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‘Lilo & Stitch’ Review: Disney’s Latest Live-Action Remake Is A Sweet But Sluggish Adaptation
Despite Lilo & Stitch succeeding where other Disney live-action remakes have failed, the plot is weighed down by real-world implications.
But, despite a reportedly rocky development process (and legitimate concerns over the whitewashed casting of the role of Nani), Dean Fleischer Camp ‘s take on the chaos agent alien and his impact on a small Hawaiian community is a mostly pleasant affair. The script, penned by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes, cleverly keeps most of the bedrock of its predecessor while appropriately accommodating for 23 years of cultural changes and the shift from animation to live action. Camp, whose previous work as the co-creator and steward of the Marcel the Shell character with ex-wife Jenny Slate, is an inspired choice, as his ability to hoover out the most pathos possible from the smallest creature available may now be something of a signature.
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