Lilo & Stitch

In Lilo & Stitch a lonely Hawaiian girl whose parents have died who adopts what she thinks is a puppy.1 In reality what she has befriended and named Stitch is a small monster from another planet that has escaped to Earth.1 The little monster wreaks havoc while trying to avoid galactic police agents.11

The movie offers much more than a series of madcap adventures though.1 Lilo and her older sister parents are dead, leaving the older sister to play the role of caretaker.1 By welcoming Stitch into their lives the sisters create their own kind of family.1 This lessons of loyalty and friendship are weaved throughout this delightful movie in a way that makes the characters relatable no matter what kind of wacky adventure they are engaged in.