A Bug's Life
A clever, heartwarming Pixar adventure about an inventive ant who recruits misfit circus bugs to stand up to a gang of bullying grasshoppers. The story is funny and full of courage, though the villain Hopper and his crew are genuinely menacing and may unsettle sensitive or very young viewers.
Most comfortable for kids 5 and up; a confident 4-year-old can enjoy it with a grown-up nearby for the tense scenes.
If you’d rather skip
Hopper's first major intimidation scene in the anthill: he looms over the colony and makes threats of violence. Sets the film's most intense tone.
Hopper kills three of his own grasshoppers by burying them under a cascade of grain while they scream. Brief but the most violent moment in the film.
Thumper corners and attacks Flik; the feral grasshopper's appearance and sounds are the film's scariest individual moment.