Giant-Sized Fun

Rating: Null/10 (3 May 2004)

"The Iron Giant" is a good, imaginative animated film. I had a few friends who raved about it, and like most folks, I didn't see it in the local tri-plex, but on DVD from my local Blockbuster. It was thoroughly entertaining and beautifully animated from beginning to end. Is it as great as some folks have raved? Honestly, the storyline is not that memorable. I liked the Iron Giant, but I understood the perspective of the Government Agent that is trying to destroy the Giant, after all, it's a huge alien creature wandering around rural Maine destroying property and terrifying people (even though it has a "good heart"). Still, cynical as I am, I couldn't help liking the Giant and wanting him to make it through all of the trouble "he" got in. Kids could watch this, the story is simple enough. If I hadn't read it on the credits, I wouldn't have recognized Jennifer Aniston as the mom or Vin Diesel as the Iron Giant. Anyway, good, clean "Giant-Sized" fun.