Review: Lilo & Stitch

Man! Kids movies are doing so well today... At least this one was good, they past few I've been seeing haven't been at all good. But, let's put that behind, Disney's latest work, Lilo & Stitch, was absolutely delightful and fun; it's great for the whole family! Don't just think it's only good for the kids (the old fart in back of me almost died of a heart attack). This film was absolutely wonderful, and I can't stretch that enough.

One of the most enjoyable things in this 87 minute long animated feature was the warm-heartedness of the characters. I found myself falling in love with all of the characters personalities and indignations wit. They had their own way of doing things, but in the end they all meshed together and became one. This film had a meaning for love to overpower hate and it will be well taken by the many audiences everywhere.

This is certainly a new idea for Disney; avoiding their common concept of nature and animals. I thought that an alien and a human working together under the cool Hawaiian breeze was an excellent, new idea! The way they dealt with the concept of togetherness in this film was undoubtedly extraordinary. The certain sense of unbreakable friendship was the most admirable feature of Lilo & Stitch.

The thing I liked the most of anything, though, in this film was the way it incorporated common issues into the most harmonic places. It's the first cartoon (besides South Park) that really brought losing someone or a family breaking and lost relationships into play, that's what made this feature so unbreakable and one of a kind. The emotional feelings, the up's and down's, they incorporated something so very real with something so very not real; like the constant breaking of Lilo's home, but there to back it up was Stitch, an alien. The mood that this set was left uncaptured by a cartoon before this! But they made it work, and they did it.

In conclusion, Lilo & Stitch in my opinion is one of Disney's best efforts since The Lion King or Beauty and the Beast. It truly was magical cultural enchantment, a meshing of two different worlds. The sense of working together, just brought it into my hands. It was so good. Lilo & Stitch is a definite see, and will most likely be on my "Top 10 of 2002" list!

-Danny, Bucket Reviews