{"id":4137,"date":"2025-01-07T15:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T22:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=4137"},"modified":"2024-12-24T21:37:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T04:37:04","slug":"movie-lilo-stitch-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/07\/movie-lilo-stitch-2002\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: Lilo & Stitch (2002)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LiloLilo & Stitch
<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2002
Rating: PG
Length: 85 minutes \/ 1.42 hours<\/p>\n

The early 2000s were a weird time for Disney. After a solid run of their 1990s renaissance\u2014full of classics beloved by all\u2014they started exploring ideas outside their wheelhouse. With most of their best work in the fantasy genre, Disney hadn’t quite figured out how to do science fiction. Despite all this, they created a few cult classics during this period. One of these was none other than Lilo & Stitch<\/em> (2002).<\/p>\n

A common theme in children’s movies seems to be outsider kids befriending creatures they probably shouldn’t. This list includes (but is not limited to) E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial<\/em> (1982), The Iron Giant<\/em> (1999), How to Train Your Dragon<\/em> (2010), and even Bumblebee<\/em><\/a> (2018). Where Lilo & Stitch<\/em> takes this a step further is how it embraces the idea of the “found family.” With so many orphans in Disney movies, it surprised me it took this long to hone in on this trope and really refine it (albeit not nearly to the extent One Piece<\/em> does). Furthermore, this movie also shows that everyone deserves love, even if they have a sordid past.<\/p>\n

While there are a lot of common tropes in Lilo & Stitch<\/em>\u2014including some of its humor, which itself has graciously few bathroom-focused jokes\u2014one of its best characteristics is the realism of its human characters. Relying on evil stepmothers or narcissistic queens as villains hides much more relatable challenges modern families face. Just trying to survive, especially when there are no parents in the picture, is hard. Being able to rely on those around us is a much better lesson for kids than princesses finding out they’re a special.<\/p>\n

A relevant and modern take on found family and aliens as pets, I give Lilo & Stitch<\/em> 4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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This movie appeared in Cinema Connections<\/em>:<\/strong>
#256. Hawaii<\/a>
#257. Aliens as Pets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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