Oddly brilliant

Rating: 9/10 (22 August 2004)

In a very strange twist, the story is "Dumbo" and "The Ugly Duckling," and a bit of "E.T." It's also just as pleasing as all those stories as well.
Lilo, a young native Hawaiian girl, who has been orphaned to all but her older sister, prays for an angel to come and to be her friend. At the same time, an alien mutant escapes from being locked up for his destructive tendencies. When the alien lands on Earth, Lilo mistakes him as a dog and adopts him, naming him Stitch.
While her older sister struggles to get employed, Lilo tries to get Stitch to become a model citizen using Elvis as the model of a fine citizen. But Stitch can't help but be himself, which means wreaking havoc on most everything!
Chris Sanders, animator and director of "Mulan" as well as the creator and voice of "Stitch" directs this movie to Disney Classic stardom. Sanders knows where to make it funny and where to make it touching, never skipping a beat.