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Bug Bites: An Ant's Life

  • Video
  • 1998
  • Not Rated
  • 25m
IMDb RATING
1.3/10
613
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Bug Bites: An Ant's Life (1998)
AnimationFamilyShort

Thang, Rose and Didi help the young Queen Jo build a new ant hill while avoiding the sinister geckos and keeping Sal Caterpillar out of trouble.Thang, Rose and Didi help the young Queen Jo build a new ant hill while avoiding the sinister geckos and keeping Sal Caterpillar out of trouble.Thang, Rose and Didi help the young Queen Jo build a new ant hill while avoiding the sinister geckos and keeping Sal Caterpillar out of trouble.

  • Writer
    • Michael Schelp
  • Stars
    • Claudine Ohayon
    • Corinne Orr
    • Jean Richards
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    1.3/10
    613
    YOUR RATING
    • Writer
      • Michael Schelp
    • Stars
      • Claudine Ohayon
      • Corinne Orr
      • Jean Richards
    • 13User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Claudine Ohayon
    • Thang
    Corinne Orr
    • Rose, Gigi
    Jean Richards
    • Didi, Josephine
    Larry Robinson
    • Sal, Geckos
    Jean Richards
    • Didi…
    • Writer
      • Michael Schelp
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    10cattea-48897

    Nice

    This movie is like a really tasty jalapeño. Wonderful.
    1TheLittleSongbird

    Truly atrocious and with no redeeming features

    That it is a blatant rip-off of A Bug's Life, but with none of its great entertainment and charm, is the least of Bug Bites: An Ant's Life's problems. Of all the animated mock busters, this has to be one of the worst of those not with Video Brinquedo or Spark Plug Entertainment's names on them, it is atrociously bad and has no redeeming features whatsoever.

    What was especially bad here was the animation. Quite frankly it is some of the worst computer animation I've ever seen, on par with the worst of Video Brinquedo and Spark Plug Entertainment. The character designs are creepy-looking, with the worst case being the geckos(designed in a way that doesn't ever blend within the colours and the background), there is absolutely no detail, smoothness or depth in the backgrounds, instead everything looks blocky and sparse, and the colours have no vibrancy and look incredibly flatly textured instead. The music is intrusive and has no sense of pace to it, not really gelling with the rest.

    In Bug Bites: An Ant's Life, the script-writing is incredibly lazy and doesn't even try to make sense. While the target audience situation is nowhere near as bad as it in in A Car's Life and most of the Video Brinquedo output, Bug Bites: An Ant's Life has very little appeal for children(except for maybe the very little) or adults, adults especially will find it insultingly juvenile and children may find themselves squirming in their seats from how much boredom the story has. The story in Bug Bites: An Ant's Life is so bland and tissue-thin that it doesn't feel like there is one, a lot of scenes needlessly stretched with dialogue that has no relevance and only there to pad the running time. Apparently, this is the shortest animated mock buster, being twenty five minutes, but you wouldn't think so because it really does not feel that short(feeling over twice as long).

    The characters are insufferably annoying, with the ants adding very little charm or personality and the geckos aren't sinister whatsoever, the chemistry between them aimless. The voice acting is even worse. All the ants sounded disengaged and like they didn't care about the situation they were in and did the geckos really need to speak in that grating monotone and croaky tone all the time? In conclusion, atrociously and irredeemably bad. 0/10 Bethany Cox
    1rain_bow95

    This really does exist...

    I found this on Amazon Prime Video while searching for terrible under an hour "movies" to watch. At the time, I've seen a least several Sparkplug and Video Brinquedo RIP offs combined. But this thing here sets the bar INCREDIBLY low with 3D animation. The animation is horrendous, the characters are boring and ugly, the backgrounds are ugly and lazy, this "movie" is straight up garbage. I don't think a single person on the planet can confuse this for A Bug's Life or Antz.
    10miastrachan-81858

    CHILDHOOD CORE MEMORY

    Oh my goodness. I didnt even realize that this movie was from my childhood. I loved it as a kid and now looking back at it, I cant see how i liked it im not going to lie. It looks like trash but then again, wasnt everything back then? Anyway, I loved the whole thing and watched it every day sooo as my younger self talking.. 10/10. But now.. probably a 2/10, such a ripoff lol and the graphics, dont even get me started. If your just skimming throught this and wondering if its you should buy it. DONT. Its not worth your time, really. I am going to watching it for the giggles but yeah! Thanks for reading!
    7frankykog

    Great Movie

    Just a great movie. Had some strange and disturbing parts, but was just an entertaining movie to watch! It had great animation, good characters, and a fantastic plot! Let's hope that more movies like this come out!

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    • Trivia
      With a running time of 25 minutes, this is one of the shortest "mockbuster" films of all time.
    • Goofs
      In the 2006 re-release, as the bar with "© Michael Schelp" appears, "© BugBites.com" from the 1998 release can be seen for a few frames.
    • Crazy credits
      As the credits roll, the ants crawl around in different shots.
    • Alternate versions
      In the original 1998 release of the film, before you hear Rose say "Hurry! Hurry!", the words "Bug Bites" appear in green lettering with yellow shadow. Also, as the ants crawl away at the end, "© BugBites.com" appears. When it was re-released in 2006, the "Bug Bites" title was changed to have a green bar with "An Ant's Life" with the "s" backwards (that may have been intentional). When the ants crawl at the end, a green bar covers up the original copyright notice, and on the green bar is "© Michael Schelp". The original can be found on the original UAV VHS and the UK Dream Town DVD release, while the updated version can be found on the DVD with 4 classic cartoons and on the "An Ant's Life: Bug Bites" episode of the "Worst Movies Ever", which can be found on YouTube.
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    • Release date
      • October 29, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • An Ant's Life
    • Production company
      • Spark Plug Entertainment
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      25 minutes
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