Bugs Life-Combo Pack (Blu-ray) (1998)

Editor's Note The computer animation crew at Pixar--the creators of TOY STORY--return with another feature rife with stunningly rendered worlds populated by cute critters you can't help but care about. The story is simple--an ant colony led by Flik (Dave Foley) seeks help from a flea circus and other insects in their struggles against the oppressive grasshopper bullies led by Hopper (Kevin Spacey). However, as with TOY STORY, there is as much for adults to enjoy here as there is for the kids. (In fact, the story is loosely based on Akira Kurosawa's classic SEVEN SAMURAI.) And don't miss the wonderful "outtakes" that roll with the closing credits!

	David Hyde Pierce
	Richard Kind
	Denis Leary
	Phyllis Diller
	Joe Ranft
	Madeline Kahn
	Bonnie Hunt
	Jonathan Harris
	Dave Foley
	John Ratzenberger
	Brad Garrett
	Kevin Spacey
	Michael McShane
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus
	Roddy McDowall
	John Lasseter - Writer
	John Lasseter - Director

Sight and Sound
"...Tightly constructed....The script has fun playing with our common knowledge of insects..." 02/??/1999 p.39-40

Entertainment Weekly
"...A hellzapoppin creature-feature jamboree..." -- Rating: B 01/15/1999 p.44

USA Today
"...Rowdier than a New Year's Eve party..."-- 4 out of 4 stars 12/24/1998 p.4D

New York Times
"...A BUG'S LIFE makes jaunty, imaginative use of both extraordinary technology and bold storytelling possibilities within the insect world..." 11/25/1998 p.E1

Box Office
"...Lasseter brilliantly exploits the material for both laughs and pathos, while pushing the technological parameters of computer animation even beyond the already impressive feat of TOY STORY..." -- 4 out of 5 stars 01/01/1999 p.53

Los Angeles Times
"...[A BUG'S LIFE has] an unfettered imagination....This footloose humor comes from both the writing and the direction..." 11/20/1998 p.C1

A.V. Club
"[T]he SEVEN SAMURAI-like story provides a solid framework for stunning animation and winning characters, including Dave Foley's nice work in the lead." 05/27/2009

Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "Offering colourful eye-candy for tots and in-jokes galore for adults, its clarity of purpose boils the Pixar template to near-abstract purity." 02/01/2011

Wall Street Journal
"[T]his animated fable teems with vivid creatures standing on their own countless feet." 06/24/2011