In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
Won 1 BAFTA Film Award20 wins & 18 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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Brad Bird fills the CinemaScope screen with wit and beauty in this modern fairy tale.
– Michael Sragow,
New Yorker,
4 Aug 2013
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The Iron Giant is not only the best animated feature to be released this summer, it's the single best film to hit our screens so far this year.
– Paul Tatara,
CNN.com,
4 Aug 2013
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The Iron Giant's theme of fear of the unknown is craftily balanced against the power of innocent imagination.
– F.X. Feeney,
L.A. Weekly,
12 Aug 2014
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This is not exactly standard children's fare, but kids (and their parents) should be smitten by its wit and wisdom.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
12 Aug 2014
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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.