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100
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Sophisticated, funny, and joyously subversive animated bug epic.
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88
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
It's sharp and funny--not a children's movie, but one of those hybrids that works on different levels for different ages.
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88
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New York Daily News
A bug-eyed marvel. [2 October 1998, p. 56]
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80
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Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
Sorry, stinging fire ants couldn't make me reveal the outcome of this witty and, yes, surprisingly suspenseful adventure.
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75
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Refreshingly naughty and nice.
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75
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San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
A humongous animation event that ratchets up the level of the computer art that Hollywood is swooning over these days.
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75
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USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
Think "Animal Farm" redone as Ant Farm. [2 October 1998, p. 11E]
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70
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The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
Antz works best just showing off its prodigious voice talent.
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60
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Washington Post Rita Kempley
Sorry, Antz has no show-stopping song and dance numbers, no catchy melodies and no love songs either. The score, made up of old standards, does, however, enhance one of the movie's wittier episodes.
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50
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Brief enough, clocking in at 83 minutes, but its story is too predictable to make an impact even in such a short space. Unlike "Toy Story," the dialogue here, written by Todd Alcott and Chris & Paul Weitz, is pro forma all the way.
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