Voices of:	Woody Allen
	Sharon Stone
	Sylvester Stallone
	Gene Hackman
	Christopher Walken
Director:	Eric Darnell & Tim Johnson	Colour

What is it with these people? Could Dreamworks and Pixar not have resolved their differences somehow? As it is, we get Antz now, and Pixar's A Bug's Life in a couple of months time - both computer animations, and both the same story. That rant over... this is a cracking movie. Woody Allen is Woody Allen, a neurotic misfit always jabbering to his analyst, and is this time consigned to a miserable existence as a one-of-a-million ant worker in a colony. He falls for the ant princess (Stone) when she comes to the bar in disguise scoping for a bit of rough, and accidentally becomes a war hero in a misguided effort to gain her attention. There are some splendid one liners, the characters and voices are great, and the animation is also very good (especially in the facial expressions). What is less expected is the film's dark underbelly - one sequence of an ant vs termite massacre leads to some truly Saving Private Ryan images. In fact, Antz contains an anti-war message every bit as effective and clever as Speilberg's blood-soaked death-fest. And hey, it's a lot shorter. While the overall production design is impressive withough being attractive, reducing the cute kiddie appeal, this is a superior movie held together by a strong script and performances. And in the final analysis, what more do you want from a movie? Or two?