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The Iron Giant (1999)

Bias Rating
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Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.5
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Overview

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low

Overview

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

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Primary

The film's dominant themes align with progressive values, primarily through its critique of Cold War paranoia, militarism, and government overreach, advocating instead for empathy and individual choice for peace.

The movie features traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on universal themes of friendship and prejudice, framing traditional identities neutrally or positively without explicit critique.

Secondary

The Iron Giant does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, themes, or plot points. The film's narrative is entirely focused on a young boy's friendship with an alien robot and the societal reaction to the unknown, thus rendering its portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements as N/A.

The Iron Giant does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a boy, a giant robot, and Cold War-era anxieties, with no elements pertaining to transgender identity or experiences.

The film features Annie Hughes as the primary female character, but she is not involved in any direct physical combat. No female characters engage in or win close-quarters physical fights against male opponents.

The film adapts Ted Hughes' novel "The Iron Man." All major characters, including the Iron Giant, Hogarth, and Annie, maintain their established genders from the source material. The character of Dean McCoppin is an original creation for the film, not a gender-swapped version of a pre-existing character.

The film's main human character, Hogarth Hughes, is depicted consistently with the source material's implied race. Other major characters are original to the film, thus lacking prior racial establishment for comparison.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
8.1
The Movie Database logo
8.0

Critic Ratings

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9.6
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8.5

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