All the good parts are in the trailer (5/10)

Rating: 5/10 (5 July 2002)

[I saw this in the theater, YMMV]
This often happens, but rarely with a Disney movie -- all the good parts are already in the trailer.
This is not a particularly complex film, even by Disney standards. Several times in the plot the writers paint themselves into a corner and have to do some hand waving to keep the movie going.
The scientist chasing Stitch (Dr. Jumba) is intent on the capture of Stitch and will settle for his destruction. But all Stitch has to do is to mumble the word "family" at Dr. Jumba and for some completely inexplicable reason the scientist joins Stitch on his quest to join a family. Another example is Mr. Bubbles, the social worker. Mr. Bubbles is the largest, wealthiest, most leasurely social worker on the planet. Hawaii must have a very light caseload. In addition, since there are aliens zooming around Hawaii and someone is bound to notice, Mr. Bubbles conveniently becomes an ex-CIA Area 51 agent (who also just happens to know the head alien when she arrives).
There is some references to "family" and "aloha", But the producers lost their nerve when they added a toss-off reference to fat people as beautiful, but placed it inside a joke.
This is not particularly funny, cute, or moraly uplifting. It is just 90 minutes of "cute and fluffy" (as Stitch refers to him(her?)self.)