The Ant Bully (2006)

Director:

John A. Davis

Writers:

John A. Davis
John Nickle (book)

Release Date:

28 July 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

The battle for the lawn is on.

Plot:

After Lucas Nickle floods an ant colony with his watergun, he's magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins.

Plot Keywords:

Ant | Bully | Colony | Potion | Wizard

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Julia Roberts	...	Hova (voice)
Nicolas Cage	...	Zoc (voice)
Meryl Streep	...	Queen (voice)
Paul Giamatti	...	Stan Beals (voice)
Zach Tyler	...	Lucas Nickle (voice) (as Zach Tyler Eisen)
Regina King	...	Kreela (voice)
Bruce Campbell	...	Fugax (voice)
Lily Tomlin	...	Mommo (voice)
Cheri Oteri	...	Doreen Nickle (voice)
Larry Miller	...	Fred Nickle (voice)
Allison Mack	...	Tiffany Nickle (voice)
Ricardo Montalban	...	Head of Council (voice)
Creagen Dow	...	Mullet Boy (voice)
Myles Jeffrey	...	Steve (voice)
Jake T. Austin	...	Nicky (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Beetle (voice)
S. Scott Bullock	...	Glow Worm / Wasp Survivor (voice)
Mark DeCarlo	...	Fly (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Spindle / Frog / Caterpillar (voice)
Paul Greenberg	...	Sleeping Ant #1 / Head Lice #1 / Head Lice #2 / Head Lice #3 / Head Lice #4 / Brett (voice)
David Kaye	...	Sleeping Ant #2 / Guard Ant #3 / Wrangler Ant (voice)
Alfred Jackson	...	Slacker Ant (voice)
Ken Mitchroney	...	Ant #17 / Guard Ant #2 / Wasp #8 (voice)
Denzel Whitaker	...	Albert (voice)
Cailyn Taylor	...	Shigeko (voice) (as Casey Masamitsu)
Bryan Fabian	...	Fernando (voice)
Jake Goldberg	...	Helmet Boy / Nob / Red Teammate #1 (voice)
Keith Alcorn	...	Ant #18 / Pupa / Soldier Ant #3 (voice)
John A. Davis	...	Ant #19 (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Drone Ant / Ant #2 / Ant #6 (voice)
Sarah Mensinga	...	Mother Ant (voice)
Nika Futterman	...	Ant #1 / Ant #7 (voice)
Scott Holst	...	Ant #3 (voice)
Susan Silo	...	Ant #4 (voice)
Paul Rugg	...	Ant #5 (voice)
Larry Cedar	...	Ant #8 (voice)
Nicole Sullivan	...	Ant #9 (voice)
Candi Milo	...	Nurse Ant #3 (voice)
Nissa Alcorn	...	Billo (voice)
Pat Fraley	...	Ant Council #1 (voice)
Tyler James Williams	...	Blue Teammate #1 (voice)
Jared Goldsmith	...	Blue Teammate #2 / Red Teammate #2 (voice)
Austin Majors	...	Blue Teammate #3 (voice)
Jaishon Fisher	...	Blue Teammate #4 (voice)
Aaron Michael Drozin	...	Blue Teammate #5 (voice)
Max Burkholder	...	Blue Teammate #6 (voice)
Sam Green	...	Red Teammate #3 (voice)
Colin Ford	...	Red Teammate #4 (voice)
Kendall Ryan Sanders	...	Red Teammate #5 (voice)
Shane Baumel	...	Red Teammate #6 (voice)
Neil Ross	...	Wasp #1 / Wasp #5 (voice)
Bob Joles	...	Wasp #2 (voice)
Wally Wingert	...	Wasp #3 (voice)
Leon Morenzie	...	Wasp #4 (voice)
Jonathan David Cook	...	Wasp #6 (voice) (as Jonathan Cook)
Sean Donnellan	...	Soldier Ant #1 (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Old Council Ant (voice)
Richard Green	...	Wasp Leader (voice)
Don Frye	...	Soldier Ant (voice)
Clive Robertson	...	Hova's Wasp (voice)
Vernee Watson-Johnson	...	Head Nurse (voice) (as Vernée Watson Johnson)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nathalie Baye	...	La très sage reine (French version) (voice)
Florence Foresti	...	Kreela, la professeur (French version) (voice)
Alexandra Lamy	...	L'infirmière Hova (French version) (voice)
Bruno Salomone	...	Zoc, le sorcier fourmi (French version) (voice)
Benjamin Bryan	...	Kid (voice) (uncredited)
Jordan Del Spina	...	Ant (voice) (uncredited)
Jessie Flower	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Zack Shada	...	Blonde Boy (voice) (uncredited)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Ant Council #2 and #5 (voice) (uncredited)
Lori Tritel	...	Ant Council #3 (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
John A. Davis

