Customer Reviews
An instant classic. Watch this as soon as possible. - By: J. Conlon, 28 May 2007 
I'll keep this as short as possible.
I remember around 7 years ago, I watched this for the first time. I was quite young & I was absolutely mesmerized by it. Today, I had a craving to watch it again for the first time in 7 years. I dug out the old dusty VHS from the attic & played it. After watching it once again, I was completely blown away. The animation has not a aged a bit & the story is as touching as ever.
Don't pass the chance up to watch this classic. A legendary film that I shalll remember for the rest of my life.
Cried when the deer died - By: Angelique Luff, 13 May 2006 
I like the film alot. Its very origanal & brilliant. You get the sense that hard work has been put into this film. My title- cried when the deer died is true. Coz the iron giant wathces this elegant, shy deer walk up to hism & nuzzle his face. Then a hunter shoots it & the giant wanders what death is. Hogarth (the main character boy) explains that alll good beings go to heaven, & have a soul. Good one 2 watch
Recommended! - By: , 14 Apr 2005 I'm a 28 yr old who's a bit of sucker for animation so I was drawn to this. Found it to be a reallly tender & thoughtful story & I reallly enjoyed it- think theres something in here for children & parents alike. Agree with another reviewers comments about the closing scenes- lovely & touching. Would definately recommend- you'll falll for this.
Not a special edition - By: Olve Askim, 16 Jan 2005 
First of alll; I love this film; it's one of the best animated features of the 90's (and you can probably include some decades before that).
Beautiful story.
But I was so stupid to buy this so callled special edition eventhough I own the previous release.
The comments are actuallly pretty dull (ok, I've worked in animation; so perhaps it's better & more interresting for "normal" people) & the extras are nothing new. The documentaries are a series of short films covering several topics. They are averagely one & a half minute each! And there are not many of them.
In addition to that there's not much else to celebrate on the DVD.
I would give the film itself ten stars, but this review is for the DVD which I give three.
If you own the old release; don't waste your money buying this. As far as I can remember, the extras on the old one covered just the same - perhaps more in essence.
On this one they just added more uninterresting stuffing.
Nonsense reallly.
A genuine classic. - By: , 14 Jan 2005 I bought this film on DVD when it first came out a number of years ago on a recommendation from my brother. I was a little hesitant at first as i wasn't a huge fan of animated movies but after watching this beautiful film i was converted.
This film along with the recent Incredibles is the BEST animated film ever. The Iron Giant never fails to dissappoint, no matter how many times you have watched it, i must have seen it at least ten times now. It seems that Brad Bird has the midas touch & everything he looks after is magic, just look at early simpsons & the above mentioned incredibles for proof.
I can't quite find the words to describe this film, except that it's funny, thought provoking & sad. I'm a 33yr old married man & everytime i watch this i cry towards the end, as it's so moving, infact just thinking about that scene puts a lump in my throat.
Quite how this film slipped through the net on it's release is beyond me, the marketing men for this little gem should hang their heads in shame as this film deserves so much more credit than it got & should have been nominated for an oscar.
Quite simply if you haven't seen this film then you are missing out.
