Lilo & Stitch (2025)

Our Rating

Analyzing...

Strong Right

Viewer Rating

Rating: 6.6

Overview

A lonely Hawaiian girl befriends a runaway alien, helping to mend her fragmented family....

Starring Cast

Maia Kealoha • Sydney Agudong • Chris Sanders

Where to watch

Prime Video

Apple TV

Fandango

Rating categories

Political: Leans Right

Diversity: Moderate

LGBTQ: Negative

Overview

A lonely Hawaiian girl befriends a runaway alien, helping to mend her fragmented family....

Starring Cast

Maia Kealoha • Sydney Agudong • Chris Sanders

Where to watch

Prime Video

Apple TV

Fandango

Detailed Analysis

Analyzing...

Strong Right

Primary

Political: Leans RightConfidence: High

The film's changes, particularly the removal of LGBTQ+ representation and the dilution of the original's cultural critique, indicate a shift away from progressive themes towards a more mainstream, less challenging narrative, aligning with a right-leaning tendency by omission.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: High

The movie features diverse casting for its Hawaiian characters, maintaining the original ethnicity, but does not involve explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. The narrative, however, has been criticized for diluting the original's cultural and social commentary, undermining female empowerment themes, and erasing subtle LGBTQ+ representation, resulting in a more traditional and less critical framing.

Secondary

LGBTQ: NegativeConfidence: High

The live-action remake's decision to remove Agent Pleakley's previously queer-coded drag persona was widely criticized as an erasure of LGBTQ+ representation. This omission, despite director acknowledgment, resulted in significant fan backlash and accusations of catering to conservative audiences, leading to a net negative impact on the film's portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes.

FemPower: NoConfidence: High

Based on the provided information regarding the 2025 live-action remake, there are no descriptions of scenes where a female character engages in and wins direct physical combat against one or more male opponents. The information focuses on narrative changes and social controversies, not combat sequences.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The 2025 Lilo & Stitch remake does not feature any gender swaps. While Agent Pleakley's gender expression changed from the original, his canonical gender remains male, which is not considered a gender swap per the definition.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

The casting of Nani sparked debate regarding specific heritage and skin tone within the Pacific Islander community, but the character's broader racial category (Pacific Islander) remains consistent with the original animated film. This does not meet the definition of a race swap.