Family > Sanders, Christopher Family

Ohana means Family

Advantages: lovely quality of drawn animation, positive messages, realistic body forms and facial feautres
Disadvantages: some of the extras could have been left off without harm

...teens herself, struggles to provide Lilo with a home. Being young, she doesn't have the wisdom and experience their parents had, and so has certain, perhaps unrealistic expectations of Lilo. Lilo's parents understood her free spirit, and helped channel it, and with them gone, she has more or less lost her way. With Lilo getting into scrape after scrape, her older sister Nani is at her wits end, terrified she will be seen as incapable of caring for ...
...Lilo might find solace and be occupied relatively trouble free if she gets her a dog, so takes her to the local animal shelter. There, she and the local shelter assistant are horrified at the tremendously ugly and odd mannered dog Lilo brings out and names Stitch. It soon becomes rather obvious that Stitch is no dog at all. No, a Man in Black masquerading as a social worker arrives on scene to assess the alien situation, for the truth is, Stitch ...

Shroud 07.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Lilo And Stitch (Animated) (Special Edition) (DVD)

Go and a ride with Lilo & Stitch

Advantages: brill family film
Disadvantages: nothing

...to a little girl named Lilo Pelekai who is living with her 21-year-old sister Nani, as their parents have recently died in a car accident. ("It was raining, and they went for a drive, and...") Lilo is lonely and a bit of an outcast. Her friends don't seem to include her in their gang, and in rage she punches one of them. A social worker named Cobra Bubbles is monitoring Nani's progress, as he is concerned that her parenting techniques do not meet ...
...putting Lilo into foster care. Nani is fearful of this, as Lilo is the only family she has left, and vice versa. Lilo doesn't help, as she doesn't really know what may happen. To try to help, Nani takes Lilo to an animal shelter, so she can adopt a dog, and she finds 626. He had been running from Jumba - who had arrived soon after him. She thinks it is a dog - whom she names "Stitch." She identifies with Stitch's strong antisocial tendencies and ...

Jonni_boi 06.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Lilo And Stitch (Animated) (DVD)

It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Advantages: Three special editions of 3 great family films
Disadvantages: Possible double film if you have bought one of the three before

...winning performance in the unforgetable Mary Poppins the magical nanny who comes into London on the wind and enriches the lives of two children, Julie Andrews'voice sparkles especially when she sings "feed the birds" Dick Van Dyke's accent may not be great but his superb singing and his endless energy during the brillant dance routines is infectious. Then to Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan the little boy lost in the jungle and brought up by gorillas,is ...
...is a classic and the film manages to keep all ages interested.and entertained throughout. Finally Lilo & Stich one of the more recent Disney classics, the story of an alien & a little girl who find friendship and the bonds of family can survive anything even alien space authorities! Lilo is a great character who isn't the typical disney princess brand but has personality. The soundtrack features Elvis too so it's all good! There are loads of features ...

loungekitten 26.01.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Mary Poppins / Tarzan / Lilo And Stitch (Animated) (3 Special Edition Classics) (Box Set) (DVD)

You probably think this is a dream come true. Well, you're wrong.

Advantages: Great storyline and an amazing director! Amazing characters!
Disadvantages: May be a bit scary for young children.

Coraline Details: Directed By Henry Selick Release Date8 May 2009 Certification PG Runtime 96 minutes Starring Dakota Fanning Teri Hatcher Jennifer Saunders Dawn French Keith David John Hodgman Robert Bailey Jnr Introduction When this film was advertised on TV, the words my 13 year old brother used were “that looks rubbish”, myself, I thought it looked quite good. I usually love animated films, and I loved the ...
...had nothing to do with Coraline as far as credits are concerned, though I cannot say he didn’t do some art work behind the scenes as I wouldn’t know. So just to clear things up, Tim Burton is nothing to do with this film! :) So anyway, I decided to watch this film on Movies on Demand last night with my husband, I had heard it was a little scary, and that although it had been widely acclaimed, it wasn’t really suitable for young children as it did ...

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Review of Coraline (DVD)

Animated Film That Adults Will Love

Advantages: Good storyline
Disadvantages: Young children must be accompanied by an adult when viewing this

...of 87 minutes. This is the highest grossing 2D animated film of all time. Cast King Mufasa (Lion) - James Earl Jones Adult Simba (Lion) - Matthew Broderick Cub Simba (Lion) - Jonathan Taylor Thomas Scar (Lion) - Jeremy Irons Sarabi (Lioness) - Madge Sinclair Cub Nala (Lioness) -Niketa Calame Adult Nala (Lioness) - Moira Kelly Rafiki ( Mandrill) - Robert Guillame Zazu (hornbill) - Rowan Atkinson ...
...PLOT Young Simba The film takes place in Pride Lands of African jungle and starts with animal inhabitants of Pride Lands marching toward the Pride Rock to witness the anointing of cub Simba, King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi's son. Whilst the mandrill Rafiki performs the anointing rites for Simba, the song 'Circle of life' is played. Young Simba has a very playful character and loves to play around the Pride Lands with his young female friend ...

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Review of The Lion King (Animated) (Gift Pack) (Special Edition) (DVD)