The Iron Giant (1999)
Average Rating: 8/10
Reviews Counted: 114
Fresh: 111 | Rotten: 3
Engaging, endearing, affecting and charmingly retro, The Iron Giant tackles touchy subjects and complex relationships with a steady hand and beautiful animation direction from Brad Bird.
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 1
Engaging, endearing, affecting and charmingly retro, The Iron Giant tackles touchy subjects and complex relationships with a steady hand and beautiful animation direction from Brad Bird.
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A boy's best friend is his robot in this animated adventure from Brad Bird, best known for his TV work on such series as The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and The Critic. Set in 1957, The Iron Giant focuses on Hogarth (voice of Eli Marienthal), an imaginative nine-year-old boy who daydreams of alien invasions and doing battle with Communist agents. One day, Hogarth hears a local fisherman talk about something that surpasses anything he could dream up: a fifty-foot robot that fell from the sky into
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Cast
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Eli Marienthal
Hogarth Hughes -
Vin Diesel
The Iron Giant -
Jennifer Aniston
Annie Hughes -
Harry Connick Jr.
Dean McCoppen -
Christopher McDonald
Kent Mansley -
James Gammon
Marve Loach -
Cloris Leachman
Mrs. Tensedge -
John Mahoney
Shannon Rogard -
M. Emmet Walsh
Earl Stutz -
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Ollie Johnston
Train Engineer #1 -
Frank Thomas
Train Engineer #2
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All Critics (116) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (119) | Rotten (3) | DVD (39)
A smart live-and-let-live parable, full of glancing, acute observations on all kinds of big subjects...that you can talk about with the kids for a long time to come.
Top CriticThis is enjoyable in part because of its flavorsome period ambience and its lively and satiric characters.
A cool, unique-looking animated feature (the Ike-era design elements make for great eye candy), director Brad Bird's tale of a small-town boy and his outer-space robot is hip and entertaining without pandering, or condescending, to the kiddie set.
As entertaining as it's intelligent.
One of those rare films that will hold the attention of children in the 6 to 12 age range without insulting the intelligence of the adults who accompany them.
The Iron Giant is a solid, not to say ironclad, winner in the less than overcrowded family animation arena.
a cool, charming uniquely American fable done in accessible yet intelligent mode, which makes it suitable for all members of the family.
The Iron Giant isn't a Cold War allegory so much as an Americana fairy tale.
Touching robot-kid friendship tale with great messages.
Great animation, and a great title character will appeal to the kids, while the sharp wit, whacky antics, and kid-friendly messages will appeal to the adults.
Gentle, poignant and affecting animation that succeeds through understatement and showcases some highly impressive visual sequences.
Outstanding.
Un film qui présenta Brad Bird comme l'un des cinéastes de films d'animation pour enfants les plus talentueux et prometteurs des dernières années.
GO SEE THIS FILM, NOW.
Truly for kids of all ages.
Has never failed to bring a tear to my secretly-patriotic eye.
It's the most solidly built, funny, and entertaining movie for kids of all ages that I've seen in a decade.
Audience Reviews for The Iron Giant
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- Hogarth Hughes: You are who you choose to be.
- The Iron Giant: Superman...
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- Hogarth Hughes: You go, I stay. No following!
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- Kent Mansley: You want evidence? I'll show you evidence!
- Shannon Rogard: ...thats nice Kent [hangs up phone].
- Kent Mansley: ...and when I do, I'm gonna want a MEMO distributed; and I'm gonna want that memo CARBON-COPIED!!
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- Kent Mansley: Here you go kid [places hat on Hogarth]....pretend your a gangster!!
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- Kent Mansley: Kent Mansley....I work for the government.
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- The Iron Giant: Souls don't die.
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Foreign Titles
- Der Gigant aus dem All (DE)
- Le Géant de fer (FR)
