The old tale of the grasshopper and the ants gets a work-over via the magic of Pixar and a big dose of plot transfusion from The Seven Samurai. Like most Disney animations, this film’s got its share of impressive graphics and cute moments. But also like most Disney animations, it features a few cute characters, a lot of feel-good moments, and the notorious happy ending. The romance between the ant princess and the hapless hero doesn’t work for me, perhaps because I didn’t sense much chemistry between Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Dave Foley, even as computer-animated bugs (or maybe they were just too close to their counterparts in Antz, which suffered from equally bad chemistry between Woody Allen and Sharon Stone). Not bad as an opening feature for video night, but not much more. Mildly amusing
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