Lilo & Stitch
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: May 23, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
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19
Mixed:
13
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
85
Film ThreatAlan NgMay 22, 2025
In the end, Lilo & Stitch isn’t a perfect adaptation, but it’s a heartfelt and faithful one that captures the spirit of the original Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyMaureen Lee LenkerMay 20, 2025
It’s less a Hawaiian rollercoaster ride and more a winsome, feel-good flick about what it is to find one’s family— and to, in turn, be found. Read full review
83
ConsequenceLiz Shannon MillerMay 20, 2025
This new Lilo & Stitch manages to capture the real emotion embedded in this story, while also nailing all the fun that comes from an agent of chaos discovering he has a heart. Read full review
80
Radio TimesEmma SimmondsMar 25, 2026
Lilo & Stitch hammers home the ‘family matters’ message during the climax, which feels like it could have been trimmed, but overall this is expertly executed, cross-generational fun that combines the look of a lavish Disney production with oodles of oddball charm. Read full review
80
Time OutOlly RichardsMay 20, 2025
In live-action mode, Lilo & Stitch has some of the charm of an ’80s Amblin movie, like E.T. or Gremlins. Read full review
80
IGNEric GoldmanMay 20, 2025
Lilo & Stitch is one of the stronger results of Disney’s non-stop remake campaign, taking the emotional core of the original and amplifying it in a stirring manner. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comNell MinowMay 22, 2025
Children new to the story will enjoy some gross-out humor, slapstick naughtiness, and the reassuring theme that families of all kinds, including those we choose, can be devoted to the idea of ohana. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenMay 21, 2025
Lively, fast-paced and ever so familiar, the picture is a happy addition to the holiday. It’s worth leaving the house to see. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJustin ClarkMay 20, 2025
Here, “ohana” doesn’t just mean family but community, and the film does moving and spirited work in showcasing how crucial it is for us to lift each other up. Read full review
75
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiMay 20, 2025
I guess when you take something that works and make it work slightly less, it still kinda works. Read full review
73
Paste MagazineAmy AmatangeloMay 22, 2025
Lilo & Stitch is not only incredibly well cast, it also brings the movie into 2025 with some smart changes and thoughtful additions. Read full review
70
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Aparita BhandariMay 30, 2025
The reboot is sure to delight the young ones in your care, especially over the summer. As for the older ones? There are enough throwbacks to reminisce – and then revisit the offbeat classic. Read full review
70
The Daily BeastNick SchagerMay 20, 2025
It’s jovial, zany, and sweet, and it recreates its adorable title alien via CGI (and a Sanders voice performance) with pitch-perfect accuracy. Read full review
70
LooperCynthia VinneyMay 20, 2025
All in all, though, this is a more than respectable remake of Lilo & Stitch. Read full review
70
Screen RantMary KasselMay 20, 2025
Audiences want to be moved and given a reason to revisit the emotions sparked by the story, and Lilo & Stitch delivers. Read full review
65
SlashfilmBJ ColangeloMay 20, 2025
This version of Nani and Lilo's relationship is far closer to reality, which makes the heartstring-pulling snap back with even more intensity. In a cute albeit sanitized reimagining, the bond of these sisters is the one thing that cannot be broken. Read full review
63
Washington PostJen YamatoMay 23, 2025
Despite a snoozer of a pat ending that strains to bring its themes full circle, the live-action iteration at least proves that the franchise, with its notion of ohana and several films, spin-off series and countless plushies sold to date, hasn’t lost all its heft — just its original spark. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMay 23, 2025
While the result is far from the pinnacle of Disney’s family-friendly production hill, it’s at least as good as most of the other animated-to-live-action transformations. Read full review
63
USA TodayBrian TruittMay 20, 2025
That old “Ohana means family” riff still hits right in the feels, though what this latest outing lacks most is the first film’s electric charm. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMay 20, 2025
Lilo & Stitch has been tamed into one of those naughty-pet family comedies that used to roll off studio production lines with thud-thudding regularity, until the form fell out of fashion somewhere around 1994. Read full review
