On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
Acting
Kevin Spacey's Hopper: villainy so petty it's Shakespearean.
Practical Effects
Pixar's first real water simulation — groundbreaking for 1998.
Writing
The 'ANT-icipation' gag alone deserves recognition.
Director
John Lasseter
Dave Foley
Flik (voice)
Kevin Spacey
Hopper (voice)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Atta (voice)
Hayden Panettiere
Dot (voice)
Phyllis Diller
Queen (voice)
Richard Kind
Molt (voice)
David Hyde Pierce
Slim (voice)
Joe Ranft
Heimlich / Additional Voices (voice)
Denis Leary
Francis (voice)
Jonathan Harris
Manny (voice)
Madeline Kahn
Gypsy Moth (voice)
Bonnie Hunt
Rosie (voice)
Michael McShane
Tuck / Roll (voice)
John Ratzenberger
P.T. Flea (voice)
Brad Garrett
Dim (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is secretly Pixar's most political film: literal class warfare between oppressed workers and lazy aristocrats.
The 'outtakes' during credits were so popular that Pixar made fake bloopers mandatory for years. Monsters Inc. owes this movie its entire post-credits existence.
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