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Antz

  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 7; suggested age 7.
  • Is it any good?

    3.0
  • Common Sense says

    Woody Allen plays a computer-animated ant.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 7 and Up

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    A theme of the movie
  • Violence & scariness:

    Strong Cartoon Violence
  • Sexy stuff:

    None
  • Language:

    Mild language
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Mild Social Drinking
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Antz

Parents need to know that the characters in this movie have little kid appeal, and the violence, including the deaths of two characters and the slaughter of thousands of animated "extras," is much too intense for younger children.

Read our full review by Nell Minow

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  1. I rate this title iffy for age 7 and give it 2.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content

    • My highlights are:
    • Positive messages
    • Good role models

    Don't know what they mean by no sexy stuff, there are quite a few scenes of flirting in this poor quality animation. Only really starts to get going when they get outside into the human world, and even then it's dreary. Not to mention the freaky termite battle.

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Virginia
    I rate this title on for age 8 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate language

    This movie introduced me to the

    "h-e-double hockey sticks word." I hadn't heard this word up until "Antz," and I think I said it in a drive-thru w/ my uncle and he got very mad. Warn your kids about this movie, it may look innocent, but it's more of a hardcore "A Bug's Life."

  3. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in California
    I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 1.0

    COMPLETELY disagree with the 8+ rating - this is a Big Kid movie

    We previewed this movie in hopes we could show it to our 6 year old and 8 year old who are entranced by their ant farm these days. SO glad we previewed it. SUre, it's just animated, but it's still graphically violent - screen-for-screen shots of battle scenes depicted in countless rated-R movies. The guts were green instead of red, but does that make this violence ok? There's serious deception, political issues (trying to take over the colony through murder), really bad language (we backed up in SEVERAL places to make sure we were hearing what we THOUGHT we'd heard first time through). Why do movie makers have to ruin films this way? Not only won't I recommend it for children - there's nothing redeeming in this film for any age.

  4. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Arizona
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

  5. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it 3.0

    The language in this movie REALLY surprised me

    There are a lot of things in this movie that make me shocked that it is a cartoon. The worst is the language. Everything from Dam*, Cra*, He**, I believe they say A** too. It just blew me away. Then the movie itself: Kidnapping, War (ok it's a bug war but the violence is still there), Fighting in general (there are I believe 2 fistfights one where a male ant hits a female ant), Oh yeah and of course the whole main idea of the movie which is the big bad army ant attempting or murder everyone in the entire colony that he doesn't think is WORTHWHILE. It's pretty much a cartoon version of Hitler. I literally threw this movie out. I DO NOT reccomend it to any child under 13.

  6. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Pennsylvania
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

    good movie

    a good movie have a few miled words and some vilence (burning ants with a magnifing glass)

  7. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Alabama
    I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it 2.0

  8. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

    funny and highly entertaining film!!

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