60
EmpireHelen O'HaraMay 20, 2025
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. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBrandon YuMay 20, 2025
There’s just enough to make for a moderately fun, mostly serviceable and often adorable revamp that will probably satisfy fans of the original. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMay 20, 2025
The live-action Lilo & Stitch is faithful enough to the original to please traditionalists and tweaked enough to feel somewhat fresh. Read full review
60
The Film VerdictAlonso DuraldeMay 20, 2025
This remake doesn’t desecrate the memory of that modern classic, but neither does it ever transcend it. Read full review
58
Original-CinChris KnightMay 22, 2025
Disney’s Lilo & Stitch is about a dangerous alien lifeform that escapes from its creators, arrives on a backward planet and charms the inhabitants. Which is not a bad metaphor for Disney itself. It continues to remake hand-drawn animated classics as bloated live-action spectacles, hoping a nostalgic moviegoing public will continue to greet them with open arms and wallets. Read full review
58
IndieWireKate ErblandMay 20, 2025
The heart of this story remains firmly intact, but there’s something about seeing it rendered in live-action that takes away its inherent magic. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarMay 23, 2025
Less vibrant and proficiently pleasant, the new “Lilo & Stitch” only serves as a reminder to revisit the superior hand-drawn version. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMay 22, 2025
The saving graces are Agudong and Kealoha. Their characters’ sibling relationship, fractious but loving, keeps at least five toes in the real world and in real feelings, thanks to the actors. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeOdie HendersonMay 20, 2025
Even if I like the film, as I did with “The Little Mermaid,” I still conclude that corporate greed is the sole reason for its existence. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter DebrugeMay 20, 2025
Somehow, Lilo & Stitch has lost its unpredictable sense of anarchy in the retelling. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMay 21, 2025
What was once a lazy, crazy, charming afternoon daydream of a movie is now a frantic, insistent, often unfunny sci-fi comedy. It might distract young children with its hyper, family-forward story line, but most of the magic has vanished. Read full review
40
ColliderAidan KelleyMay 20, 2025
Lilo & Stitch feels like it was made by a boardroom of folks who wanted to sell more Stitch merchandise. Chris Sanders and Maia Kealoha have enough charm to keep families entertained, but it's also hard to deny that these two characters are just as, if not more, endearing in a film you can watch right now on Disney+. Read full review
38
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiMay 20, 2025
What was great fun before is mostly mopey and depressing now. A hunk, a hunk of burning IP. Read full review
38
The Associated PressMark KennedyMay 20, 2025
Disney should have left the original alone. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 1, 2025
It’s not totally soulless, even if it is mostly laugh-free. But hundreds of millions in tickets sold or not, the filmmakers never manage anything like a reason that this intellectual property should have been remade. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubJacob OllerMay 20, 2025
If repetition is the only goal, Lilo & Stitch paints by the numbers. But the Disney Channel Original aesthetic and a handful of wrongheaded decisions make this film just the latest in a string of soulless, cut-rate copies. Read full review
20
The TimesKevin MaherMay 22, 2025
The film instantly falls into the seemingly insuperable live-action remake trap — the deluded belief that simply putting the original on film, sometimes via a frame-by-frame copy, is enough in itself. Read full review
20
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyMay 22, 2025
With nothing to revamp, Lilo & Stitch instead creates brand new problems for itself. Read full review
20
The GuardianJesse HassengerMay 20, 2025
All told, there’s hardly a single smile in Lilo & Stitch ’25 not generated through the stolen valor of the earlier screenplay, and hardly a poignant moment that’s not more admirably raw in the G-rated version. Read full review
10
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithMay 22, 2025
The two human leads, Nani and Lilo, don’t have nearly enough charm to make up for the deficiencies around them, which leaves the entire movie essentially in Stitch’s claws. Yet even his demented-toddler-on-three-espressos energy isn’t funny, perhaps because the digital animation is so dismal. Read full review
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