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.
Acting
Woody Allen's neurotic energy is weirdly perfect for an ant
Writing
Surprisingly sharp Marxist critique disguised as kids' movie
Practical Effects
Early DreamWorks CGI still holds chaotic charm
Director
Eric Darnell
Woody Allen
Z-4195 “Z” (voice)
Sharon Stone
Princess Bala (voice)
Dan Aykroyd
Chip (voice)
Anne Bancroft
Queen (voice)
Danny Glover
Barbatus (voice)
Gene Hackman
General Mandible (voice)
Jane Curtin
Muffy (voice)
Sylvester Stallone
Weaver (voice)
Jennifer Lopez
Azteca (voice)
Christopher Walken
Colonel Cutter (voice)
John Mahoney
Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)
Paul Mazursky
Psychologist (voice)
Grant Shaud
Foreman (voice)
Jim Cummings
Additional Voices (voice)
April Winchell
Additional Voices (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released weeks before A Bug's Life, sparking one of animation's pettiest rivalries—Jeffrey Katzenberg allegedly rushed production after leaving Disney.
The war on termites sequence was DreamWorks' first attempt at large-scale CGI battle scenes; animators studied WWI trench footage for reference.
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