In theory, I should be pro-change... except that Lilo & Stitch doesn’t really commit to its big alterations.

Fleischer Camp brings a light touch and a good human cast to this reverently faithful effort, but it’s never as clear and bright as its source material.

The director Dean Fleischer Camp isn’t trying to recapture the arthouse audience who went for the sophisticated faux-naivety of his 2021 Marcel the Shell With Shoes On. But he does ground the whimsy in a baseline level of realism...

It's a film that, like its blue protagonist, survives on the strength of its cuteness, emotional depth, and charisma. [Full review in Spanish]