The Iron Giant (1999)

81 min · Animation

USPGUKUAUPG

44 MILD

ScoutScore

Worth a quick check before you press play.

The Iron Giant scores 44 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 16 flagged scenes and 3 marked caution.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up	13
Caution	3

Content map

How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged for violence and action with scary and dark.

Scary and dark	26%
Violence and action	39%
Themes	23%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	none flagged
Language	12%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Heads up Storm at sea - boat in distress
Heads up Hogarth follows the Giant at night
Heads up Classroom insult - 'spaz'
Heads up Mild profanity - 'hell'
Heads up Deity exclamation - 'Oh my God'
Heads up Train collision with the Giant
Heads up Name-calling cluster - 'mooses', 'shrimpy dork'
Heads up Mild profanity - 'hell', 'God'
Heads up The deer dies - Hogarth explains death
Caution Mansley interrogates and threatens Hogarth

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

Get the app

Age ratings by country

AU	PG
GB	U
US	PG

Talk about it after

“The Giant discovers he has powerful weapons built into him but chooses not to use them to harm anyone. What do you think it means when someone has the power to hurt others but decides to protect them instead?”

This guide tells you before. The app tells you during.

Every scene above is timed. The FilmScout app listens to the movie and taps you 30 seconds before each one, so you can skip it, mute it, or talk it through. Free to start on iPhone.

Download for iPhone

Common questions

Is The Iron Giant okay for kids?

The Iron Giant scores 44 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 16 flagged scenes in it, covering profanity (mild), action, theme. The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for The Iron Giant?

44, which is the Mild tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is The Iron Giant rated?

The Iron Giant is rated PG in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU PG, GB U, US PG. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

See every scene in the FilmScout app.
Each flagged moment with its place in the runtime, plus live alerts that follow along while you watch.

ScoutScores are FilmScout's own scene by scene analysis and change as the catalog is rescored. FilmScout is independent and is not affiliated with, licensed by, or endorsed by any studio or ratings board.

All movies · Free field guide · Home

Press play prepared.