Fun and Intelligent

Rating: 9/10 (4 February 2006)

This is an example of the seamless way in which more animators have wished they could mix CG with traditional animation. It is a fun story about a kid and his robot, what could be more simple? They don't pander to the kids.
The point that this movie makes is not an esoteric philosophical moral or agenda but a very simple and to-the-point statement about fear and that simplicity is what makes it so great. They aren't trying to take on too much but they don't treat the audience like morons.
This movie really is fun for all ages and I really could watch it 1,000 times, BTW it's based on a book by a great writer, Ted Hughes 'The Iron Man'.