Lilo & Stitch (2025)

The ThawedCast: Conversations About Animation

Philip and Alexandria review the new Disney live-action remake 'Lilo & Stitch,' a summer 2025 smash hit at the box office directed by Dean Fleischer Camp. Lilo and her older sister and guardian, Nani, find themselves in a precarious position as Nani struggles to raise the temperamental Lilo on her own following the offscreen death of their parents. On a distant planet, the alien weapons scientist Jumba is being held on trial for unethical experiments. His latest experiment, 626, is a superpowered six-legged furry alien who escapes aboard a spaceship on a course to Earth. Experiment 626 poses as a dog an an animal shelter on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. He is then adopted by Lilo and named Stitch. Stitch introduces various elements of chaos into Lilo and Nani's lives, and the fragile family must weather threats both domestic and extraterrestrial. Follow The ThawedCast: Conversations About Animation: twitter.com/thawedcast and instagram.com/thawedcast. instagram.com/ayeedeezy, instagram.com/philipehlke. Visit thawedcast.com