The Ant Bully - #052

One Cage at a Time

In the late 90’s and early 2000’s movie studios were cranking out animated bug movies like crazy for some inexplicable reason, so it makes sense that Tom Hanks decided to cash in on this short-lived craze and produce a theatrical version of a popular kids book while casting some of the heaviest hitters in Hollywood to star in it. Unfortunately, despite decent reviews the film ended up bombing at the box office and was largely forgotten about almost immediately. Strap on your ant goggles, grab a bowl of honey doo and join us as we clacktiel our way through the best film that old crappy dial up computer in the family room can produce: The Ant Bully

When a 10-year-old hell spawn of a child keeps destroying their ant colony, an ant wizard creates a potion that shrinks the boy down to ant size where he is forced to live among the colony to learn the errors of his ways or remain small forever and most likely be eaten or stomped to death. Spoilers, when you meet this kid, you’ll want to stomp him to death too.

The Ant Bully stars legendary actress and heart of this film Julia Roberts, the undisputed greatest actress of all time Meryl Streep, the guy who stole Nic’s Dream Scenario Golden Globe Paul Giamatti, Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Regina King, Ash Williams himself Bruce Campbell, one of the greatest comedienne’s to ever live Lily Tomlin, the kid who would eventually play Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender Zack Tyler Eisen, KAAAAAAHHHHNNNN and of course the wizard I want protecting my ant hill, Academy Award winning actor Nicolas Kim Coppola better known as Nicolas Cage.