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John A. Davis
John Nickle		book

Produced by
Keith Alcorn	....	executive producer
Diana Choi	....	executive producer (as Diana Choi Sachs)
John A. Davis	....	producer
William Fay	....	executive producer
Gary Goetzman	....	producer
Tom Hanks	....	producer
Alex Johns	....	co-executive producer
Scott Mednick	....	executive producer
Kim Saxon	....	co-producer
Steve Shareshian	....	executive producer (as Steven Shareshian)
Thomas Tull	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Debney

Cinematography by
Ken Mitchroney		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jon Price

Casting by
Ruth Lambert

Production Design by
Barry E. Jackson

Art Direction by
Chris Consani

Production Management
Kim Benzine-Rowell	....	production manager
Dale Gagne	....	production manager: Toronto
Alexandra Gunter	....	manager: Imax 3D
Lee Supercinski	....	unit production manager
Elizabeth Miller Gavcus	....	post-production executive (uncredited)

Art Department
Russell Calabrese	....	storyboard artist
Paul Claerhout	....	storyboard artist
Fred Cline	....	storyboard artist
Chris Consani	....	concept artist
Rod Douglas	....	storyboard artist
Bob Eggleton	....	concept artist
Joanna D. Ferguson	....	set dressing department manager
Fred Gambino	....	concept artist
Fred Gambino	....	matte painter
Fred Gambino	....	visual development artist
Mark Gelfuso	....	set dresser
Gary Glover	....	concept artist
Jeff Julian	....	concept designer
Johan Klingler	....	workbook supervisor
Buck Lewis	....	character design
Leisa McClelland	....	art department coordinator
Sarah Mensinga	....	concept artist
Ian Miller	....	visual development artist
Tom Morgan	....	lead storyboard artist
Jim Pearson	....	concept artist
Greg Spalenka	....	visual development artist
Gregory Scott Spalenka	....	concept designer
William Stout	....	conceptual design
Marta Swingle	....	set dressing department coordinator

Sound Department
Joseph Adorisio II	....	isdn recordist
Odin Benitez	....	sound effects editor
Deborah Cornish	....	sound effects editor: animatics
Bradford Cox	....	animatic sound effects editor
Sam Crutsinger	....	sound effects editor: pre-production
Eric Flickinger	....	sound recordist
David Grimaldi	....	additional sound designer
David Grimaldi	....	sound effects editor
Randall Guth	....	sound effects editor
Ryan Heiferman	....	adr recordist: New York
Ryan Heiferman	....	dialogue recordist
Keith Hodne	....	sound recordist
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Michael Jonascu	....	sound designer
Jason King	....	sound effects editor
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Val Kuklowsky	....	sound editor
Roy Machado	....	dialogue recordist
Roy Machado	....	isdn recordist: Dallas
David Marcus	....	assistant sound editor
Sean McCoy	....	dialogue recordist
Mark Menza	....	supervising sound editor: animatics
Chuck Michael	....	sound effects editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Willard Overstreet	....	foley editor
David Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Mike Sawitzke	....	sound
Solange S. Schwalbe	....	foley supervisor
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Eliott Taylor	....	dialogue recordist
Derek Vanderhorst	....	sound effects editor
Bernard Weiser	....	sound effects editor
Christopher T. Welch	....	supervising sound editor
Larry Winer	....	original dialogue mixer

