A Bug's Life

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A Bug's Life

G

1998

1h 36m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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Flik is an inventive ant who's always messing things up for his colony. His latest mishap was destroying the food stores that were supposed to be used to pay off grasshopper Hopper. Now the strong-arming insect is demanding that the ants gather double the food or face annihilation. To avert disaster, Flik goes on a journey to recruit fighters to defend the colony. When he meets a band of high-flying circus insects, he thinks he's found his salvation.

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Critics Consensus

A Bug's Life is a rousing adventure that blends animated thrills with witty dialogue and memorable characters - and another smashing early success for Pixar.

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Rebecca Long

Observer

12/01/2021

A-

Critics who write off A Bug's Life focus on the surface-level plot about Flik's individual perseverance ... But under this palatable veneer is a story about workers' rights.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

09/07/2011

B

A Bug's Life may be the single most amazing film I've ever seen that I couldn't fall in love with.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

06/25/2011

This animated fable teems with vivid creatures standing on their own countless feet.

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

10/04/2023

3.5/4

Disney has triumphed yet again and “A Bug’s Life” is easily their best computer-generated effort yet. “A Bug’s Life” is a film for the entire family. Both adults and children alike will be thrilled and delighted.

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Jae-Ha Kim

Jae-Ha Kim

07/27/2023

3/4

Following on the multi-legged heels of Dreamworks' often dark and somber computer animation debut "Antz," "A Bug's Life" is Disney's colorful follow-up to its mega-blockbuster "Toy Story."

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Michael Baumann

The Ringer

06/17/2022

It may not have had the commercial success of Finding Nemo, or the franchise potential of Toy Story,' but A Bug's Life still deserves respect for its story and the place it occupies in Pixar history

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Sarah S.

@Braxton188 4d

Why does this look like a certain dreamworks movie

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Daniel B

@DanielBR Feb 25

"A Bug’s Life": Mucho más que una aventura en miniatura "A Bug’s Life" es hermosa; la definición perfecta de una verdadera "cinta familiar". En su exterior, ofrece una aventura llena de tropos para los más pequeños, como la importancia de ser uno mismo y confrontar retos sin importar su tamaño. Sin embargo, posee un subtexto profundo sobre el fracaso con el que es imposible no identificarse como adulto. Lo más fascinante es cómo la película aborda el sentimiento de ser un "fracasado" desde diferentes perspectivas: desde la responsabilidad de la princesa y la lucha de una hormiga común, hasta la decadencia de los actores de circo e incluso la psicología del antagonista. Además, la cinta no teme tocar temas sociales complejos, como la explotación laboral y la opresión de las masas por un grupo reducido. Es un recordatorio poderoso de que no hay héroe pequeño y que la unión es lo que realmente marca la diferencia.

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Sam

@SamColacito Feb 12

My Rotten Tomatoes score: 🍅

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mirage Z.

@miragezero Feb 11

for me it kinda dragged but the comedy was good also i liked how it was like themes for like fighting slavey and the music was good

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Ben P

Jan 28

Many people don't remember this movie much and don't place it up with the "better" movies like Toy Story or the Incredibles, but I think it deserves more recognition.

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Benjamin W

@Code70 Jan 12

A solid, if unspectacular, follow up to Toy Story for Pixar. It’s charming and still has some of that Pixar magic to it, but the characters aren’t really as engaging or likable as Toy Story, the CG animation has probably aged the worst in this one, and the story is just fairly generic, with not much to make it stand out. Still solid, still charming, but inarguably a considerable step down from Toy Story.

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Synopsis

Flik is an inventive ant who's always messing things up for his colony. His latest mishap was destroying the food stores that were supposed to be used to pay off grasshopper Hopper. Now the strong-arming insect is demanding that the ants gather double the food or face annihilation. To avert disaster, Flik goes on a journey to recruit fighters to defend the colony. When he meets a band of high-flying circus insects, he thinks he's found his salvation.

Director: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton
Producer: Darla K. Anderson, Kevin Reher
Screenwriter: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Don McEnery, Bob Shaw, Geefwee Boedoe, Jason Katz, Jørgen Klubien, Robert Lence, David Reynolds
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Buena Vista International [us]
Production Co: Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 14, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $162.8M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround

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