My first impression of the ants left me wishing the ant bully would have been victorious in his mission. The best part of the movie was the Grandma (the deleted scenes actually gave me more entertainment then the movie itself). I just could not get "into" this movie. The moral lesson was fair, and the ideas seemed fresh but the movie was dull throughout (it was no "Bugs Life"). My rating for this movie would have to be 1.7 stars.
Great lessons, plot and action all rolled into a movie!
This movie has bright animation and superb action sequences. The action sequences held my son's attention and kept him interested for the entire movie, which is hard to come by.
There are lots of lessons within the movie. The boy, Lucas, who is picked on by his peers, then in turn picks on someone smaller than himself (the ants). Once Lucas becomes an ant he feels empathy for the creatures he once bullied. He also realizes that working as a team is more productive. Lucas begins to feel important and part of society.
There are some parts which might frighten some young children. Lucas is in peril when he is shrunk because he is now lower on the food chain. But, he is also in peril as a human because he is small and the target of a bully. It allows great conversation on the topic of bullying.
Strange movie will entertain most boys and some girls.
The movie was not TERRIBLE, but it was not AWESOME either. Some things to focus on: There is some fighting and a big battle sequence at the end against The Exterminator. The Exterminator smokes a cigar. Some insults are also put into this movie. Things like "stupid" and "pucas". The sexual stuff was...um...disturbing? In a couple of scenes Lucas is naked. You do not see him nude though. You can only see his butt. Having said all that, I conclude that this movie is for viewers ages 10 and up.
This is probably one of the dumbest if not the dumbest movie I have ever seen. My 3 year old son didn't even like it! THIS MOVIE JUST ISN'T GOOD IN SO MANY WAYS!!!!!!! The main character is especially ugly and he has no morals not that it matters at all but, it is plainly a pointless movie in all means. I AM A TRUE HATER ON THIS HORRIBLE MOVIE!!!!!! IF U HAVE ANY SELF RESPECT DON'T WATCH THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!! THANK GOODNESS WE HAVEN'T SEEN A SEQUEL TO THIS GARBAGE!!!!!!
This movie is very acurate for a PG. There is some vilonce and very mild language but it is age appropreat for kids ages 6 and up.... But thats only if your kid is a BOY. Because a lot of little girls arnt into bugs and criters wait till there 8,9, or maybe even ten to buy the movie for them.
This movie sucked! I hated it, and it appeals to no kids I know whatsoever! The only semi good thing about this flick is the star studded voice acting, but if your just looking for that go watch Fantastic Mr Fox! not this crap
I loved this movie! Good Role models, themes in this movie would mostly include friendship because Lucas Becomes friends with the ants but in the middle, The Word "Crap" was used and mild uses of "butt" and "stupid".
Lucas drank a potion to shrink, then he didn't wear any clothes on right after he drank the potion. The exterminator is attacked and then he shrunk the wrong way. It was TERRIBLE.