US Edition‘Lilo & Stitch’ Review: Another Disney Update Plays It Safe but Works
- Disney released the live-action film Lilo & Stitch on May 23, 2025, continuing its remake project of animated features into live-action.
- The remake follows the original 2002 story about Experiment 626, a mischievous alien who escapes imprisonment and crash-lands in Hawaii to evade recapture.
- The film stars Maia Kealoha as six-year-old orphan Lilo Pelekai, who adopts Stitch from an animal shelter, and Sydney Elizebeth Agudong as her guardian sister Nani.
- Director Dean Fleischer Camp collaborates with writers Chris K. Bright and Mike Van Waes to create a comedy that highlights the concept of ohana, with the film receiving a PG rating for its action sequences and thematic content.
- This version adds depth to the sister relationship and tackles grief and separation directly, aiming for a heartwarming appeal especially to families and longtime fans.
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The first thought before the release of the new version in real action of one more Disney animated films is that the highly debatable commercial operation by the almighty producer and distributor no longer concerns only the great classics, but also minor films such as Lilo & Stitch, production of 2002 directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois. In the last 10 years, 17 titles have passed from drawing to the flesh and bone of their protagonists, …
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Director Dean Fleischer Camp premieres a great adaptation of the animated classic, with much of the original cast back among his ranks
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