Antboy (2013)

12-year-old Pelle is bitten by an ant and develops superpowers. Aided by comic book nerd Wilhelm, Pelle creates a secret identity as superhero Antboy. When a super villain The Flea enters the scene, Antboy must step up to the challenge.

Director:

Ask Hasselbalch

Writers:

Anders Ølholm (screenplay), Kenneth Bøgh Andersen (based on: the Antboy books by)

Stars:

Oscar Dietz, Amalie Kruse Jensen, Samuel Ting Graf

2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Oscar Dietz	...	Pelle Nøhrmann / Antboy
Amalie Kruse Jensen	...	Ida
Samuel Ting Graf	...	Wilhelm
Nicolas Bro	...	Dr. Gæmelkrå / Loppen
Cecilie Alstrup Tarp	...	Amanda
Marcuz Jess Petersen	...	Allan
Johannes Jeffries Sørensen	...	Mark
Lærke Winther	...	Mor
Frank Thiel	...	Far
Thomas Voss	...	Carsten
Caspar Phillipson	...	Mr. Sommersted
Nicoline Melbye Andreassen	...	Lille pige
Jonas Schmidt	...	School Photographer
Nanna Schaumburg-Muller	...	Pelle's teacher (as Nanna Schaumburg-Müller)
Aske Bang	...	Thief

Storyline

12-year-old Pelle is bitten by an ant and develops superpowers. Aided by comic book nerd Wilhelm, Pelle creates a secret identity as superhero Antboy. When a super villain The Flea enters the scene, Antboy must step up to the challenge.

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Plot Keywords:

close up of eyes | first part | non comic book superhero | comic book | superhero | 

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Taglines:

Superheroes come in all sizes

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some action, language and mild rude humor

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook [Denmark] Official site [Denmark]

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Release Date:

16 April 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Antboy - Der Biss der Ameise

Filming Locations:

Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nimbus Film Productions, Det Danske Filminstitut, Film Fyn

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The action figures in Wilhelm's glass locker are compilations of different superheroes. One of them is He-Man with eight eyes. The edits were made to avoid legal dispute with other comic corporations. Director Ask Hasselbalch kept one of the figures after filming wrapped.

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Crazy Credits

A golden ant occasionally crawls along the credits, and can be heard as the final credits scroll by.

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Connections

References Coraline (2009)

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Soundtracks

Det kribler og det krabler
Written by Persille Ingerslev
Performed by Persille Ingerslev

User Reviews

A little superhero's a big adventure.

A children's superhero movie that offers nothing great moment for adults. Specially made movie for tween kids, definitely they gonna enjoy. For adults, it is like a spoof and kids' version of the Spiderman movie. Yeah, it was kinda inspired by the Spiderman movie so they gave right credit by mentioning it in the story.

Most of the modern Danish movies I saw were very impressive. They take challenging subjects and carve into a great piece. It is a lookout film industry like South Korea. So I laid my on this movie when I saw the first teaser as I am a children movie fan. This was a good movie, but as a middle aged man this did not work for me.

The kids gave their best, many were debuted with this so it's their first experience to perform in front of the camera. It's clearly visible their amateur acting skills. Only experience can teach and improve them on this field. For a maiden movie they have done a decent job except lack in facial expression in different situation of the story.

The first Danish superhero movie based on the children's book. This movie was very short, runs for less than 80 minutes, so it was the reason it did not bore me. As a superhero movie, there's not enough stunts in it. Looks like they kept it low to target little kid's audience. Even the story was also familiar, only characters were derived. Overall, it can be acceptable, but not by the large margin.