Iron Giant

We watched an animated movie last night that came recommended through Backwoods Home Magazine. Because Claire Wolfe's review talked about the movie being a bit of a commentary on intrusive government, and because we were exhausted and looking for something "lite" last night, we were a little leery of the movie. We thought there might be too much depth, too much thinking, not enough laughing.

But we got the best of both worlds.

Iron Giant is a cute movie about a robot that lands here from outer space. It starts off a bit like Androcles and the Lion. One of the kids commented on the anti-gun theme through the movie (which is something that surprised us, given where we found the movie recommendation in the first place), but it wasn't altogether bad, with most of the anti-gun stuff being about offensive use of weapons. The fun part was that there were just a lot of laughs throughout the movie, and a lot of cute little spots that make you grin and say, "Awwwww!"

The review for my mom:
language: I think there was one bad word
sex: nope
violence: not really
setting: It is labeled sci-fi only because of the robot. Sci-fi is not generally anything I like, but this is not what I would call science fiction.
kid-friendliness: Andrew said it bored him when he saw it at Caseys' a few years ago, but he seemed to enjoy it last night. Maggie didn't care for it.


All in all, Iron Giant is one I could certainly watch again a time or two!