‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live-Action Remake Facing Backlash Over Ending Change | E! News
Are you sure I a dog? Yeah. Rough. Lilo and Stitch hitting it big at the box office, but not everyone’s laughing at the funny furball’s 2025 update. The liveaction remakes enduring backlash over the movie’s ending, which looks a little different next to the original animated film. In the 2002 OG, young Lilo, her out of thisworld pal, and big sis Nani, who nearly lost custody of her little sister, live out a pretty standard Disney happily ever after. In line with the movie’s fan favorite mantra, ohana means family. Fast forward more than two decades later, Lilo and Stitch stay a dynamic duo. But now Nani says aloha and heads to a California college, leaving a family friend to watch over the titular characters back in Hawaii. One user writing on X over the Switch. Nani not giving up custody of Lilo and fighting for her was the point. Another common complaint from fans, Stitch’s creator, now played by Zack Galifanakis, is a full-fledged villain. Meanwhile, the movie’s director, Dean Fleer Camp, previously addressed online comments surrounding Pleley’s lack of fashion. I have had people message me, why is Pleley not wearing the dress? And I just want to say, I tried. I tried. [Music]
‘Lilo & Stitch’s live-action remake is facing backlash over how the ending departed from the 2002 animated film’s story.
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44 Comments
People complaining over this is ridiculous. I loved it and the ending is alot better. There was ohana using the portal to always see her sister.
O'hana means family
Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten
From 2002, the original film
O'hanna means collage life collage life means bye lilo good luck living aline forever you're not my problem anymore
Lilo and stitch 2025 crap fest
My 'ohana will not be going to the movies to see this
I swear to God, I was so happy to watch it until this, they got rid of gantu made jumba the villain And now Nani is basically abandoning Lilo, Disney can't stop ruining originals.
my daughter couldn't careless about the ending of the film,. it doesn't ruin anything. even I that watched the original, wouldnt care less about the new ending..
i mean its just like an extension of the original animated movie. I believe the movie is respectful and loyal to the original animated movie.
Idk why they change the original stories. They did something similar to mulan. The whole point of that movie was that she was a regular girl who did something extraordinary. but the live action has her as someone with special skills already at the start. It’s weird.
Laughing so hard, Lilo gets sent to a foster home LOL.
She just abandoned her little sister? What a garbage ending
I personally liked it. Of course Disney actually kept mostly to the story. Jamba's voice being different probably bothered me the most. May that actor rest in piece. Also dont entirely understand why they changed the ugly ducking scene either. Could have done slightly better casting for Bubbles too
BOOOOOO Disney just STAY taking Ls anymore left and right. And you absolute SHEEP who ACTUALLY /praise/ THIS ENDING?!? Y’all can sit there and say “ohana this” and “Ohana that “ …but you guys can lie to YOURSELVES but don’t lie OUT LOUD. Disney MESSED UP AGAIN and you guys KNOW IT!!
I was so looking forward to seeing this movie being that stitch is my favorite character but now I don't even want to watch it.
People have no lives. Why do they let it bother them so much???? The movie was good. I didnt expect it to be exactly like the original.
Who would’ve thought pretending to care about a culture for profit would be weaponized against that culture later on?
Why is Disney even remaking all their animated movies as live action movies. Did they not learn from Snow White. Next up is Moana which comes out next year. 🥱
Even the diehards who will slurp up any slop Disney serves them are struggling to stomach this sour serving. MAKE NEW MOVIES PLEASE. Stop ruining old ones.
They also painted a white lady the complextion of a hawaiian native. (Equivilent of black face in the hawaiian comunity ive heard) And lilo says "wow you should join the marines your so smart" even though the marines took over hawaii and assassinsted their leader and did a geno**de on the hawaiians.
Its racist and tone deaf.
And its military propaganda
relax guys, we can still rewatch the original.
Please stop making these live-action remake movies, they make absolutely no sense and nobody likes them.
I thought Lilo and Stitch was about family and it sounds like its all about abandonment.
I’m shocked a movie greenlit by billionaire senior-citizen sociopaths would do this. What’s the world comin to, huh?
2002 – Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind.
2025 – Ohana means dumping your sister to child protection services so you can be a girl boss.
Ice propaganda
Aren't there more important things in the world than the ending of this movie?
All of Disneys original movies will always be the best version. 💗
I actually enjoyed the movie. ♥️
Are we suprised? They can’t seem to get it right!
Just hope they dont F up and make a live action Treasure Planet or Tarzan
DISNEY should realize that most of the audience will be YOUNG ADULTS who used to watch this as a kid. So changing most of the plot that we used to love just for it to be close to REALITY isn't the best route… we want as how it was as when we were a kid.
At least this is better than Snow White, which has a bigger budget than lilo stich
It's so funny that everyone says Nani abandoned Lilo 😂
I watch the movie and she didn't abandon Lilo actually.
I actually love the movie, it's amazing ❤
Everyone saying that Nani gave Lilo never watched or understood the movie
Nani stood her ground and refused to give Lilo to anyone and wanted to stay with her
But when Lilo herself told Nani to stop throwing her talents away and go study, she accepted it that her little sister doesnt need her and that they will see each other again
And for some reason everyone here is twisting this ending and claiming that it was Nani giving Lilo away just to suddenly go and study
My question is – do they not have ONLINE COLLEGE COURSES in this world? Nani could have easily started online so she wouldn't have to abandon her 6 year old sister! to neighbors!? But she's the 2025 feminist girl boss, where kids are nothing more than burdens of the patriarchy, and any resemblance of motherhood or family is toxic but being selfish is the best – because as the movie said, you can't leave yourself behind. The message this sends to kids is terrible. (And for those saying she'll make more money – she''ll end up with college debt and have missed the important years of her sister growing up – not to mention the ability to protect her.)
It needs to be open ended for the sequels(ssssssss).
I know there are changes. But I swear the movie was great.
People need go grow up and just enjoy the movie and stop Hating i'm dumb bs
And at the end the family grows not just in size also to become a better and nany have a machine that can transport or whatever alien bs
The funny thing is Nani majored in Marine Biology and chose not to study in Hawaii of all places.
Refuse the watch this.
It be better if lilo and stitch had a Disney+ and dvd exclusive film Lilo, Lila, and Stitch where it takes place after Leroy and Stitch instead of this live action monstrosity remake. It would be Capt. Gantu’s first film as a redeemed hero. Dr. Hamsterville and Leroy escape from jail and create experiment 630.
Lilo and stitch was amazing. Lilo, stitch and the neighbours made a larger ohana
Why would Nani go to California to study Marine Biology when she has many opportunities to study it in Hawaii?☠️
What people don’t understand is how the ending make the freaking series of the show. Like with this ending then the show wouldn’t have happened😪😪😪😪
The worst thing the remake has done bros
O gee they effed it up
What a surprise.