The Ant Bully

"Family entertainment at its best... The brilliance of "The Ant Bully'' is in the crafty way it delves into the minds of ants as they plot to save themselves from extermination. Filmmaker John A. Davis creates a marvelously labyrinthine society for them, existing right below the surface of a bland suburb in Anywhere, USA..."

"Wittily manipulating scale to generate the requisite fright factor, the movie is stuffed with visual delights both lyrical (a squadron of ants hang-gliding on flower petals) and visceral (a battalion of bottle-blue wasps on the wing)..."

"Feels anonymously generic and charmlessly mechanical..."

"An effortlessly clever animated confection..."

"As kiddie entertainment it works well, with simple humour and lots of action. But there’s not a lot to appeal to any accompanying adults..."

"None of this, unfortunately, makes John A Davis' yarn more than just another bug movie, the star wattage of its voice cast doing little to counter the stumbling obviousness of the whole. Nor does it redeem a script that, with its emphasis on action, faeces, and slimy goo, emulates its hexapod heroes by having its heart in its ass..."