Movie Information
Overall Rank: 16814
Average Rating: 2.5/4
# of Ratings: 4
Theatrical Release Date: 12/09/1941
Language: English
Genre: Animation, Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dave Fleischer
Actors: Kenny Gardner, Gwen Williams, Jack Mercer, Tedd Pierce, Stan Freed, Carl Meyer
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Indyfreak - wrote on 09/11/2014
This animated film was entirely forgotten until it was finally aired on TCM back in 2012. I got it purely by chance and I kept watching it cuz I was surprised that TCM aired an animated feature film and also because I liked it. It's dated with some of the dialogue and storytelling but I enjoyed it. The animated is terrific and they cleverly blend the 2D animated characters with live-action props and believably roto-scoped human characters to make it feel more realistic (using that word lightly of course since they are anthropomorphized insects). The obligatory love story is nothing special between the hero (a grasshopper) and his girlfriend (a surprisingly curvaceous honeybee). The villain of the story (a top hat wearing beetle sounding like Edward G. Robinson) is the most memorable …
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