Gleiberman, Owen (June 28, 2002). "Film Review: 'Lilo & Stitch' ". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 4, 2022 . Retrieved March 22, 2023. Dean DeBlois, who had co-written Mulan (1998) with Sanders, was brought on to co-write and co-direct Lilo & Stitch, while Disney executive Clark Spencer was assigned to produce. Unlike several previous and concurrent Disney Feature Animation productions, the Lilo & Stitch pre-production team remained relatively small and isolated from upper management until the film went into full production. The character and set designs were based upon Chris Sanders' personal artistic style. As Nani and Bubbles argue over Lilo's well-being, Lilo runs away into the woods and finds Stitch, who, in shame, reveals his alien form before Gantu captures both him and Lilo. Stitch escapes from Gantu's ship but fails to rescue Lilo. Nani confronts him, having witnessed Lilo's kidnapping. Before he can explain, Jumba and Pleakley capture Stitch themselves. Nani demands that they help her rescue Lilo, but Jumba and Pleakley insist they only came for Stitch. When Nani bursts into tears, Stitch reminds her about ʻ ohana, a term for "family" he learned from her. Stitch convinces Jumba to help rescue Lilo. Jumba, Pleakley, Stitch, and Nani board Jumba's personal spaceship and pursue Gantu, rescuing Lilo. Lyons, Mike (February 2001). "Thomas Schumacher: The Walt Disney Features Animation Presidency on Mouse House Supremacy". Cinefantastique. Vol.32, no.6. p.40 . Retrieved March 22, 2023– via Internet Archive. Several major elements of the film changed during production. Originally, Stitch was the leader of an intergalactic gang, and Jumba was one of his former cronies sent after Stitch by the Intergalactic Council to capture him. Test audience response to early versions of the film resulted in the change of Stitch and Jumba's relationship to that of creation and creator, respectively.

Lilo & Stitch video moves 3 million units on first day of sale". The Advocate. December 6, 2002. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Solomon, Charles (2013). The Art of Frozen. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. p.13. ISBN 978-1-4521-1716-4.When Lilo is running from the beach to dance class, she is wearing a striped bathing suit, over which she puts on her grass skirt before entering the building. When she joins the other children on stage she is still wearing her grass skirt, but she is now wearing a tube top. Evidently, she pulled off her bathing suit from under the skirt (in a typical manner for small children) after entering the building, and put on the tube top. The 75th Academy Awards | 2003". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 17, 2018 . Retrieved June 21, 2021. Toy Story (1995) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) · Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Cars 2 (2011) • Brave (2012) • Monsters University (2013) • Inside Out (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015) • Finding Dory (2016) • Cars 3 (2017) • Coco (2017) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Onward (2020) • Soul (2020) • Luca (2021) • Turning Red (2022) • Lightyear (2022) • Elemental (2023) A scene was modified for the UK home video release. [39] In the original, Lilo hid in a clothes dryer, which was changed to a commode with a cabinet and pizza box used as a "door" to avoid influencing children to hide in dryers. [40] The UK edit was later used for the film's Disney+ release [40] and the 2022 Blu-ray release. [ citation needed] Reception [ edit ] Box office [ edit ] Find CinemaScore" (Type "Lilo &" in the search box). CinemaScore. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023 . Retrieved July 5, 2021.

When Jumba comes looking for Stitch in Lilo & Stitch, the battle between them damages much of the house before an overloading blaster explodes and destroys the entire house. In the end, however, Lilo gets to keep Stitch, and he, Lilo, Cobra, Nani, David, Jumba, and Pleakley end up rebuilding and renovating the demolished house (including moving Lilo's bedroom to a small tower on the roof and repainting it teal instead of its original yellow). Jumba and Pleakley then move in, thus becoming a part of Lilo and Nani's extended ʻohana.Aladdin: Aladdin and Jasmine are interrupted in the middle of the " A Whole New World" sequence by Stitch honking his cruiser's horn. Stitch flirts with Jasmine and when Jasmine stands up, she accidentally drives off with him in his cruiser, leaving Aladdin behind and sitting alone on the carpet, yelling at Stitch and saying, "Get your own movie!" in a whisper. Peter M. Nichols states that through the character of Nani Pelekai and her struggles the film appeals to older children better than such attempts by the studio to do so as Treasure Planet, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and The Emperor's New Groove. a b c Moore, Roger (June 25, 2002). "Actors Stitch a Perfect Fit with their Hawaiian Roots". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 24, 2021 . Retrieved March 22, 2023. Orwall, Bruce (June 18, 2002). "Disney Delivers 'Lilo & Stitch' On Competition-Driven Budget". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015 . Retrieved March 23, 2023.

When Nani, Lilo, and Stitch come home after the luau, Nani reaches halfway up the wall, turns on the lights, and the sound of the switch flipping can be heard. The light switch can be seen a moment later as she carries Stitch out of the kitchen, but when she tries to carry him out of the house, it has disappeared. Ving Rhames as Cobra Bubbles, a social worker in charge of Lilo's welfare and Nani's duties as her guardian.When the movie was shown on television, the part where Nani traps Lilo after she comes out of the dryer was cut out, probably due to time constraints or that the scene was deemed unsafe (as Lilo was hiding in the dryer), and it would set a bad example for children. Kitchen – This room also serves as the family's dining room and is accessible from either the hallway or the living room. When David sets the stage on fire, the hole on the canopy has a bamboo beam showing through. In the very next shot, the beam is gone.