The Ant Bully opens today
by James | July 28, 2006 9:23 am
Warner Brothers’ The Ant Bully opens today in 3,050 theatres, according to Box Office Mojo[1]. The film gets mixed reviews from the critics, garnering a just rotten 53% at Rotten Tomatoes[2]. Entertainment Weekly says it is “an effortlessly clever animated confection”. However, the Hollywood Reporter says the film is “anonymously generic and charmlessly mechanical”. The film’s message also seems to be dividing the critics. The Washington Post[3] hypes the “rigorously moral point of view”, and Groucho Reviews[4] likes “the political allegory that separates this one from the pack”. On the other hand the Minneapolis Star Tribune[5] thinks “the film’s heavyhanded lessons” make it into a “predictable and preachy snoozefest”, and eFilmCritic.com[6] says the “dopey inspirational moments [may] win over young children for a while, but it does nothing to set itself apart”. Box Office Mojo[7] predicts a third place opening weekend with $13.3 million, just ahead of Monster House’s predicted (second week) fourth place finish with $12.4 million.
- Box Office Mojo: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/chart/?yr=2006&wk=30&p=.htm
- Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ant_bully/
- Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile=1114188&lat=200.0&lon=200.0&displaySearchLocation=&nm=1&categories=Movies
- Groucho Reviews: http://grouchoreviews.com/index.php?module=Movie_Reviews&func=display&id=2627
- Minneapolis Star Tribune: http://www.startribune.com/412/story/578747.html
- eFilmCritic.com: http://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=14886&reviewer=392
- Box Office Mojo: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/forecast/
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