Wonderful, amazing movie

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2000)

I'm pretty stingy about giving out my 10's on this site, but this movie did get one of them. It's quite simply that good. Anyone who misses out on it because it looks like a kiddie cartoon is sadly mistaken, as it features better characters and a more heartfelt story than most any other hollywood movie. You'll care more about the Giant in the end than any cookie-cutter stereotype in that "realistic" movie you were thinking about seeing.

The parallels to E.T. in the storyline are undeniable, but this film has a philosophical twang to it that in my opinion gives it the edge. The joy of childhood, the realities of death, the possibility of afterlife, the numbing effects of paranoia-no other film deals with such difficult subjects, and is fun to boot! Watch it with your kids, or someone you care about. You'll like it, I think.