Special Effects by
Tiffany Anne Brower	....	special effects coordinator (as Tiffany Brower)
Aaron Conover	....	character finaling artist
Aaron Conover	....	character modeler
Ellyn S. Klein	....	special effects department manager
Boris Lai	....	pipeline developer
Gregory Wade Reynolds	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Adel Abada	....	lighter & compositor
Shane Aherne	....	lighting technical director
Shane Aherne	....	rendering technical director
Paul Allen	....	character animator
David Alonzo	....	junior systems administrator
Mike Altman	....	character finaling artist
Mike Altman	....	character modeler
Paul Anderson	....	lighting & compositing
Jason Ang	....	technical director
Paul Arion	....	lighting & compositing
Eric Baker	....	character technical director
George Banks	....	character animator
David Barksdale	....	character finaling lead
Aaron Barr	....	lighting & compositing
Matt Battaglia	....	set modeling
Matt Battaglia	....	setup
Joe Beckley	....	lighting artist
Mark Behm	....	lead character animator
Walter Behrnes	....	lead environment technical director
Suzanne Berger	....	digital artist
Wim Bien	....	character animator
Jonathan Block	....	title sequence design/animation
Robert Bloom	....	3D compositor: IMAX
Robert Bloom	....	junior lighting technical director: IMAX
Robert Bloom	....	lead IMAX artist
Tony Bonilla	....	character animator
Tony Bonilla	....	crowd animator
Gerhard Borchers	....	lighting artist
Wendell Bruno	....	assistant DMR editor (IMAX version)
Andrew Burke	....	character animator
Jeff Capogreco	....	lighting technical director
Jeff Capogreco	....	modeling technical director
Mark T. Carlson	....	digital effects artist
Brian Chacon	....	head of technology
John Corey Chastain	....	visual effects
Pei Cheng	....	lighting artist
Wes Chilton	....	visual effects
Youngjae Choi	....	character animator
Chris Christman	....	character finaling lead
Bertrand Chung	....	character animator (as Bert Chung)
Joshua J. Clark	....	lighting & compositing
Michael B. Comet	....	rigging supervisor
Rudy Cortes	....	RenderMan Shader technical director
Kent Culotta	....	character animator
Colin Cunningham	....	comp/lighting lead: C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Kathleen Curry	....	Massive artist
Piero D'Aloisio	....	IMAX technical director (as Pierre D'Aloisio)
Tony Davidson	....	lighting artist
Tony Davidson	....	texture artist
Dennis Davis	....	digital artist
Ryan Davis	....	character animator
Stanley A. Dellimore	....	IMAX technical director
Tamir Diab	....	compositor
Tamir Diab	....	lighter
Rod Douglas	....	final layout / set dressing artist
Christopher Downs	....	implementation technical director
Christopher Downs	....	lighting technical director
Jennifer Downs	....	character modeler
Michael Duffy	....	production software supervisor
Jim Eberle	....	digital color timer
Rony Edde	....	technical director
Christopher Lynn Edwards	....	render wrangler
Steven Elford	....	compositor
Steven Elford	....	lighting artist
Joanna Erbach	....	render technical director
Jud Estes	....	compositor: nuke
Ramahan Faulk	....	lead character modeler: DNA
Alexander Fleisig	....	character animator
Michael Sean Foley	....	senior CG supervisor
Mike Fortner	....	lead character technical director
Christopher Lee Fowler	....	lead lighter
Rena M. Fowler	....	character animator
Jason Lee Fultz	....	render wrangler
Mark Gelfuso	....	lighting artist
J.P. Giamos	....	lighting/Imax coordinator: C.O.R.E. FA
J.P. Giamos	....	production coordinator: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Greg Glaser	....	systems administrator
Gary Glover	....	digital matte painter
Joe Gorski	....	character animator
Michelle Gorski	....	character animator
Tom Grevera	....	lead animator
Tom Grevera	....	lead character animator
Amy Grieshaber	....	animation department coordinator
James Gu	....	character technical director
Alex Gurevich	....	IMAX artist
Alex Gurevich	....	programming technical director
Wade Hampton	....	character animator
Todd Harper	....	lighting artist
Todd Harper	....	texture & shading artist
