If there’s one tenet that defines the 2002 Disney animated film Lilo & Stitch , it is the idea of ‘ohana , a Hawaiian term explained by the film’s mantra: “ ʻOhana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” Naturally, when Disney announced a live-action remake of the animated classic, fans assumed that the original movie’s defining moral of ‘ohana would remain the same. Well, you would be mistaken—now that the live-action Lilo & Stitch is here, many fans have been pissed off to discover that changes both small and large seem to have changed the film’s core, particularly when it comes to the character of Nani, Lilo’s older sister and guardian. Despite the film—which was directed by Marcel the Shell with Shoes On creator Dean Fleischer Camp—performing wel
Lilo & Stitch 2025: The movie’s controversial changes, explained.

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