I bought this video for my son when it first came out and I have had to replace it twice now. He has watched it over and over and over again. This is a very well thought out animated movie with a wonderful and exciting plot for children. However, it is also very predictable.
The story is about a little boy "Hogarth Hughes" who has a habbit of bringing home wild animals trying to turn them into pets. The beginning of the movie starts off in the diner where Hogarths mother(voice of Jennifer Anniston) works and he brings a squirrel in a box with him. The squirrel gets loose in the diner and runs around the place. Very funny scene.
Hogarths mother works late that night and he stays up late watching scary movies and eating junk food when the antenna goes out. He goes out only to realize that the antenna looks as if it has been bitten off. He goes investigating into the woods behind his home only to find a giant man made out of metal by the power plant.
Needless to say he takes the giant in without the knowledge of his mother and the military comes looking for this giant. An agent stays at the Hughes home while searching for the giant. The giant has defensive mechanisms that make him a deadly weapon and the military want to take him out. Hogarth does everything he can to keep him a secret but his secret gets out. You need to see it for yourself. I would reccomend this movie to anyone with little boys or with children that keep bringing things home for pets. Great family fun.
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Havn't seen this film yet, and I think I'll give it a pass! Rob :)
MRS.CANADA 21.11.2002 18:52
I haven't seen this film and if you add more to your review
so I can learn more about it and decide if I want to see it
I will be happy to read your review again. Lyla
KarenUK 21.11.2002 17:45
We've got the video, but I don't think I have seen it all the way through. I remember reading the book at school though.
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large_satsuma 20.07.2008 (20.07.2008)
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