Original, but too many flaws

Rating: 5/10 (3 September 2007)

A good box office hit doesn't always means that it's a great movie and inverse. "Lilo & Stitch" proofs that, although it became a bigger box office hit than "The Emperor's New Groove", "Atlantis" and "Treasure Planet", three much better movies.
And it's a shame, because "Lilo" has a lot of potential (SPOILERS); the presentation of Elvis Presley, many movie parodies, a bad alien with a koala looks who is not capable to feel emotions (notice that some aliens looks like animals), a little girl struggling with her messed up family situation, etc. The last mentioned thing is something that you rarely see in a Disney feature, who makes "Lilo" have a soap opera feeling too it. SPOILERS OVER
"Lilo & Stitch" it's not a bad movie, but not a great one either. The biggest problem is the weak script and a totally messed up story; It miss a structure. (SPOILER) This film is called "Lilo & Stitch" and it should be about both of them, but because of the weak script, this story becomes much more about Stitch than Lilo. And that's a shame, cause it's easier to connect with her than with him.
And those two don't really connect emotionally in this picture. And that's a shame. Except Cobra Bubbles, Nani and Lilo, the rest of the characters are quite annoying. SPOILERS OVER.
Many reviewers has pointed out that this movie is not sentimental. That is WRONG! This is one of Disney's most sentimental movies ever! End of discussion. The movie is sometimes funny, but I've seen movies much more funnier.
The action sequences are just chaotic and not exiting at all. The score of Alan Silvestri is neither working well.
OK, enough complaining. Like you see, I'm not yelling "hurray" for this picture, cause it has two many flaws for me to really like it. But Chris Sanders and Dean Deblois shall have praise for coming up with original idea for a Disney feature.
The Hawaiian songs are catchy and the first 20 minutes are much better than the rest of the film. The animation is beautiful and it's good that Disney are using water colors again. If the script were a little more tighten up, this could be a better film (in my opinion).