A Bug's Life Critic Reviews

One of the great movies -- a triumph of storytelling and character development, and a whole new ballgame for computer animation. Pixar Animation Studios has raised the genre to an astonishing new level.Read the full review

Smashing family entertainment: The whole thing is quick-witted, fast-paced, and loaded with clever sight gags and colorful, engaging supporting characters.Read the full review

What A Bug's Life demonstrates is that when it comes to bugs, the most fun ones to hang out with hang exclusively with the gang at Pixar.Read the full review

Makes jaunty, imaginative use of both extraordinary technology and bold storytelling possibilities within the insect world.Read the full review

The story, about an ant colony that frees itself from slavery to grasshoppers, is similar in some ways to the autumn's other big animated release, "Antz," but it's aimed at a broader audience and lacks the in-jokes.Read the full review

A Bug's Life, like “Toy Story,” develops protagonists we can root for, and places them in the midst of a fast-moving, energetic adventure.Read the full review

So obsessed with wowing you, in every corner of every frame, that as a movie it doesn't quite breathe.Read the full review

Entertaining in a very showbizzy way.Read the full review

Clever as it is, the film lacks charm. One problem: too many bugs. Second, bigger world for two purposes: to feed birds and to irk humans. Read the full review