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The Ant Bully
2006 89 min United States of America PG 12+
★6.0
Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Director: John A. Davis
📖 Based on the novel
«The Ant Bully»
byJohn Nickle
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Description
Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his front yard ... until the insects shrink him to the size of a bug with a magic elixir. Convicted of "crimes against the colony," Lucas can only regain his freedom by living with the ants and learning their ways.
Budget:
$50M
US Gross:
$28.14M
Worldwide:
$55.2M
Starring
Julia Roberts
Actor
Nicolas Cage
Actor
Meryl Streep
Actor
Awards
1 win & 4 nominations total
Key opinion
The Ant Bully is viewed as a functional but unremarkable family adventure that benefits from a creative central premise. While the film features a high-profile voice cast and energetic sequences, it struggles to distinguish itself from more iconic insect-themed animated films.
| Originality | The film’s central premise of shrinking a boy to ant size offers a creative and engaging perspective on the familiar 'be nice to insects' moral. | |
| Acting | The voice cast, featuring A-list talent like Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep, is underutilized, resulting in characters that often feel faceless or detached from the performers. | |
| Originality | The film functions as a decent, short-term distraction for families, though it lacks the lasting impact or distinctiveness of genre benchmarks like 'A Bug's Life'. |