Lilo & Stitch

Pros: Wonderful story and animation. Cute characters.
Cons: Nothing

Ever since I was a child, I have loved cartoons and animated movies, especially Disney movies. Now that I am an adult, I still love them. I have many Disney movies on VHS, and I have started to add copies to my DVD collection as well. I have been ...

Pros: Beautiful animation and fine performances
Cons: Stitch is not a very original creation

“Lilo & Stitch” is a movie that will be of interest to all sorts of people. Kids will be drawn to the story because it’s about two sisters who are trying to stay together, and finding the going tough. Fans of animation will take note because it’s the...

Pros: Lilo and Stitch are adorable.
Cons: Too much of the other aliens, not enough of Stitch.

Preamble
My son has been counting the days until Lilo & Stitch was released in theaters. Last night, I purchased the tickets just in case it sold out. With it being Summer, you just never know about these things.

I had...

Pros: Hawaiian setting, heartbreaking story, sci-fi adventure kids can understand
Cons: Little too much violence for small children - PG Rating is correct

The third Friday of June has rolled around again this year, and that means it is time for me to make my annual pilgrimage to whichever theater closest to me has the new Disney feature on at the earliest time. I packed the car, dressed the kids, and off...

Pros: Great animation
Cons: Mixed messages; too close to reality

I have to admit that I’m a sucker for escapist stories. Some people may not like singing puppies and sugar sweet happily-ever-after tales of princesses in distress, but I like them. They help get my mind off the real world for a bit. I was really...

Pros: good values
Cons: crappy animation

Lilo and Stitch is a story of redemption. Released in 2002, it reflects the values of a pre-9/11 America, but does so with such class that it was one of a few pre-9/11 films to survive (and thrive) in the cultural crossover. Lilo and Stitch is the ...

Pros: Fun for the whole family
Cons: A bit sad at times

Last night, my husband and I took our kids (Amanda, 7 and Emily, nearly 4) to see Lilo and Stitch, a movie they both very much wanted to see. The previews and commercials had been entertaining, so my husband and I were actually looking forward to...

Pros: For once Disney doesn't model the main characters after strippers.
Cons: Fluffy plot could possibly be confusing to younger audiences

I coerced my fiance into seeing Lilo and Stitch the day it came out. We both got off work at 9:30 and decided to see the Lilo and Stitch at 10:05, the last showing. I'll be more than happy to admit it- I wanted to see the movie because...

Pros: Lively, colorful, fun, and full of Elvis. A return to form for Disney.
Cons: Perhaps some better character distinctions might have been nice.

Disney animated films go in cycles, of course, and last year's Atlantis served notice that the era of good feeling and good films from Disney — an era that started with Beauty and the Beast, but had slightly waned — was over. Atlantis...

Pros: great fun movie - made me laugh and cry - I'd see it again
Cons: some children may be upset by Lilo's situation

Last Saturday I ventured out with my four kids to see the latest Disney release - Lilo and Stitch. To be honest I wasn't expecting much. As cute and clever as those Disney Channel commercials were I was pretty anti-Stitch after having watched them for...

Pros: Beautiful animated scenes; Music; Developed characters; Slightly rubbed moral
Cons: Story starts to lose edge in third act

“Lilo and Stitch” is the perfect antonym to the tension between their blooming animation rival Dreamworks SKG. It has no usual Disney stereotypes, no song and dance numbers, and no picture-perfect setting either. Instead we’re shown multi-cultured...

Pros: Touching concepts of the redeeming quality of unconditional love, and importance of family.
Cons: Not enough variety in the character designs of the children.

THE CHARACTERS

This film was entertaining and satisfying on a level seldom attempted in family films… especially in the realm of animated features. The main protagonist, Stitch, is not simply an adorable, sympathetic little creature that...

Pros: Raucous, unpredictable, yet sweet.
Cons: Why, God, why the A*Teens?

An Elvis-worshipping young girl named Lilo finds her only friend in her new pet "dog" Stitch--who is in actuality a genetically-engineered creature of destruction from the distant planet Turo. Based on that premise, one could conclude that Disney has...

Pros: Some of Disney's most interesting characters yet. Funny, yet meaningful.
Cons: One or two sappy moments, here and there.

Disney cartoons ain't what they used to be. In fact, most recent Disney films have been downright horrible, especially when compared to the Disney classics of yesteryear. Just look at some of the company's more recent flops: the heavy-handed,...

Pros: Touching story, "real" characters, Stitch is adorable
Cons: The first few scenes start off really slowly.

I've got to be honest here. I didn't go into the movie theater with very high expectations. I mean, really, it's a movie about a little Hawaiian girl who loves to listen to Elvis music who then adopts a dog who is really a blue alien who is escaping a...