Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Tagline: The battle for the lawn is on.
Plot: Poor 10-year-old Lucas Nickle (Zach Tyler Eisen) can’t get a break. Recently moved to a new city with his family, he hasn’t made a single friend. He gets nothing but grief from his teenage sister, Tiffany (Allison Mack), and not a whole lot of attention lately from his parents (Cheri Oteri and Larry Miller), who are busy planning their big anniversary weekend trip to Puerto Vallarta. Meanwhile, his loving but kinda kooky grandmother Mommo (Lily Tomlin) spends all her time trying to protect the family from those space aliens she’s been reading about in the grocery store magazines.To make matters worse, Lucas has become the number one target of neighborhood bully Steve, who never misses an opportunity to push him around. In turn, Lucas delights in destroying ant hills in his yard—venting his frustration on the defenseless mounds of dirt and their tiny inhabitants by kicking them, stomping them and squirting them with the garden hose. But, unbeknownst to Lucas, there is a whole world alive and busy just underneath his feet, and what he sees as “just a bunch of stupid ants” are actually members of a complex society, with names and relationships, responsibilities and emotions. They’re getting mighty tired of having their homes trampled by Lucas The Destroyer. And they are ready
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 The Ant Bully is representative of a new, cynical mindset that has arisen amongst animated film distributors. Call it the Field of Dreams mentality: if you make it, they will come. Why bother with wit, intelligence, and emotion when children will be equally entertained by pretty images, colorful action, and the obligatory poop joke? (In this instance, it occurs when poor Lucas is getting his first taste of ant food.) It's depressing to see how far animated films have fallen in such a short time...  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
I took my 4-year-old son to this and he was completely mesmerized by it. The story was fast-paced and funny, so we were both entertained. It's a fun movie for the whole family. 7/10--Scott Chitwood (ComingSoon.net)
ANT BULLY plays like a bland version of Deepak Chopra, without the hypnotically effective speaking voice, or the seductive sense of conviction. It’s there to teach as much as to entertain, Aside from the seemingly inevitable tie-ins that kids' films are prone to, the wonder of Jelly Bellys, or in ant lore, "sweet rocks", are thoroughly explored, there are some truly noble aspirations at work here. Adults may not be enthralled, but kids might learn something, and kudos for that.  --Andrea Chase (Killer Movie Reviews)
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John A. Davis
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Santa vs. the Snowman 3D, Neopets |
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John A. Davis
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Santa vs. the Snowman 3D, Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom | |
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 | Meryl Streep
Adaptation., The Deer Hunter, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events |
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 | Lily Tomlin
I Heart Huckabees, Orange County, Short Cuts |
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John Debney
Sin City, The Passion of the Christ, Bruce Almighty |
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| Your garden-variety animated bug picture. --Michael Rechtshaffen (Hollywod Reporter)
...is worth a couple of chuckles. An ant swears and crosses it"s heart. An ant"s heart is on the back part of their body. "You're supposed to cross your heart, not your butt." Lucas tells her. Most of the movie, however, never creates enough concern for the ants for the audience to care about. I mean, these are just insects after all.  --Eric Nash (TheMovieBuffs.com)
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