We saw Lilio & Stitch last night, solid family movie (maybe spoilers?)

Look, everyone can pick any movie apart. This is a family movie, not an Oscar candidate. There are no real spoilers if you saw the cartoon.

Stitch looked great, kids were cracking up and having a great time all over the theater, which was packed. There were a few moments where actors didn't do a great job interacting with the CGI, but the moments with Lilo were legit.

Having the OG David, Nani, old lady, and Stitch in the movie were a great nod.

Lilo is freaking adorable and Nani is gorgeous. Pretty good casting.

The old lady neighbor, Tutu, was a great character to add.

The relationship between Nani and Lilo seemed real. My wife was bawling and there may have been dust in the air, and I can confirm I heard sniffles in the theater.

Cobra Bubbles would have been better if they could have scheduled Ving Rhames, but the new guy was fine. They split his role for the movie to add Tia Carrere as a social worker, which I was okay with.

The aliens were fine, one of my kids didn't like that they took human form vs. the way they just wore silly costumes in the cartoon, but I get why they did this for a live action. He also didn't like how they changed up Jumba's role in the movie, but it was fine. Zach G. is probably the weak link in the film, which was surprising.

Zero political crap other than subtle Hawaii/America jabs, but to me that's part of being Hawaiian. No overt callouts to any genders, parties, politicians, or anything pointless to the plot compared to the original.

The minor tweaks to the plot didn't change the movie. Some will like it, some won't. Kids are going to love it.

I give it a solid 8 out of 10 for what it was supposed to be. I am happy it honored the source material as much as it did.