'The Ant Bully' feels familiar

0 Comments | USA TODAY, July, 2006 | by Claudia Puig

The Ant Bully **1/2 Director: John A. Davis

Stars: Voices of Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Rating: PG for some mild rude humor and action

Running time: 1 hour, 28 minutes

Opens today nationwide --- Who among us hasn't stared at ants marching with such seeming determination and pondered about their lives? The Ant Bully offers a window into their world. But so did Antz and A Bug's Life.

Ant Bully, while not wildly fresh or inventive, is entertaining and energetic. It is also best viewed on 3-D IMAX (showing in about 50 cities in the USA and Canada), where the bugs seem to be plopping themselves on the head of the guy sitting in front of you.

Tom Hanks produced the movie and...

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