The Ant Bully

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The Ant Bully

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The Ant Bully

Julia Roberts, Alison Mack, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti

"The Ant Bully" tells a witty and heartwarming story about a 10-year-old boy who embarks on a remarkable journey. New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, young Lucas Nickle has ...( read more  read more... )been taking out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. But one day the ants retaliate. Using a magic potion, they shrink Lucas down to ant size and sentence him to live like an ant in their colony. In this strange new world Lucas will learn important lessons about friendship, get a whole new perspective on life and ultimately find the courage to stand up for himself.

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  • dreamfaeries
    August 9, 2009
    dreamfaeries
    Pretty good and somewhat funny. Not too shabby for a kids movie.
  • StaisilD
    July 1, 2008
    StaisilD
    In the kingdom of the ants, few things are more frightening than the Destroyer, a giant that seems to exist only to wreak mass destruction on their home. This deadly force of nature is actually Lucas (Zach Tyler, The Backyardigans), a little boy being bullied by bigger kids in hi...( read more)s neighborhood. Out of frustration, Lucas responds by attacking his front yard's ant hill with hoses, rocks, and kicks from his sneakers. The ants' resident wizard, Zoc (Nicolas Cage, The Rock), has a solution. He's created a powerful potion that shrinks Lucas down the ants' size. Now a captive of the ants, a frightened Lucas is brought before their queen (Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada) for judgment. She decides that Lucas must live as one of them, to teach him a lesson. Lucas's instructor in the ways of antdom is the kind-hearted Hova (Julia Roberts, Closer), who has her work cut out for her, because none of the other ants want their "Destroyer" living with them. When a death-happy exterminator (Paul Giamatti, Sideways) arrives to rid the entire lawn of all insects, it's up to Lucas to save the day. The animation is, for the most part, as dazzling as we've come to expect with our computer-created treats; the character design is attractive and admirable, and the "cave art" scenes (in which Lucas is introduced to the ant colony's drawn history, which resembles ancient cave drawings) are pretty stunning. And on a storytelling level, Davis' knack for comic timing is on display, with a well played verbal or sight gag earning a few chuckles here and there.
  • AgentLexi2132
    December 16, 2007
    AgentLexi2132
    ''Fun and entertaining for pretty much everyone! It even kept Grandma entertained! '' Funny as!

    Now i know there's alot of family animated films out there. I was amused by this offering though. A few of these animated films to do with ants, the plot here is its about a...( read more) 10 year old boy called Lucas Nickle who is shrunk by some ants who are antagonised by him.

    Julia Roberts does the voice for Hova who teaches Lucas.
    Nicolas Cage does the voice for Zoc.
    Bruce Campbell i instantly recognised his voice he voice-overs Fugax.

    So many funny scenarios in this, its huge fun and delicious animation all shiny. The flying bugs reminded me of the aliens in Halo. Also reminded me of Honey, I shrunk the kids the whole shrinking aspect.

    Nice family animated film for the kids and adults alike. Dont be put off by the ant Theme its got heart so its not just another clone.

    See if you like two other ant animation movies i like, similar in subject matter and looks:

    A Bug's Life , Antz
  • Redlats
    November 21, 2007
    Redlats
    This cartoon is pretty good. Has lessons on being aware of your environment and working together. They didn't bother with trivialities like the ant colony having only female ants, etc.
  • garystev
    May 7, 2007
    garystev
    Sadly, my hopes for 'The Ant Bully' were higher than it delivered. A few nice moments (in an 'Innerspace' kinda way), but just not all that entertaining. Oh, and Julia Roberts may be a good actress, but she really can't do voice acting.
  • zahidcontractor
    October 23, 2009
    zahidcontractor
    Day: Sunday
    Date: 22 Oct 2006
    Amt: 70Rs
    Time: 12.30pm
    Over at: 2.05pm
    With: Azeem
    Theatre: Regal, Mumbai
    Seat No: S10, S11
    Name: THE ANT BULLY
  • Lemure
    October 16, 2009
    Lemure
    I did like Cage's character in this but at the end of the day if you want to watch an animated insect film Antz is still by far the best - and not only because it has Christopher Walken and Sylvester Stallone as ants - mainly because it bigs up individuality, this one bigs up com...( read more)munism.
  • angleo74
    October 8, 2009
    angleo74
    good children's movie, teaches values while keeping your attention.
  • Arianeta
    September 25, 2009
    Arianeta
    Very good animation that I enjoyed very mach. And I saw and 2nd time.
  • CHILIcheeseDONUTSwithTUNAonTOP
    September 11, 2009
    CHILIcheeseDONUTSwithTUNAonTOP
    Shit out of my shithole. Thats what this is.
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