Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants #Review #Giveaway

There are kids who don't like to get dirty. And then there are kids who "swim" in the sandbox at preschool and bring half of it home with them inside their shoes. My daughter is definitely the latter. She's into dirt, bugs and reptiles - a lot of things that would make an adult (namely me) squirm.

So when we were given the opportunity to review the latest movie title from kaboom! Entertainment, Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants, it was right up Hannah's alley.

Synopsis:

After a couple leaves their picnic in a hurry, a gang of hungry ants moves in to steal what could be their most coveted treasure: a tin box filled with sugar cubes. But before they can get away with the loot, a newly-born ladybug strays from its own family and gets trapped inside the box! The ladybug is soon spirited away by the ants as they try to transport their prize across the woods toward their colony. Together, the insects embark on an epic journey to protect their sugar.

The movie takes real-life backgrounds of a national park in France as their set and makes the computer generated insects look very much at home. There is no dialogue for the 90-minute film - save the two sentences Richard Dreyfuss says to open up the movie. 

The insects do "talk" to each other, and often their communication and working together is what gets them out of sticky situations - whether the black ants and ladybug are fighting against animals who see them as prey or fighting their direct enemies, the red ants. With all the action, breathtaking scenery and great soundtrack, one doesn't really miss English dialogue as the story quickly moves along.

Bonus features include a Set Tour of the national parks, Behind the Scenes and The Making of Minuscule.

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One lucky YYZ Bambina reader will win Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants. Make sure to enter by June 9th, 2015. 

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Disclosure: I received a copy of the DVD for the purpose of this review. As always, opinions on my blog are my own.

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