Finally, Hawaii portrayed accurately.

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2002)

For those of you who have spent any time in Hawaii, you have seen too many movies set in Hawaii with people PRETENDING to be "local" to Hawaii. Lilo and Stitch is NOT one of those movies.
Someone wised up and cast people who were raised in Hawaii! It's about time! Fake Pidgin accents are too easy to pick up for any one that's ever spent more than a year in Hawaii. Too often the fake pidgin accent will ruin a movie.
Accents aside, the movie really captures the feel of Hawaii. The first scenes with Lilo swimming with the fishes and the Kamehameha Childrens Choir singing made me misty eyed (and I almost bought a ticket to go back home to Hawaii immediately).
If you are from Hawaii and you have your doubts because so many movies in the past have horrible portrayals of Hawaii and Hawaiians . . . Fear Not! This one is a good one! And for once they have animated surfing properly. No more surfing on the top of the wave. They are sliding down the face of the wave like they should!