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Movie Overview
Director
• Brad Bird
MPAA Rating
PG
The Iron Giant (1999)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 91% Fresh
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2/4
"I'll take Disney's superior animated entertainment, Tarzan, over this any day of the week."  DustinPutman.com  Dustin Putman

"Through Hogarth's words and the gentle giant's self-sacrificing heroism it proclaims "Guns kill." Now there's a slogan you don't see or hear much about at the movies! "  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3.5/4
"The script is crisp, smartly-paced, intelligent, and emotionally satisfying!"  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3/4
"A surprisingly smart, thoroughly entertaining animated fable that actually makes you think."  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

3.5/4
"It is truly charming and moving, without so much as a hint of overt sentimentality."  Sci-Fi Movie Page  James O'Ehley

4.5/5
"The film tackles remarkably unhappy moments, and it discusses mortality and morality in a responsible and emotionally affecting fashion."  Netflix  James Rocchi

7/10
"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."  Panorama  Jean-François Vandeuren

"A fun, entertaining and occasionally heartfelt, eighty-some minute diversion from the trials and tribulations of being a kid."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

5/10
"For most of its run time I found myself bored, searching for something-anything, nice music, some humor or even a touch of romance or action, to make the film interesting to watch."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

3.5/4
"Un clásico en la historia de los dibujos animados que el tiempo se encargará de poner en el sitio de honor que merece"  Moviola  Jorge Avila Andrade

4/4
"One of the best pictures of 1999."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

4/5
"Simply wonderful!"  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

9/10
"I bawled my eyes out at the genuinely moving ending, so there's some fun here for grownups, too."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

4/4
"A superbly entertaining film for the entire family, but what makes it transcendent is how deeply it is able to touch its audience."  TheMovieReport.com  Michael Dequina

4/5
"This movie provides a lot of good topics for discussion, including the role of violence and guns."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

8/10
"One of the better non-Disney family animated features to come out in years, with engaging characters and a solid story line."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

A-
"Truly for kids of all ages."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

10/10
"Of course it flopped at the box office! It's a fantastic movie!"  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg

9/10
"A charming fantasy with a moral that grows from within the heart of the film."  Nitrate Online  Sean Axmaker

B+
"Eschewing song-and-dance numbers and cute animal sidekicks, the film's appeal comes from its winsome characters, its resonant story, and its evocative depiction of New England in the days of Sputnik and “duck and cover” drills."  Decent Films Guide  Steven D. Greydanus

10/10
"Charming, whimsical, magical."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Susan Granger

4/4
"Has never failed to bring a tear to my secretly-patriotic eye."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

Read review  Cinema Crazed  Felix Vasquez Jr.
OFCS Rating: 91% Fresh
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