Iron Giant Movie Review

Today I am reviewing "The Iron Giant".

This is one of my all time favorite movies. It actually ranks higher than any "Star Wars" title.
The basic plot involves The Iron Giant who has come from (Space?) and makes friends with Hogarth and Dean. Together they must hide the giant from Kent Mansley who is a Government agent.

I highly recommend this movie to all ages. However, To parents with overly young children a word of warning, there "Bad words" in this movie, including: Butt, Dammit(muffled by explosion but noticeable to those with sharp ears), and stupid. Also the movie takes place during the cold war so there are some grown up ideas in the movie. And last but not least, ****SPOILER ALERT****
If you do not want to know this part and are willing to risk it don't read this next part.















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The giant is in reality a giant weapon so there are scenes with extreme violence. Also in an effort to kill the giant the Navy launches a nuke that will destroy an entire town. The giant then sacrifices himself and "Dies" to save the town by flying into the missile. (This part will make almost any children, and some adults, cry. I recently watched it with my 11 year old brother, who hadn't seen it before, he cried.) However, in the end we see that the giant is all right and putting himself together in Iceland.
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Once again I highly recommend this movie. It is available from iTunes and Netflix.