I actually only knew of the name Iron Man in passing, I went to the movie because my 2 younger boys and my husband wanted to go and I figured anything with Robert Downey Jr. Couldn't be too bad, because he is so cute! I really enjoyed the movie and I am not into shoot 'em blow 'em up movies. IT was funny, and entertaining but definately earns the PG 13 rating it is not bad by all means but kids under 13 might not get the humor or handle the few seconds of Adult interaction.