Parents Guide for
The Iron Giant (1999) More at IMDbPro »

The Army opens fire on the Giant, shooting bazookas and machine guns at him. Tanks then also fire at him (and destroy a water tower). Jet fighters then shoot at the Giant and he eventually crashes to the ground. The Giant then returns fire defensively at the military men, destroying several vehicles. Battleships then fire at the Giant and many things are blown up.

A deer is shot and killed by two hunters and the Giant and Hogarth find it.

At least 3 hells,1 damn, and some religious exclamations here and there.

Some locals attribute a fisherman's story about the giant to "either whiskey or beer."

A government agent smokes and carries a pipe several times during the film.

Hogarth watches a "scary" movie; a giant brain starts eating a man's head, but the scene is cut off by an antenna being broken off.

A fisherman's boat is sunk. At first, we believe he is lost at sea and drowns, but he is later washed up on shore.

Hogarth hears something either upstairs or on the roof and slowly goes to find the source of the noise. Later, Hogarth slowly makes his way through a darkened forest (with his flashlight) and follows the destructive path of something obviously quite large.

The entire ending sequence where the Giant battles the Army men who have opened fire on him, as well as the thought and sight of a quickly approaching nuclear missile and finally a moment where Hogarth appears to be dead (he's not) may be suspenseful and/or frightening to younger kids.