Rotten
Kiddie-friendly toilet humour, a whiff of suspense and familiar voice actors make it passably entertaining, but there's little warmth or emotional satisfaction to be had from its cynical characters.
Anna Smith, Time Out
The Ant Bully
The battle for the lawn is on.
2006 · 1h 29m · PG
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
John A. Davis
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
The Ant Bully
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
62%
Tomatometer
Rotten
... unnecessary ...
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
... The Ant Bully is just a great ride, but all that moralizing diminishes the fun of feeling ant-sized yourself and being immersed in Lucas's incredible adventures.
Peter Debruge, Miami Herald
Fresh
If the Ant Bully story is generic, it is never plodding. It zips along quite nicely, aided by the especially well-constructed action sequences.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Fresh
[It's] a rousing adventure capped with just the right measure of sweetness... John A. Davis shows heaps of invention.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
More films
A Bug's Life (1998)
Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family · G
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter
- Cast
- Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
IMDb
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
78
Antz (1998)
Animation · Comedy · Family · PG
A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Director
- Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
- Cast
- Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Dan Aykroyd
IMDb
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
73
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Adventure · Comedy · Family · Science Fiction · PG
The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Director
- Joe Johnston
- Cast
- Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman
IMDb
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
63
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family · Science Fiction · G
Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when he meets Wilbur Robinson and his family.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Stephen J. Anderson
- Cast
- Daniel Hansen, Jordan Fry, Wesley Singerman
IMDb
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
Metacritic
61
Avatar (2009)
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction · PG-13
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
- Runtime
- 2h 42m
- Director
- James Cameron
- Cast
- Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver
IMDb
7.9
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
83
Snow (1963)
Documentary · N/A
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from the cutting-room compresses British Rail's dedication to blizzard-battling into a thrilling eight-minute montage cut to music. Tough-as-boots workers struggling to keep the line clear are ...
- Runtime
- 8m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.0
Rail (1967)
Documentary · N/A
"Rail" captures British Railways at a major turning-point in its history. In certain respects, this was a period of considerable upheaval and loss. There was a facing-up to the increasing need for a big modernisation drive. Full and speedy electrification, or the wider promotion of diesel-power on remaining lines, became a matter of to...
- Runtime
- 14m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.4
Locomotion (1975)
Documentary · N/A
Collage film about the history of trains set to music.
- Runtime
- 16m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.2
Shell Spirit (1963)
N/A
Directed by Geoffrey Jones.
- Runtime
- 2m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
6.8
Comments
Talk about the film with other members