Audie Harrison	....	character animator
Jason Hendrich	....	character animator
Ryan Heniser	....	RenderMan shading technical director
Ryan Heniser	....	rendering & pipeline programmer
Garman Herigstad	....	visual effects artist
Rich Hirneise	....	head of technology
Kevin Hong	....	lighting artist
Chris Hummel	....	character finaling supervisor
Nick Ilyin	....	CG supervisor
Nick Ilyin	....	Imax supervisor
Sean Jensen	....	CGI supervisor
Aimee Johnson	....	visual effects artist
Tom M. Jordan	....	character modeling supervisor
Gregory John Jowle	....	lighting and compositing artist
Hyun Chul Jung	....	character animator
Michael Karp	....	stereo technical director
Kathryn Klaene	....	compositor
Kathryn Klaene	....	lighter
Kathryn Klaene	....	render wrangler
Sara Jane Kramer	....	IMAX artist
Sara Jane Kramer	....	texture & shading artist
Keith Lango	....	character animator
Sang Woo Lee	....	character animator
Paul J. Leffelman	....	character animator
Scott Lemmer	....	character animator
P. Alex Lim	....	digital effects artist: DNA Productions
Raymond K.L. Liu	....	effects lead
Raymond K.L. Liu	....	implementation technical director
Jenny Macy	....	texture artist
Steve Madsen	....	shading technical director
William Scott McCullough	....	lighting artist
Ian Megibben	....	head of lighting
Sarah Mensinga	....	character animator
Brian Menz	....	character animator
Ryan Michero	....	head of texture and shading
Ryan Michero	....	lighting technical director
Ryan Michero	....	matte painting supervisor
Chris Moffitt	....	character modeler
Deanna Molinaro	....	character animator
Hugo L. Morales	....	character animator (as Hugo Morales)
Hai Nguyen	....	rendering technical director
Sami Nikki	....	lighting td
Craig Nisbet	....	digital effects artist
Tom Nixon	....	visual effects
Richard Oey	....	character animator
Jose A. Ortiz Jr.	....	title sequence design/animation
Timothy J. Peckham	....	compositor
Ray Pena	....	character animator
Karen Prell	....	character animator
Amila Puhala	....	character animator
Patrik Puhala	....	character animator
David Quirus	....	IMAX 3D lead
Alan Rogers	....	character animator
Barry Rooney	....	character animator
Barry Rooney	....	crowd animator
Matthew Russell	....	lead character animator
Wade Ryer	....	character technical director
Tania Salahat Cardenas	....	character animator / shot fixer
Ben Sanders	....	character animator
David Santiago	....	visual effects supervisor
Dan Schoedel	....	lighting lead
James Schryer	....	lighting and compositing
Ray Sena	....	texture artist
Jose Sepulveda	....	shot fixer
Damon Shelton	....	additional environment modeler
Damon Shelton	....	assistant lighter
Damon Shelton	....	character technical director
Jason Simmons	....	visual effects artist: DNA Productions Inc.
Brian A. Smeets	....	lighting and compositing lead
Josh Smeltzer	....	texture lead
Daniel Smollan	....	junior shading technical director
Daniel Smollan	....	rendering technical director
Drew Solodzuk	....	DMR editor (IMAX version)
Roy Stelzer	....	compositing director
David Stewart	....	systems administrator
Florian Strobl	....	digital compositor
Rangi Sutton	....	lighting
Rangi Sutton	....	render lead
Eunkyoung Lee Swearingen	....	lighting artist
David Tart	....	animation director
Aaron Thedford	....	texture artist
Andre Thomas	....	head of rendering
Andre Thomas	....	supervising shading technical director
Bryan Thombs	....	lighting technical director
Bryan Thombs	....	title sequence designer
James Thornton	....	crowd animation technical director
Charles Tinney	....	character animator
Nathan Tungseth	....	character animator
Anthony Tyler	....	render wrangler
Anthony Tyler	....	rendering technical director
George Vajna	....	second assistant DMR editor (IMAX version)
Jason Vigue	....	render wrangler
Tom Voll	....	lighting/rendering technical director
Michael A. Wallace	....	layout artist
Aaron Werntz	....	lead character animator
Trevor Wide	....	lighting artist
Trevor Wide	....	texture artist
David Willows	....	lighting & compositing
Greg Wilton	....	Massive artist
Tommy Wright	....	lighting artist
Mohand Zennadi	....	lighter

