Best animated movie ever

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2016)

I recently saw The Iron Giant: Signature Edition at my local cinema. As a young kid, I cried when watching this film. As a 31 year old, I still cried when watching the re-release. This is the only animated film that has made me react emotionally. Not even my favorite Disney film Beauty and the Beast made me cry. So for people who dismiss animated films as "kids stuff", you are wrong. In my opinion, this is the greatest animated film ever made, and I'm glad that as time has gone on, it status has grown. It under performed back in 1999, due to bad marketing and competing films of the time, but it's now regarded as one of the all-time greats
Simpsons veteran Brad Bird has been one of my favorite directors for a long time, and this, along with Ratatouille is one of my favorites of his films. The film's score is fantastic too. The animation is amazing, the voice acting is brilliant. And I'm a sucker for a film set in the 50s.
If I have to pick one thing I didn't like, it was the reinstated dream sequence for the signature edition, where we scenes of his home world. I felt it demystified the origin of the giant, whereas the original kept it ambiguous. But that's a minor quibble. If you can make a cartoon film that makes me laugh, cry and get emotionally invested, you've done a fine job.