A Bug's Life | 
| Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Phyllis Diller, Dave Foley, Brad Garrett, Jonathan Harris, Bonnie Hunt
Studio: Disney/Pixar
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  450 reviews
Sales Rank: 33618
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 95
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Array
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0788815083
UPC: 717951001818
EAN: 9786305327028
ASIN: 6305327025
Theatrical Release Date: November 25, 1998
Release Date: April 20, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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There was such a magic on the screen in 1995 when the people at Pixar came up with the first fully computer-animated film, Toy Story. Their second feature film, A Bug's Life, may miss the bull's-eye but Pixar's target is so lofty, it's hard to find the film anything less than irresistible. Brighter and more colorful than the other animated insect movie of 1998 (Antz), A Bug's Life is the sweetly told story of Flik (voiced by David Foley), an ant searching for better ways to be a bug. His colony unfortunately revolves around feeding and fearing the local grasshoppers (lead by Hopper, voiced with gleeful menace by Kevin Spacey). When Flik accidentally destroys the seasonal food supply for the grasshoppers he decides to look for help ("We need bigger bugs!"). The ants, led by Princess Atta (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), are eager to dispose of the troublesome Flik. Yet he finds help--a hearty bunch of bug warriors--and brings them back to the colony. Unfortunately they are just traveling performers afraid of conflict. As with Toy Story, the ensemble of creatures and voices is remarkable and often inspired. Highlights include wiseacre comedian Denis Leary as an un-ladylike ladybug, Joe Ranft as the German-accented caterpillar, David Hyde Pierce as a stick bug, and Michael McShane as a pair of unintelligible pillbugs. The scene-stealer is Atta's squeaky-voiced sister, baby Dot (Hayden Panettiere), who has a big sweet spot for Flik. More gentle and kid-friendly than Antz, A Bug Life's still has some good suspense and a wonderful demise of the villain. However, the film--a giant worldwide hit--will be remembered for its most creative touch: "outtakes" over the end credits a la many live-action comedy films. These dozen or so scenes (both "editions" of outtakes are contained here) are brilliant and deserve a special place in film history right along with 1998's other most talked-about sequence: the opening Normandy invasion in Saving Private Ryan. The video and DVD also contain Pixar's delightful Oscar-winning short, Geri's Game. --Doug Thomas
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 Great for everyone of any age August 15, 2008
I have liked this movie since I was around nine and I still like it now. In my opinion its one of PIXAR's best films and a really memorable one. Recommend this movie to anyone of any age.
 Not for small children August 5, 2008
My son started a new preschool that allows the children to watch G rated movies during their "after care". This movie was one selected. After my son watched it, he starting using violent language. I decided to watch it to find out what the movie was all about. Overall, I thought the movie was great for adults; however, it is too violent for a three year old. In addition, there is bullying, name calling and kicking/hitting others in anger. I thought this movie was completely inappropriate for a preschooler and will not allow my child to watch it again until he is school age.
 Expedient delivery July 21, 2008
My DVD was received in a timely manner and in excellent condition. Would use this vendor again.
 Didn't care for it. June 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A Bugs Life reminds me a lot of Ants.
Boring, unmemorable, pretty to look at but not much fun to listen to.
This is a great movie for kids with a low attention span.
For adults?
Hmmmmm.......... Compared to masterpieces like Toy Story and Monster's Inc., I'll have to pass on another bug movie.
Get the Toy Story and Ice Age films insted!!! May 28, 2008
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
This movie was too scary and violent for me. Even though I just read about this from others, I decided to take a chance, never again!! I at first told my teacher about this movie that I wanted to give it a try because it was a Pixar film as I'm big fan of the Toy Story films, as i told them if this was violent, she said that it wasn't too violent until I watched it at home. So I gave it a chance and I watched this movie on a laptop computer at school for just halfway through then it stopped so I quitted it. This is it, a couple days later, yesterday I bought the 2-disc DVD of this movie and I watched almost all of the thing and began to get scared because there was too much fighting and violence and I started crying for about 5 minutes until I could play a song that could make me feel a lot better. I played 2 of my favorite songs (Waiting for a Girl Like You and For Whom the Bell Tolls) to help make me feel better and thought that Toy Story was better and I felt better after that and I will stick with Toy Story and Ice Age films insted. Even Ice Age in Spanish and French was a lot better than this $#IT. Don't ever buy or waste your hard earned money on this violent movie. This movie will scare your family, even your grandma will hate it. If you want good films, get the Toy Story and Ice Age insted.
This film deserves way below 0.
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