Camera and Electrical Department
Ellyn S. Klein	....	lighting technician
Roman Robbins	....	lighting technician

Animation Department
Rena Archer	....	animation department manager
Mandy Au	....	lighter and compositor
Tony Bonilla	....	character animator
Tony Bonilla	....	crowd animator
Ernesto Bottger	....	animator
Ray Chase	....	character animator
Youngjae Choi	....	animator
Mario D'Anna Jr.	....	storyboard artist
Sean Ermey	....	character animator
Joanna D. Ferguson	....	layout department manager
Joanna D. Ferguson	....	workbook department manager
Mark Gelfuso	....	final layout artist
Troy Griffin	....	layout supervisor
Tim Hatcher	....	character animator
Joseph P. Johnston	....	layout artist
Joseph P. Johnston	....	set dressing artist
Chris Kiser	....	crowd animation coordinator
David Krentz	....	background artist
David Krentz	....	character designer
Scott Lemmer	....	animator
Buck Lewis	....	character designer (as H.B. 'Buck' Lewis)
Ken Mitchroney	....	story artist
Rani Naamani	....	animator
Mark Nonnenmacher	....	digital matte painting
Richard Oud	....	animation intern
Jacob Patrick	....	character animator
Alexis Patterson	....	assistant animation coordinator
Amila Puhala	....	animator
Patrik Puhala	....	animator
Shannon Pytlak	....	assistant animator
Chad Sellers	....	animator
Chris Sherrod	....	layout artist
David Tart	....	animation director
Mark Thielen	....	animation supervisor
Zubin Wadia	....	senior pipeline technical director
Michael A. Wallace	....	layout artist
Shane L. Wapskineh	....	layout artist
Nate Yellig	....	character finaler

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting

Editorial Department
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer
Kathy Graves	....	assistant editor
Bret Marnell	....	associate editor
Jake Patton	....	first assistant editor
Nathan Schauf	....	assistant editor
Charles B. Unger	....	additional editor
Yon Van Kline	....	assistant editor
John Wahba	....	additional editor

Music Department
Wolfgang Amadeus	....	electronic scoring mixer
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist
Jeff Carson	....	music editor
John Debney	....	conductor
Brad Dechter	....	supervising orchestrator
Andrew Dorfman	....	music editor
Matt Franko	....	music preparation
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
Jim Harrison	....	music editor
Tanya Noel Hill	....	music editor
Kevin Kaska	....	orchestrator
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator
Christopher Klatman	....	orchestrator
Chris Lord	....	assistant orchestrator
Melanie Mullens Hoyson	....	score production supervisor
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Don Nemitz	....	orchestrator
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Ralph Sall	....	soundtrack album producer
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator
Thanh Tran	....	assistant orchestrator
Mike Watts	....	orchestrator
Robert Wolff	....	scoring crew

