Maia Kealoha and Stitch in "Lilo & Stitch." Credit: Disney Like many Disney remakes before it, Lilo & Stitch kicks off as a fairly beat-for-beat recreation of the original film.

Maia Kealoha, left, plays Lilo and Sydney Agudong plays her older sister, Nani, in the film Lilo & Stitch. Fans of the beloved Hawaii-set animated movie have had some pointed words about changes ...

It was magical. Very sweet.” The original “Lilo & Stitch” was released in 2002, making this the most recent animated movie that Disney has turned into live-action, and the first from the 2000s.

‘Lilo & Stitch’ Review: ‘Ohana’ Means Familiar in a Disney Live-Action Redo That Barely Strays From Its Source Reviewed at Walt Disney Studios, ABC-2 screening room, Burbank, Calif., May 7 ...