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Rating: Null/10 (29 September 2011)

The Iron Giant
When metal falls out of the sky, it usually means a decommissioned satellite has reentered our atmosphere.
However, NASA had nothing to do with the falling space scrap in this animated-feature.
Sneaking out one night, Hogarth (Eli Marienthal) comes across a mile high automaton (Vin Diesel) that has crash-landed near his home.
Fast friends from the get-go, Hogarth invites the affable android to live in his barn, unbeknownst to his mother (Jennifer Aniston).
Later, when a government agent (Christopher McDonald) starts sniffing around, Hogarth hides his machine with an artist (Harry Connick, Jr.).
When the army shows up, however, the destructive nature of the mechanical mammoth is finally revealed, and put to the test.
An ode to 1950s sci-fi, The Iron Giant is a sturdy structure of stimulating story telling, vivid voice work and astonishing animation.
Unfortunately, thanks to oxidization, after the first rainfall, Iron Giant's going to look more like rusted out muffler. (Green Light)