Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 06/21/2002(USA
Release Date: 12/03/2002
Dubbed: English/Espanol/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 85 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Excellent For Children
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
A lonely little girl makes a very unusual friend -- a ukulele-playing alien who likes to toss around small automobiles -- in this antic animated
comedy from
Walt Disney Studios.
Lilo (voice of
Daveigh Chase) is a young Hawaiian girl being raised by her teenaged sister
Nani (voice of
Tia Carrere) after the unexpected death of their parents in an auto accident. While
Nani tries to hold their household together,
Lilo is a child with unusual interests and a distinctive sense of humor, which makes it hard for her to bond with her peers, as well as her big sister.
Nani decides
Lilo might be happier if she had a pet, so the sisters go to the animal shelter to adopt a dog; however, the critter which catches
Lilo's fancy is a fuzzy blue creature she names
Stitch (voice of
Chris Sanders).
Nani isn't so sure
Stitch is really a dog, and it turns out she's right;
Stitch is actually "Genetic Experiment 626," a mutation created by extraterrestrial mad scientist
Dr. Jumba (voice of
David Ogden Stiers) to be used a weapon.
Stitch is an intelligent but gleefully destructive little creature with superhuman strength who has escaped to Earth and crash-landed in the Hawaiian islands, but
Lilo sees him simply as a fellow misfit and attempts to teach him to behave like her favorite American icon,
Elvis Presley. Meanwhile,
Nani struggles to keep
Lilo and
Stitch on their best behavior as stern social worker
Cobra Bubbles (voice of
Ving Rhames) tries to determine if
Nani is fit to raise a child, while
Dr. Jumba and
Pleakley (voice of
Kevin McDonald) attempt to capture "Experiment 626" and bring him back home.
Chris Sanders, who provides the voice of
Stitch, also co-wrote and co-directed the film, which features numerous
Elvis Presley tunes on the soundtrack, as well as a new recording of
"Burning Love" by
country star
Wynonna.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
