Antboy

"Superheroes come in all sizes"

2013 1h 17m DA

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5.6

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★5.6TMDB · 154

ComedyAdventureFamily

Synopsis

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12-year-old Pelle accidentally gets bitten by an ant and develops unimaginable superpowers. With help from his friend, comic book nerd Wilhelm, Pelle creates a secret identity as the superhero Antboy. Slowly things start to happen in the surburban community, and when a scary and crazy supervillain, Flea, enters the scene, Antboy must step up to the challenge. The first Danish superhero-movie. Based on the books by Kenneth Bøgh Andersen.

“Superheroes come in all sizes”

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Cast

Oscar Dietz
Antboy / Pelle Nøhrman
Amalie Kruse Jensen
Ida
Samuel Ting Graf
Wilhelm
Nicolas Bro
Flea / Dr. Gæmelkrå
Cecilie Alstrup Tarp
Amanda
Marcuz Jess Petersen
Allan
Johannes Jeffries Sørensen
Mark
Lærke Winther
Mother

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ask Hasselbalch
Writers: Anders Ølholm, Torbjørn Rafn, Nikolaj Arcel
Languages: Danish
Countries: Denmark

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RUNTIME

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Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Antboy Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ask Hasselbalch, shot by Niels Reedtz Johansen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

AWARDS

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Oscar Dietz and Amalie Kruse Jensen and Samuel Ting Graf carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Superheroes come in all sizes".

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The take

Ask Hasselbalch directs. Niels Reedtz Johansen behind the camera. Peter Peter scores. Peter Brandt cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Denmark. Dialogue in Danish.

Trivia

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1Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Part of the "Antboy Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Ask Hasselbalch, shot by Niels Reedtz Johansen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Peter Peter. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Peter Brandt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Oscar Dietz and Amalie Kruse Jensen and Samuel Ting Graf carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Superheroes come in all sizes".
9IMDB entry: tt2436046 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "denmark", "peace", "superhero", "bug".

The technical file

Cinematography: Niels Reedtz Johansen
Original score: Peter Peter
Editing: Peter Brandt
Production design: Nikolaj Danielsen
Costume design: Louize Nissen
Makeup / hair: Bjørg Serup
Runtime: 77 min · 1h 17m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: DA
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Antboy (2013)

Awards

Robert Award for Best Visual Effects
Robert Award for Best Children's Film

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Antboy Collection

The adventures of 12-year-old Pelle who was accidentally bitten by an ant and developed unimaginable superpowers. With help from his friend, comic book nerd Wilhelm, Pelle takes on the secret identity of the superhero Antboy.

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Reno2017-08-18
★ 6/10
A little superhero's a big adventure. A children's superhero movie that offers nothing great moment for adults. Specially made movie for tween kids, definitely they gonna enjoy. For adults, it is like a spoof and kids' version of the Spiderman movie. Yeah, it was kinda inspired by the Spiderman movie so they gave right credit by mentioning it in the story. Most of the modern Danish movies I saw were very impressive. They take challenging subjects and carve into a great piece. It is a lookout film industry like South Korea. So I laid my on this movie when I saw the first teaser as I am a children movie fan. This was a good movie, but as a middle aged man this did not work for me. The kids gave their best, many were debuted with this so it's their first experience to perform in front of the camera. It's clearly visible their amateur acting skills. Only experience can teach and improve them on this field. For a maiden movie they have done a decent job except lack in facial expression in different situation of the story. The first Danish superhero movie based on the children's book. This movie was very short, runs for less than 80 minutes, so it was the reason it did not bore me. As a superhero movie, there's not enough stunts in it. Looks like they kept it low to target little kid's audience. Even the story was also familiar, only characters were derived. Overall, it can be acceptable, but not by the large margin. 6/10

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