Ant-Man

"Heroes don't get any bigger."

2015 1h 57m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 21,322

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Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

“Heroes don't get any bigger.”

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Cast

Paul Rudd
Scott Lang / Ant-Man
Michael Douglas
Dr. Hank Pym
Evangeline Lilly
Hope van Dyne
Corey Stoll
Darren Cross / Yellowjacket
Bobby Cannavale
Paxton
Anthony Mackie
Sam Wilson / Falcon
Judy Greer
Maggie Lang
Abby Ryder Fortson
Cassie Lang

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peyton Reed
Writers: Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$130M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Ant-Man Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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454+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Peyton Reed, shot by Russell Carpenter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Colby Parker, Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Peyton Reed directs. Russell Carpenter behind the camera. Christophe Beck scores. Colby Parker, Jr. cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1$130M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.
3Released 11 years ago.
4Part of the "Ant-Man Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5454+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Peyton Reed, shot by Russell Carpenter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Colby Parker, Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas and Evangeline Lilly carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Heroes don't get any bigger.".
11IMDB entry: tt0478970 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1221,322 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
13Classified under 16 themes, including "superhero", "ant", "master thief", "shrinking".
14Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Russell Carpenter
Original score: Christophe Beck
Editing: Colby Parker, Jr.
Production design: Shepherd Frankel
Costume design: Sammy Sheldon
Makeup / hair: Janine Rath-Thompson
VFX supervisor: Jake Morrison
Sound: Tom Johnson
Stunt coordinator: Jeff Habberstad
Runtime: 117 min · 1h 57m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $130,000,000
Box office: $519,311,965
Return: 399% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Ant-Man (2015)

Awards

Saturn Award for Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture

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Part of

Ant-Man Collection

A superhero film series based on the Marvel Comics character Ant-Man, and part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series. The series is centered on Scott Lang, an ex-convict that stole a suit that allows him to change his size. Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man, discovered the subatomic particles that make the transformation possible. Hank mentors Scott to take over the superhero alias.

