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About this movie

Genres:
Animation, Family, Science Fiction
Language:
English
Running time:
1:26:36
Partner rating:
PG
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Jennifer Aniston Annie Hughes
  2. Vin Diesel The Iron Giant
  3. Eli Marienthal Hogarth Hughes
  4. Harry Connick, Jr. Dean McCoppen
  5. Christopher McDonald Kent Mansley
  6. James Gammon Marve Loach
  7. Cloris Leachman Mrs. Tensedge
  8. John Mahoney Shannon Rogard
  9. M. Emmet Walsh Earl Stutz
  10. Mary Kay Bergman
  11. Ollie Johnston Train Engineer #1
  12. Frank Thomas Train Engineer #2

Directors

  1. Brad Bird

Producers

  1. Allison Abbate
  2. Des McAnuff

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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 a nearby lake. Needless to say, Hogarth's mom, Annie (voice of Jennifer Aniston) finds this a little hard to swallow, but when Hogarth finds the robot (voice of Vin Diesel) and fishes him out of the water, his pal Dean (voice of Harry Connick Jr.), a beatnik sculptor who also runs a junkyard, offers to help by hiding the robot with his salvage. A government agent named Kent Mansley (voice of Christopher McDonald) soon gets wind that there's a mechanical invader of unknown origins in the neighborhood and wants to wipe out the potential threat. However, the robot (which loves to eat metal and is learning to talk) turns out to be friendly, and the boy in turn tries to teach his new pal the ways of humans. The Iron Giant is loosely based on the book The Iron Man by late British poet Ted Hughes, previously adapted for the stage by rock musician Pete Townshend, who executive produced the film.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

97%Tomatometer score: 97% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine 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. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader This is enjoyable in part because of its flavorsome period ambience and its lively and satiric characters. Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer 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.
  4. Positive review
    Wally Hammond, Time Out As entertaining as it's intelligent. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail 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. Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee This will probably be the world's shortest, four-star review and could be encapsulated in simply one monosyllable -- Go. Full review External link
  7. Positive review
    Kim Newman, Empire Magazine For a cartoon, it boasts a very sophisticated depiction of the 50s. Full review External link
  8. Positive review
    Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times A smooth, skilled example of animated filmmaking! Full review External link
  9. Positive review
    Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Enchanting! Full review External link

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