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A Bug's Life (1998)

Directed by John Lasseter · 95 min · Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family

60.4 TOPICAL score · #1,259 of 6,776 films

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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.

A Bug's Life (1998, directed by John Lasseter) has a TOPICAL score of 60.4 - ranked 1,259 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on lasting engagement and historical impact, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 2 awards from 6 nominations, including the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature. Critics: 92% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 78. Audiences: TMDB 7/10 (9,963 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 72 languages.

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Critics74
Audience66
Awards75
Historical impact93
Lasting engagement96
Cast67
Legacy & cult status1

Starring: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey (actor #46), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (actor #688), Hayden Panettiere (actor #1,074)

“Critics have generally ranked A Bug's Life to be one of Pixar's weaker releases.”

Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 6/10

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