Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins & 32 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
It's difficult to shake the sense that the film was assembled hurriedly and somewhat haphazardly. Which, from all available evidence, is exactly what happened.
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
18 Jul 2015
fresh:
What, if anything, holds "Ant-Man" together? First, Paul Rudd, who is laughably unheroic, and has the grace to know as much ...
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
20 Jul 2015
fresh:
The overwhelming, self-serious sense that we are watching something Very Important blissfully doesn't exist in Ant-Man. It's just plain fun: light, breezy, simple and enjoyable.
– Christy Lemire,
ChristyLemire.com,
22 Jul 2015
rotten:
At long last Marvel Studios offers up a superhero smaller than its artistic ambitions.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
23 Jul 2015
rotten:
[Ants are] pests, and that's just a weird place to start for a superhero, especially if he never strays too far from his origins.