The Iron Giant

Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 1999 | PG. 1hr 26min
CAST: Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel, Cloris Leachman DIRECTOR: Brad Bird FREE FAMILY FLICK

The Iron Giant is based upon the 1968 story, Iron Man, by the British poet laureate Ted Hughes. The film is about a giant metal machine that drops from the sky and frightens a small town in Maine in 1958, only to find a friend named, Hogarth, that ultimately finds its humanity and saving the towns people of their fears and prejudices.

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While youngsters will enjoy the film on one level, it reaches out to adults on a completely different plane. They will see an allegory about power and politics and the danger of allowing either to run roughshod over humanity.

Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Tender, moving and exciting for kids (and their secretly tearful parents).

Kate Muir, Times (UK)