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MauritiusToday.com - Shopping Mall - The Iron Giant
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List Price: $9.98
Our Price: $9.98
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman
Directed By: Brad Bird
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790743646
Format: Animated
ISBN: 0790743647
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1999-11-23
Running Time: 86
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Editorial Reviews:
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This gentle reworking of Ted Hughes's 1968 novella was the unseen gem of 1999. Hogarth, a young boy who lives in the Maine woods during the cold war, befriends a giant robot. As with E.T., the iron giant is a misunderstood outsider who becomes a child's best friend, and Hogarth does his best to hide the massive figure from his mom (voiced by Jennifer Aniston) and the local scrap-yard beatnik (Harry Connick Jr.). Soon the suspicions of neighbors and a government agent (Christopher McDonald) spell trouble. With no songs, no sidekicks, and no cheap ending, The Iron Giant is a refreshing change-- like an off-Broadway production compared to the glitz of Disney's annual animated extravaganzas. Director Brad Bird may have Family Dog and The Simpsons to his credit, but this film doesn't have that brand of scatological humor. As with the best family entertainments, there are gags that adults will howl at while the kids are watching something else (see Bird's interpretation of cold war propaganda). And the star is one cool piece of animated magic. Voiced by Vin Diesel (Saving Private Ryan's hulking Private Caparzo) and filled with more gadgets than a Swiss army knife, the giant is a grand thing to behold. And like another famous cinema tin man, our hero--and the movie--has heart. Superb entertainment for ages 5 and up. --Doug Thomas
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Top Children's Movie of all Time!
Comment: I have never been able to figure out why this movie was never a bigger hit. However, it is my favorite animated movie of all time. The story and lesson are fabulous, it is entertaining and endearing. This is one of few DVD's my whole family will watch together and enjoy. It transcends age groups well, with something for everyone. What a way to capture children's attention than a giant robot, and what a way to please mom, with a message and an endearing mother figure. It also somehow manages to be humorous without vulgarity or inuendo (imagine that!) You really need to own this movie in your collection. I would have been so dissappointed if I could not have gotten my 2 year old to watch and enjoy this, he is prone to really only like the super computer animated movies, but thank goodness he loves it too, he's now three and a half and we watch it all the time and are in the process of teaching his one and a half year old brother to love it too! Additionally, it is great for school, social or church groups or centers, as it is a true "G" rated movie.
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Summary: Kids love it.
Comment: My kids (girl and boy, ages 8 and 6) love this movie. It's about the friendship between a boy and a giant robot from space. I'm also impressed with the creative ideas and artwork.
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Summary: Good movie
Comment: This is a very nice movie for young people. My husband likes this film as much as they do.
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Summary: Acceptable animated fare but little more
Comment: Perhaps in part due to the fact that the film bombed at the box office, The Iron Giant has developed quite a cult around it in recent years. Some of the enthusiasm is justified--the animation is quite impressive and the story appealing--but the movie does not work as well as its defenders would have one believe.
The biggest problem with The Iron Giant lies with the fact that the entire movie feels like a less-witty animated remake of E.T. Think about it--lonely boy from a fatherless home stumbles upon a sweet and gentle creature from another world and bonds with the strange being, ultimately facing off against government agents who want the creature for their own purposes. While obviously some details differ, the movie has the feel of something we've seen before. Additionally, though set in the 1950s the movie never really gets the details of the era right. Cold War paranoia is fairly easy to drum up, but almost every character (especially the poorly-essayed main character and the psuedo-Beatnik) sounds as if he or she was lifted from the 1990s.
All things considered, The Iron Giant is probably not a waste of time or money, but it is also not the brilliant work of cinema that many of its supporters claim it to be.
Customer Rating:
Summary: An incredible film--animated or otherwise...
Comment: This is an incredible film--animated or otherwise. The story is flawless, the emotions powerful and honest. It is no accident that as of this writing, the film averages 5 stars after 450 (now 451) reviews. It is no surprise that the director/writer Brad Bird went on to make another classic--The Incredibles.
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