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12/30/06
Bugs! (2003)
87 %
Reviews Counted: 31 Fresh: 27 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.2/10
Rated: U
Theatrical Release: 03-10-2003
Synopsis: Bugs! is a live-action nature drama filmed in awe inspiring, totally immersive 3-D. Shot on location in Borneo and in a purpose-built studio in Oxford, England, Bugs! explores the dramatic and savage lives of an Old World praying mantis and a beautiful butterfly, known by their Latin names,... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
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01/15/04
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For once the 3-D is more than just a gimmick, transporting the audience to a Borneo rainforest so lush and verdant you can almost feel the sunlight on your eyelids.
10/05/03
Top Critic
The filmmaking is staggering, getting so close to the bugs that we flinch back, thinking we see a reflection of ourselves in their hungry eyes.
06/19/03
An extraordinary inspection of a universe rarely invaded by motion picture cameras. You've never been here before.
03/01/07
One of the finest movies that ever came to the IMAX at the Putnam, "Bugs! In 3-D" flies right into your face. And you'll like it.
03/15/06
Astute use of 3-D effects, accomplished insect wrangling and studious avoidance of gross-out elements make this acceptable for target family auds.
06/02/05
Top Critic
Does effectively showcase the life-and-death struggle waged constantly among creatures that, at least in numbers, dominate the planet.
06/02/05
Thanks to specially built equipment, audiences are treated to a bug's-eye view of the stars' evolution from adolescence to adulthood.
06/04/04
Entertainingly anthropomorphizes the insect residents of a tropical rainforest.
05/28/04
The 3-D effect is terrific throughout, and the surround-sound design heightens the sense of being immersed in a lush tropical environment.
04/03/04
That hulking gorilla in King Kong and those rampaging dinosaurs in Jurassic Park have nothing on the amazing monsters in Bugs! in 3-D.
03/29/04
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It's worth seeing just for the extraordinary time-lapse footage of the caterpillar metamorphosing into a butterfly.
01/15/04
The 3-D work is extremely effective, giving us a realistic, close-up view of insects unlike anything previously viewed.
10/24/03
It's startling how quickly you adjust to the giant scale and start seeing the world through a bug's eyes.
09/28/03
While it's not exactly the be-all, end-all insect documentary, the one that pretty much tells you all you'd ever want to know about them ... Bugs! is still pretty fun.
08/01/03
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