The Iron Giant
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Movie Reviews of The Iron Giant
Movie Review: For older kids
Summary: 5 Stars
The down side: This is much too scary for young children. It's not a fluffy, sugar-coated, toy-robot flick.
The up side: Pretty much everything else. The pre-Pixar animation is beautiful (it will look primitive to those raised on digital animation, but the drawings are lovely). The human characters are adequate: I wouldn't say I particularly care about any of them, but the robot is what really matters and the humans--Hogarth in particular--do well enough in supporting roles. There are some goofy slapstick things but they are trimming on the bigger story. I saw one review complained about "toilet humor" but there are only one or two gags and they are much milder than anything Disney has released in the past ten years.
The robot-and-boy element will appeal to older children and the more complex elements will appeal to those of us who are old enough to remember the Cold War. The overall message is about violence and choice (it probably means more in 2007 than it did even in 1999, really).
Movie Review: Excellent Animated Film With Several Important Themes
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful film that can be enjoyed by both adults and children. Though exciting in places the movie is never really scary since it soon becomes apparent that the giant is a friendly, helpful creation that needs to be protected by Hogarth not feared. The 1950's setting is well realized from the Cold War fears to the kids' obsession with superhero comic books. Several important themes are examined including the value of non-violence, the eternity of the soul and tolerance for beings that seem different. Some of these themes are presented subtly and others not so subtly. Despite the sometimes serious ideas presented there are many scenes that are "laugh out loud" funny.
The movie is welled voiced with Harry Connick Jr. perfect as Dean the beatnik/artist/scrap dealer and Jennifer Aniston as Hogarth's attractive mother. Hogarth is fully developed as a smart kid missing his dad, and enduring resentment from his less intelligent peers. The movie is adapted from Ted Hughes' children's novella of the same name and though both are well rendered they are vastly different from each other. As some other Amazon reviewers have noted this film is correctly rated PG not G for some mild cursing, intense moments and some humor involving a practical joke with a laxative.
Movie Review: Good Movie - Still
Summary: 5 Stars
It's been a while since I watched this movie with my son - who is now 24. When I watched it with my two young God children (6 and 3), they had the same reaction he did. They did not from the tv.
This is a good movie - not violent, no profanity, just good and clean.
I wish they would make a sequel!
Movie Review: Fine for watching with older friends
Summary: 4 Stars
I watched this flick three days ago after receiving the DVD.
I have to say that, compared to the silly pictures and cheapquels Disney was churning out during the same time period (except for the excellent Fantasia 2000), this is really good. It does not have talking animals, or stupid songs sung by the main characters, so it's safe to invite friends in their 30's or 40's to watch it.
It's true that it does have some violence, but it's not of the bloody kind, and most children won't be disturbed by it.
However, now that our minds are so used to eye-popping full-3D animation, and to much more action-packed animated movies, some might find this movie kinda slow and underwhelming. This was my case.
Movie Review: Awesome Movie- needs more advertising!
Summary: 5 Stars
great movie! I don't know why it wasn't in the theaters. we just happened to run across a VHS several years ago and watched it for lack of something better. We found it was better than most! It's a fantastic story, with a hero's ending. A must see for adults as well as children. We're on our 2nd DVD (and we started with a VHS, this movie gets watched a lot!)