'Lilo & Stitch' Review: The Dynamic Duo Is Back in Action

A new, live-action remake of Disney's Lilo & Stitch is set to reacquaint fans with the cute and fluffy alien. My thoughts ran wild before watching this 2025 take, just like a kid and her otherworldly blue accomplice racing around unsupervised. After viewing it, I can say that while there are some tweaks to the story, fans will know precisely what they're getting into. The 2002 animated movie about an extraterrestrial befriending an orphaned Hawaiian girl, causing untold chaos and finding family is a great one. This version has the same heartbeat -- and story. If you're all about seeing a realistic-looking incarnation of the unhinged blue furball, and don't mind sitting for a film you've seen before, 2025's Lilo & Stitch may sufficiently entertain you -- like putting on a record you already know you'll like. But it doesn't do much to distinguish itself from the source material. Lilo & Stitch is directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, who helmed the Oscar-nominated film Marcel the Shell with ... Read full article.