A Bug's Life

1998

1h 35m

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7.0/10

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On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.

Directors

John Lasseter

Writers

Don McEnery(screenplay by)

Bob Shaw(screenplay by)

Andrew Stanton(screenplay by)

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Dave Foley

Kevin Spacey

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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Flik (voice)

Hopper (voice)

Atta (voice)

Dot (voice)

Queen (voice)

Molt (voice)

Slim (voice)

Heimlich …

Francis (voice)

Manny (voice)

Gypsy Moth (voice)

Rosie (voice)

Tuck …

P.T. Flea (voice)

Dim (voice)

Mr. Soil (voice)

Dr. Flora (voice)

Thorny (voice)

Directors

John Lasseter

Writers

Don McEnery(screenplay by)

Bob Shaw(screenplay by)

Andrew Stanton(screenplay by)

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6/10

I suppose we could have guessed from Randy Newman's wild west type opening theme that we were in for something... just not, maybe, an insect version of the "Magnificent Seven"! The ants slave away day in day out to pick a harvest that they leave as an offering for the marauding grasshoppers. Thing is, the enthusiastic (and annoying) "Flik" likes to try his hand at inventing things and after creating his own type of combine harvester finds himself left above ground and managing to tip the assembled food down a hole in the ground. Needless to say the hungry bugs aren't happy - they vow to return after the next harvest and woe betide the ants if there's not a feast awaiting them. The Queen and her daughter "Princess Atta" know they've no hope, so when "Flik" offers to ride far and wide to assemble a gang to defend them all, they cheerfully see him off as a liability they can do without. Can he get together a group of formidable defenders for his seemingly doomed colony and redeem himself? It's quite a well paced story this, with loads of different, vibrantly coloured, critters, but there's no getting away from the fact that "Flik" is just a pain in the neck - and after a while of the fairly constant barrage of verbiage - there is a great deal of dialogue here - I found my attention wandering a bit. The last ten minutes are quite fun, and I did quite like the denouement - but the rest of this was just a wee bit too repetitive for me.

Geronimo196705 Dec, 2023