Antz

I was gonna show this to my kids, aged 5 and 7, but I always check this site first. When I saw some of the reviews I wondered if I was forgetting something, so decided to rewatch it first. This was one of my favourites as a kid and I still loved it. The humour still holds up, and the animation, and the music, the voice acting, the action. And the story! Such a great movie! There were a few things I had forgotten about though. A few medium swear words such as b**ch, h*ll, and a**. The termite battle at the beginning is pretty intense. If it was just that I may have still let them watch it. But the most mature part of the movie IMO was when Weaver and Azteca were being tortured by Mandible and his soldiers. Weaver was being hit in the face repeatedly to encourage him to tell what he knew about Zee's whereabouts. When he wont talk they bring in his girlfriend, Azteca. We dont see what they do to her but we hear her moaning off-screen and Weaver finally caves. That was a very dark scene and I will probably wait until my kids are at least 9yo before showing them this movie.

The version that was released in theaters and on home movie DVDs was the PG version. The uncut version (a special order option) was unrated, but would get a PG-13 rating if released to the general public. Parents beware, the uncut version contains stronger language (two instances of the S-word, one instance of the F-word and the GD-word), violence (much bloodier), and sexual content (ants have brief intercourse). That version is appropriate for ages 13+. The edited version which is PG is OK for 10+. It still has some language, like damn, crap, ass, b**ch, and hell.