives a pretty good message about treating different people nicely, whether they're human or not. I'd recommend this to anyone ages 8 and up. Trust me, you won't be disappointed.

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Hunky Stud

Anyway, I saw this movie's trailer while I was watching another DVD. It looked really funny with the sound of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and some reference to Harry Potter. I thought that it might be similar to "Shrek" with lots of funny references to our daily lives. So I waited several weeks to finally check it out from my local library. I have to say that the trailer is totally not what this movie is all about.The story is not very funny, it is really intended for children. Even though it is watchable for adults, but you can save the time to watch some other good movies. I kept watching, hoping that they will show that funny moment which they showed in the trailer. It is a lie, what they showed in the trailer has nothing to do with this movie at all. I think that this is the first time that I have ever seen a trailer that doesn't have any scenes from the actual movie.The ants don't look adorable with their sharp angles. And here is another thing, why do those ants have blue eyes? Have you ever seen an ant with blue eyes in real life? Even ants have to be Caucasian now? And how often do you see evil cartoon characters with blue or green eyes in any animated movies? That is just wrong, what would those children think when they see blue eyed ants or any other animals? I surely hope that those animators will stop doing that in the future.

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Rob_Taylor

What can I say? I liked this movie. Sure, the ant-based animation has reached its limit, I think, but there's always room for another one if the film itself is any good. Ant Bully works on a number of levels. It has the bright colours and action that will keep small kids happy and also enough adult in jokes and humour to satisfy watching parents.The voice cast is just about as good as you could hope for... Nicolas Cage, Paul Giamatti to name but a couple. Even Meryl Streep for goodness sake! But for me the highlight of the movie was Bruce Campbell's character, Fugax. Brucey fans will have no trouble watching this film, whether with their kids or alone. He totally steals the show as the slightly crazed but good-hearted scout ant.Sure, there have been lots of ant movies over the last few years, certainly enough to be sick of them. It seems like the movie industry works to death any theme that seems to do well.....rather like they are doing with penguin themed animations now. But Ant Bully still succeeds where others fail for simple reason that it is fun.There are a couple of things parents might want to be ready for when watching with very young children. There's a scene where a small bug gets incinerated by a beam of sunlight, for instance. Also the wasps in the film are about ten times the size of the ants and have no cutesy anthropomorphic features to make them appear less sinister than they come across in the film. Likewise, although the movie has a strong message against bullying I wonder how many kids will go home and find an ants nest to pour water down.But, on the whole, thoroughly enjoyable entertainment that should have done better than it did at the box office.

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