Other crew
Autumn Baeza	....	production assistant
Todd Baillere	....	crew: IMAX 3-D DMR
Tiffany Anne Brower	....	assistant lighting coordinator (as Tiffany Brower)
Doug Burch	....	adr voice
Russell Calabrese	....	sequence director
John R. Carlson	....	interstitials coordinator
John R. Carlson	....	layout coordinator
Mark T. Carlson	....	developer: fluid sim
Peter Clarke	....	visual development artist
Allison Diamond	....	assistant: Mr. Hanks
Heather M. Drummons	....	modeling coordinator
Joe E. Elwood	....	interstitial editor
Joanna D. Ferguson	....	film-out coordinator
Michael Griffith	....	production coordinator: Toronto
Alexandra Gunter	....	rendering department coordinator
Tory Haljun	....	assistant: Mr. Goetzman
Cindy Hourani	....	studio coordinator
Hilal Hourani	....	production assistant
Meagan Hovey	....	production assistant
Dodie Kindred	....	assistant: Mr. Davis
Chris Kiser	....	pipeline coordinator
Tommy Kiser	....	pipeline department manager
Ellyn S. Klein	....	film out department manager
Elizabeth Kruger	....	production assistant
Rob LaDuca	....	sequence director
Charles McClelland	....	production assistant
Leisa McClelland	....	marketing production coordinator
Ken Mitchroney	....	head of story
Chris Moffitt	....	additional technical director
Chris Moffitt	....	additional texture artist
Diane H. Newman	....	script supervisor
Cosgrove Vincent Norstadt	....	anamatic talent coordinator (as Christopher Johnson)
Angie Parks	....	script coordinator
Angie Parks	....	story department manager
Tanya A. Price	....	travel coordinator
Sooki Raphael	....	assistant: Mr. Hanks
Cheryl Ray	....	asset department manager
Damon Shelton	....	additional technical director
Chris Sherrod	....	3-D IMAX artist
Julie Shimer	....	assistant: Mr. Goetzman
Mark Story	....	programmer
Marta Swingle	....	layout department coordinator
Marta Swingle	....	retake coordinator
Marta Swingle	....	workbook department coordinator
Mandy Teefey	....	finaling coordinator (as Mandy Cornett)
Amber Uphoff	....	production assistant
Jason Vigue	....	production assistant
John Wahba	....	interstitial editor
Bryan Wallace	....	production assistant
Michael A. Wallace	....	IMAX 3-D artist
Christina Hwang	....	title producer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros
• Playtone
• DNA Productions
• Legendary Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2006) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Other Companies

• Bulletproof Recording Company  soundtrack (music inspired by the motion picture)
• Picture Mill, The  titles
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild rude humor and action

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

Sonics-DDP (IMAX version) | SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:G | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:MG6 | USA:PG (certificate #42829) | UK:U | Australia:G | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Hong Kong:I | France:U | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-7 | Argentina:Atp | Philippines:G | Brazil:Livre | South Korea:All | New Zealand:G | Portugal:M/4 | Denmark:7 | Sweden:7 | Norway:A | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | South Africa:PG

Company:

Warner Bros

Trivia:

Final film appearance of Ricardo Montalban.

Quotes:

Stan Beals:[sarcastically] Oh geez, Oh ow; Boy, that hurts, please stop. Bye-Bye!

Movie Connections:

References FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)

Soundtrack:

The Ants Go Marching

Ant theme should be retired.

I love CG and am not tired of it yet. To me, the medium of the story is not as important as the quality of the plot, and in The Ant Bully, the story was just too overdone to be satisfying. The graphics and sounds were nice, and it's a shame they were not paired with a more unique storyline.

Pros: The voices were expressive, and there's a different take on ants in this movie than in the previous ones. These follow the laws of nature in some respects but don't in others, so their world may not be as familiar or believable to viewers as those in A Bug's Life or Antz might have been. The CG is great, with nice details where they're needed, and there are different species of wildlife involved. Now if they could just move on to a new subject. No one's done a big CG movie about cockroaches yet...

Cons: The message of the movie is pushed a bit too hard. In many ways, it's exactly the same message as the one in the previous two ant movies. Ant Bully might be pretty interesting for anyone who hasn't already seen A Bug's Life and Antz, but you'll probably still yawn a little and say the magician ant's catch-phrase along with him when it's repeated for the third time.