Lilo & Stitch

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"Lilo & Stitch is one of Disney's most adorable, emotionally sincere live-action remakes to date.

With charming performances - protect Maia Kealoha at all costs - an incredibly cute Stitch, and a heart as big as the world, Dean Fleischer Camp proves that there's room for new versions when they're made with soul and purpose.

The human-alien relationship remains the driving force of a simple yet deeply moving story that reminds us of the true meaning of "ohana". It's not perfect, but like its protagonists, it's perfectly imperfect. And that's enough."

Rating: B

Hmmm! I wasnt sure if I was watching a sentimental edition of Hawaii Five-O here or a collection of outtakes from a Sonic movie as this rather disappointingly trundles along for the guts of two hours. Its starts off quite promisingly as we see the Grand Councilwoman sentence the latest creation of madcap scientist Jumba to exile under the supervision of himself and Earth expert Pleakley. It turns out that the eponymous blue critter is actually quite a malevolent beastie adept at causing no end of mischief, and with the authorities now on his tail, he concludes that the safest thing to do is to hide in plain sight and get him self adopted by the none-too-bright Lilo (Maia Kealoha) who actually thinks hes a dog! What is even dafter is that he...

While watching Disneys new live-action version of Lilo & Stitch, the film felt fairly accurate to the original 2002 animated film for the first half of the film while the second half seemed insanely different in comparison. However, upon revisiting the original film, the live-action version features many unwanted modifications.

Pleakley and Jumba are butchered in the new film. Now played by Billy Magnussen and Zach Galifianakis respectively both spend the majority of the film as humans (they use alien technology to mimic humans early in the film). This was likely done as a cost-cutting measure, especially after the opening of the film is all CGI, but its awkward. Lilo & Stitch was originally meant as a Disney+ exclusive and has the lowes...