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Rating: Null/10 (2 July 2002)

LILO & STITCH (2002) ***1/2 (VOICES: Chris Sanders, Daveigh Chase, Tia Carrere, Ving Rhames, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Jason Scott Lee, Zoe Caldwell, Kevin Michael Richardson. Utterly charming Disney old school animation with a blend of Japanese anime and Elvis Presley musical cum sci-fi comedy. Lilo is a troubled Hawaiian girl friendless except for her older sister/guardian until fellow misfit, alien experiment'/intergalactic fugitive Stitch crash lands into her life with the two outcasts bonding madly into a one of a kind friendship. Written & directed by Dean Deblois and Sanders (who voices the beyond cute Stitch) with an even keel of delights for the kiddies and on-the-sly pop culture smarts for the kiddies-of-all-ages. A real treat for animation fans and for the family, which oddly is the theme throughout.