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...particularly interested in demonstrating their ability to depict water and human movement, disregarding the fact that the plot must make some rather forced detours in order to accommodate these animated showpieces. Though the character of Allen as well as those of the other actors (voiced by Dan Akroyd, Anne Bancroft, Sylvester Stalone and Jennifer Lopez among others) take some of the edge off the hackneyed plot, Antz fails to fully engage. Carla Blackmar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...particularly interested in demonstrating their ability to depict water and human movement, disregarding the fact that the plot must make some rather forced detours in order to accommodate these animated showpieces. Though the character of Allen as well as those of the other actors (voiced by Dan Akroyd, Anne Bancroft, Sylvester Stalone and Jennifer Lopez among others) take some of the edge of the hackneyed plot, Antz fails to fully engage. --Carla A. Blackmar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

...particularly interested in demonstrating their ability to depict water and human movement, disregarding the fact that the plot must make some rather forced detours in order to accommodate these animated showpieces. Though the character of Allen as well as those of the other actors (voiced by Dan Akroyd, Anne Bancroft, Sylvester Stalone and Jennifer Lopez among others) take some off the edge of the hackneyed plot, Antz fails to fully engage. Carla Blackmar

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

...well timed, since the Colony's other individualistic ant (voiced by Gene Hackman), has plans to work the colony to death in order to create a master race in its stead. Though the character of Allen, as well as those of the other actors (voiced by Dan Akroyd, Anne Bancroft, Sylvester Stalone and Jennifer Lopez among others), takes some of the edge off the hackneyed plot, Antz fails to fully engage. If computer animation was begging for something with epic, imperialistic proportions, where the miracle of 3-D animation could be unleashed onto big battle and mob scenes...

Author: By Carla A. Blackmar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Diversity of Disney: Anxiety, Allen and Tale of Ants | 10/2/1998 | See Source »

...from Disney's Florida unit--those people who try to get work done as Walt Disney World tourists gawk at them through the huge windows of the animation pavilion. It doesn't seem to have distracted them a whit, for the team, led by directors Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft and producer Pam Coats, has created the boldest, most persuasive storytelling in a while, in a ravishing pastel palette (from production designer Hans Bacher) that recalls the color experiments of Fantasia as much as the delicacy of Chinese graphic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: An Ode to Martial Smarts | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

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