I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

'Lilo & Stitch (2002)' is a beautifully animated and wonderfully endearing picture that not only shines a light on a culture not often seen in cinema but also makes it - along with its prominent female leads and story of familial acceptance - an integral part of its narrative. This makes the piece an incredibly inclusive experience, in terms of its portrayal and its messages, that makes a point of pointing out the misfit in us all and making the most of the emotional satisfaction that occurs when it finally finds a home. It is easily one of my favourite Disney movies, mainly because of its positive outlook and emotional connectivity. It's also so effortlessly entertaining, funny and charming throughout that a lesser narrative - one that isn't as layered or as effecting as this - might have been forgiven, so long as the fantastic animation and now iconic lead characters were still intact, of course. 7/10

This is an amazing family film for many reasons and a great example of a movie that is enjoyable for the whole family. the movies main focus is on family and accepting new members into the family and losing the old. The directing of the movie is also pretty good take the beginning for example it starts with a close up at a low angle to show the power of the galactic chancellor then goes to a wide shot of the room to show the reach of the federation, the enemy stitch must confront, His escape then shows how he is a representation of chaos that is totally unstoppable, even picking the red police cruiser and wearing a red prison suit helps the representation since the color red is associated with violence. This is until he lands on hawaii and meets lilo. When stitch finds out he is trapped on the island his purpose and identity are destroyed in the process since he has always been unstoppable until this point where he has to question who he is and what to do now. Where as lilo who recently lost her parents is isolated from everyone else and hoping for a friend when she meets stitch. She tries to educate him and believes he is good despite the fact he uses her as a shield. Both of them are social outcast lilo having lost her family and stitch being a monster on the run. stitch enters the family like an adopted child and becomes a brother to lilo and the start to form a familial relationship. When gantu tries to abduct stitch but accidentally takes lilo, stitch is the one who gathers jumba and plekle to help and save the only family he has. The story for the movie has a certain depth that any good movie needs and is relatable to anyone to see. The movie has no real striking flaws that can make me dislike it and seeing it again after many years has been an unexpected treat.

Lilo & Stitch is something of an oddball for a Disney film. After Emperor's New Groove and Atlantis had failed to bring in the kind of money needed to make them successful, Lilo & Stitch was given a much smaller budget, but also a lot more freedom when it came to story and style. The end result is something you almost wouldn't recognize as a Disney film if you didn't know better. But I mean that in a good way.The story goes that an extra-terrestrial space government sentences a dangerous lifeform simply known as Experiment 626 to an exile on a lonely asteroid. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on the point of view, the lifeform, about to be known as Stitch, escapes and ends up in Hawaii on planet Earth. There he meets a little native girl known as Lilo, who ends up adopting him as her new "dog". The story shifts between the two story lines about Stitch being hunted by the space government and Lilo being potentially taken away by social workers because her parents have died and her sister is struggling to take care of her.The plot alone would make this an intriguing film, but what really makes this such a wonderful movie is its warmth and maturity. Nani, Lilo's older sister, is not a bad person, despite being unable to take care of her sister properly. Instead she's shown as being a very brave young woman who has been pushed into an impossible situation. I like the maturity that shows on the film makers's part a lot. Lilo and Stitch are also very good characters, shifting effortlessly between typical Disney antics and surprising bouts of tangible maturity.The story itself is rather basic, given the ludicrous setting. Nothing all that surprising or unexpected happens, but it doesn't have to. It's not that kind of film. It's a film you see for the characters and the emotions. For the message. And all those are spot on.I also really like the visuals. It's not animated in the usual Disney style, but you can see enough of it for it to feel familiar. And all the new stuff being brought in works very well for the film's advantage, giving it a lot of energy and soul. Sure, it's not on bar with, say, Tarzan or Sleeping Beauty in terms of animation, but given the small budget, I'm more than impressed. The score is also nice, featuring songs by Elvis in addition to some new songs that evoke the feel of Hawaii.This is a great film no matter how you look at it. Its heart and warmth will stay with you for a long time and it was one of the first signs that Disney could still make great films even in the new century. See it, if you haven't already.

Set in the modern times, Disney made more justifiable use of modern-day dialog; however, even so, the script was not overblown with mindless jokes and Hollywood-style clichés. It's a good, well-balanced and captivating film about a Hawaiian girl named Lilo who adopts a fugitive alien (whom she later names Stitch), on the run from the mad alien scientist who created him and is on orders to take him back to their planet for incarceration.It's a fun story full of laughable moments and adventures, from Stitch constantly getting Lilo and her old sister Nani in trouble with their social worker to Stitch dodging his pursuing captors left and right. The subplot about Nani trying to keep Lilo from being taken away by social services and the theme about "no family gets left behind" are very heartfelt points to the story and provides redeeming qualities to our character leads and touches of drama to the overall plot. It gives "heart" to the movie, something that was sorely missing in the last few Disney entries. It was wonderful seeing how the characters including Lilo and Stitch develop throughout the course of the film. I would, though, have liked to see our human characters become more alarmed after spotting Stitch and the other aliens, because it is not everyday you see space creatures roam around in your backyard.The animation is great, capturing the beauty, care-freeness and freshness of Hawaii, and Alan Silvestri's music score is excellent; I especially enjoyed the Hawaiian-theme pieces that Silvestri interwoven into the score.At 85 minutes, this is a well-paced film with a good balance of comedy, drama, adventures and surprises to keep you entertained and is what I think one of the best Disney animated films to come out of the 2000s.Grade B+