A gem of a movie!

Rating: 10/10 (11 September 2000)

The newest animated classic for audiences of all ages, this movie belongs in everyone's video library. Funny, uplifting, touching, exciting...this is a wonderful film which, for reasons I cannot fathom, never got the commercial audience it deserved. Rent it, buy it, but by any means you MUST see The Iron Giant. This gets an enthusiastic 10 out of 10! <> <> I first posted my comments on Sept 11, 2000. Once the movie was out on video, I purchased several as gifts. I accosted strangers with kids in the checkout at grocery stores .."have you and your kids seen 'The Iron Giant'?" My sister (a kid in her 40s, mind you) absolutely loved this movie -- bought the soundtrack even -- after I told her she MUST see it. And here it is, almost five years later, and how am I spending the last hour? Reading over the members' comments on the movie, relishing the praise IG has received from all over the world, like some surrogate proud parent. My all-time favorite animated movie; I wish everyone could experience it. I think I'll go pop it in...