I laughed more during this movie than during MIB2...

Rating: 8/10 (6 July 2002)

Lilo & Stitch is a welcome breath of fresh air for anyone, like myself, that has fallen out of touch with Disney animated movies. (I mean, if asked to name the most recent Disney movies, I would answer, "Um, well there was Lion King...then Mulan was in there somewhere...oh and that Hercules one...I think...")
Even though the story deals with an alien convict crash-landing on Kauai, this movie is so much more *real* then any other Disney movie I can think of. The issue of a family being broken up by the death of the parents is real. The eccentric and understandably child-like actions and feelings of Lilo as she tries to fit in are real. Even the style of the characters is more real, since it seems that Disney animators have finally discovered that women don't all have waists the diameter of a soda can.
Sure, people say that the plot makes itself too neat sometimes, but I think that adds to the humor. I thought the ending was all that much funnier for all the loose ends being tied up in wierd ways. The art, too, was mesmorizing. I adored the watercolor renditions of Hawaiian landscapes. The songs, both Elvis and hawaiian-style background music, are very nice as well, and I for one don't miss the long and drawn-out musical sequences that have been Disney's claim to fame.
Anyway, bottom line, if four cynical and jaded teenagers can have more fun at this movie than at MIB2, then *anyone* can, and I recommend it to everyone.