Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants Reviews

I am the big fan of the television short-video series 'Minuscule'. I watched all of them like a kid when it was aired in my country on Nickelodeon. Along with me everyone in my family loved it and each of us like different characters. So we all expected this movie from the very beginning when they announced the project. The wait is over, I saw it a couple of days ago and I totally loved it.

It was the best choice of characters for the movie over plenty of tiny creatures are desperate to debut on the silver screen. They chose ants and ladybugs and their adventures filled with lots of humour. This was the story of a young ladybug who got separated from his parents. He meets a pack of black ants who are on a hunt for food, then they team up and help each other to face the challenge that coming in their way to home. Especially red ants who are on the trail to snatch their finds. This running and chasing between two small groups of creature becomes a crucial war between those races.

If you are familiar with this tv series, then you will clearly understand the characters and their behaviour. Not much deviated, they kept as much the original except stretched to 90 minutes runtime. The story was largely inspired from 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy. Each section of the story telling reminds different episode of 'The Lord of the Rings'. First, it begins with 'The Fellows of the Sugar Cubes', then 'The Single Tower' and ends with 'The Return of the Queen'. All the way it was so much fun like you had for the tv series.

No need to worry for the first time watcher, especially who are unfamiliar with these little characters. It was more like another version that you had seen in the Hollywood animations 'Antz', 'A Bug Life' 'Bee Movie' et cetera. The best part of all of it was this movie was dialogueless. No speaking, no names and no hard-coded subs. It only features amusing sounds created by the bugs and the wonderful background scores. It's a universal theme and presentation without any language barriers.

A specially made movie for children with fine story. In company of them adults as well can enjoy it equally. One of the best animation movie, in fact the best children's movie of the year. Hope this title continues with many sequels in which each of the installments should brief different bug's or insect's tales. A must show to the kids and must see by the animation movie fans. Have this and have a great time.

Right now, I'm on holiday in France and we went to see a movie with my daughter, my wife, my sister and my niece. My sis picked up this movie and, at first, I have to admit it, I was rather skeptical. Indeed, I never heard of it and I thought we should watch 'Cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2'. Eventually, I was really positively surprised and we all enjoyed this flick. Apparently, it started with some short movies on French TV and they decided to expand those into a full length feature film. You can say whatever you want about French cinéma but, at least, they are able to come up with some very original projects like this one. Indeed, all the sets were real and all the insects were CGI animated but, unlike Disney, those animals never talk, at least not French which was a really refreshing approach. Furthermore, they were all quite realistic, even though some of their actions were obviously some fantasy (I don't think insects are able to light up fireworks or use spray insecticide). The 3D was also quite efficient for once and even my wife who really hates this gimmick enjoyed it this time. To conclude, even though it might not be a masterpiece, it remains an original and charming little feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you want to show something different to your kids.