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owen3332015-08-20
I loved it it was so much fun and very funny, another marvel masterpiece
Frank Ochieng2015-10-16
When one thinks of a typical super-hero actioner, they imagine the boisterous boundaries that are associated with such an explosive genre: eye-popping special effects, outlandish and grand-standing villains, world domination escapades, complex yet flashy super-heroes that seem unreal and unapologetic and a big scale of unbelievable escapism that is tellingly becoming of a comic book epic on the big screen for the hungry eyes of the giddy moviegoer. Remember, all these described elements are not a bad thing when it comes to larger than life comic book/superhero fantasies. In fact, we almost insist that our volt-minded vehicles have some kinetic kick to its pulsating, pithy adventures. After all, there is certainly nothing wrong with that approach to the cinematic sensationalism of summertime popcorn pleasers and the costumed heroes that take us on that daring, rollicking ride of magical mayhem. However, director Peyton Reed’s ‘Ant-Man’ symbolizes a different texture and tone to the familiar action-packed world of Marvel Comics’ outrageous universe both on the printed pages and in the dark movie theaters. It does not necessarily use the overwrought or ultra-stimulating tactics to sell its percolating product as a super-charged heroic fable of mighty manipulators out to save the planet in the tradition of frantic favorites such as ‘The Avengers’ film franchise for instance. Instead, ‘Ant-Man’ relies on its small and intimate take of quirkiness, introspection, a gentle doomsday message of despair and a measurement of an awkward man that wears his bugged-out wardrobe with a sense of curiosity and conviction. In essence, ‘Ant-Man’ is a costumed caper that is high-spirited in its low-key excitement…something quite refreshing and revered in the wild and wacky world of Marvel Comics’ representation of the super-studs and sasses that invade our cinematic sensibilities in the hazy days of summer. ‘Ant-Man’ lead Paul Rudd, an affable actor that has shown various levels of competence in both comedies and dramas over the years, is the unlikely source to don an ant-oriented attire and let his charm and cheekiness take over as the tiny bugged-eyed avenger of right and might. Rudd plays Scott Lang, a former troubled lawbreaker and gifted engineer whose demons come back to haunt him when he gets involved in the burglary shenanigans with his bad news buddies (T.I. and Michael Pena). The reason for Lang’s lure back to crime: a cockeyed but convenient way to win over the affections of his estranged young daughter. Interestingly, another great analytical mind of mechanics and science in stand-offish Hank Pym (Oscar-winner Michael Douglas) is spotlighted as he too struggles to relate to his daughter as well in the pretty Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly). Anyhow, Pym has a colorful backstory as it is revealed that he used to save the world from harm as the underrated crime-fighter Ant-Man. There was no glory or special recognition for Pym’s heroics as the buggy super-hero but his devotion to his crime-stopping craft was realized nevertheless. As ANT-MAN Paul Rudd's Scott Lang has plans to stop the criminnal foolishness besides raiding a giant-sized picnic basket in Peyton Reed's modest costume caper. As ANT-MAN Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang has plans to stop the criminal foolishness besides raiding a giant-sized picnic basket in Peyton Reed’s modest costume caper. The conflicted father-daughter tandem of Pym and Hope eventually recruit the beleaguered Lang to climb into the exo-skeletal red-and-black suit and become the current Ant-Man to continue the mission of promoting goodness over evil. In this specific case, Lang’s Ant-Man is asked to foil the nefarious agenda of Pym’s former protege and associate Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) who threatens to expose the revolutionary shrinking technology to anyone sinister that offers him an insane and immediate price for such secretive scientific information that could jeopardize mankind in the long run. Of course, it goes without saying, that Cross has an ominous alter-ego in the vile Yellowjacket whose back-and-forth clashing with Lang’s Ant-Man leads to the calculating and corrosive chess game of one skillful insidious insect trying to outwit and outmaneuver a conscientious one. Some may dismiss ‘Ant-Man’ as being too low-grade, cheesy and incidental in its confrontational canvas of saints versus sinners. Still, Reed’s handling of his Marvel-inspired ‘battle of the bugs’ is a winning formula in simplicity because it does not have to be rooted in a spectacular and showy landscape as the other successful bombastic blockbusters that come out of the frivolous factory of Hollywood. Essentially, ‘Ant-Man’ demonstrates the right kind of personality and prestige for its presentation as a scaled-down comic book actioner steeped in the personalized disillusionment of the characterizations and their assorted psyches. Sure, ‘Ant-Man’ will not let anyone forget its popular competitor in the much glorified and iconic standing of another insect-fighting Marvel mastermind in ‘Spider-Ma’n anytime soon. Yet Scott Lang’s Ant-Man is just as angst-ridden, impish, awkward and devoted as Peter Parker’s resilient web-headed wonder Spidey. The drama unfolds so convincingly in ‘Ant-Man’ not so much because of the dire dilemma of comicbook goodness and badness but because of the examination of deteriorating relations between broken men and their families or more specifically between fathers and daughters. Both Rudd and Douglas are committed to their roles as the Ant-Men that saved the world with ease past and present but could not say the same thing about rescuing the domestic responsibilities that eluded them under their own roofs. As Lang tries to find an opening for forgiveness toward his little girl and remarried ex-wife (Judy Greer), his current adviser Pym struggles to put the pieces together with a disgruntled Hope that blames her father for the neglect of her well-being as well as the death of her beloved late mother known as the Wasp, a super-heroine that shined in her own shadow of accomplishment. ‘Ant-Man’ is a soulfully weird, witty sliced-down spectacle of a comicbook film that is rare in its skin to deliver the message of a connection not just to stamping out the cartoonish crime and chaos that is routinely found in the playful playground of Marvel’s movie machine of high-powered personalities armed with skillful brute and brilliance. It also has something called heart and hope as it tackles the alienation and isolation of fathers and their vulnerable daughters. It will take more than a gigantic can of Raid to destroy the indomitable presence of ‘Ant-Man’ and what his hedonistic heroics, both physical and psychological, bring to the prized picnic table. Ant-Man (2015) Walt Disney Studios 1 hr. 57 mins. Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Crey Stall, Michael Pena, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Judy Greer, Bobby Cannavale, Wood Harris and Abby Ryder Fortson Directed by: Peyton Reed MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre: Comic Book Fantasy, Super-heroes, Action and Adventure Critic’s Rating: * stars (out of 4 stars)
John Chard2015-12-12
★ 7.5/10
The Pocket Rocket. Given the production problems and its long gestation period, Ant-Man is arguably far better than it had right to be. Unsurprisingly with a Marvel Super Hero film, the critical reactions have been mixed, but given it's not as gargantuan as most Marvel pics it proves to have a big entertaining heart. A pic cunningly viewing the Marvel Universe from a different angle, whilst also not over egging the pudding. The effects work is impressive, the origin story narrative engrossing and with it carrying a lightness of touch, and there's a very enjoyable cast enthusiastically buying into the comic book frivolity. Sure, some of it's just plain daft, our hero's powers are hardly blunderbuss stuff, while the family melodramas bubbling away feel tired, but come the glorious finale, pandering to the child in us all, it's another Marvel winner readying itself for further adventures of Ant-Man. 7.5/10