Why is “Lilo & Stitch” rated PG? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “action, peril and thematic elements.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a kiss featured in a photograph, a couple of near drownings, threats of exile, discussions of genetic experimentation, discussions of the death of parents and guardianship, many scenes of risky behavior by a creature and with a young girl, and some yelling and name-calling. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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Based on the popular children’s TV series, that was released as an animated feature in 2002: A lonely young girl (Maia Kealoha) searches for one true friend, which eventually comes in the form of an exiled alien (voiced by Chris Sanders). Also with Sydney Agudong, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen, Courtney B. Vance, Amy Hill, Tia Carrere, Kaipo Dudoit, Jason Scott Lee, Celia Kenney and the voice of Hannah Waddingham. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp. [Running Time: 1:48]

Lilo & Stitch SEX/NUDITY 1

 – A photo shows a young man and a young woman kissing. A young man awkwardly tries to flirt with a young woman.
► A shirtless man is seen in a bathtub and his shoulders, chest and partial abdomen are seen.

Lilo & Stitch VIOLENCE/GORE 3

 – A young woman on a surfboard surfs with a young girl and a creature also on the board; two men on a ski-doo chase them and shoot darts at the creature, its water wings pop and it falls into the water and sinks. A creature and a young girl sink underwater and the young girl is pulled out but the creature sinks to the bottom; a young woman goes back for the creature and walks along the bottom of the ocean to the shore carrying it and it is revived with a jolt from battery cables.
► Aliens with weapons hold people and try to take a creature away. A young woman pounds on a door and yells at her younger sister to let her in; she picks up a brick to break the window as an official from child services approaches her. A creature is locked in a glass containment vessel as a council discusses it being a threat; it licks the glass and bounces around trying to get out and it is zapped with lasers as we hear that it will be exiled. Two men shoot tranquilizer darts at a creature in several scenes; the creature aims a caulk gun at them, which oozes caulk. A man shoots another man with a tranquilizer dart and he falls motionless. A creature steals a battery-operated toy car from a young girl and speeds away with another young girl. A creature throws a CD out a car window hitting another car and causing it to swerve on the road. An alien leader yells at another alien and threatens him. A man breaks a door open and a young girl sprays him in the eyes with pepper spray (he yells and changes back into his alien form). An alien is pinned under a refrigerator.
► A house collapses and we think a young girl is still inside (she is OK). A creature stands in the street and a bus slams on the brakes to stop but the creature tumbles underneath the bus (it’s OK). A man drags an incapacitated man across a street and cars honk and slam on the brakes. A flying vessel lifts out of the water and speeds away with a young girl and creature inside. A girl pushes another girl while performing on stage and the second girl pushes the first girl off the stage; she and her older sister argue later and she says, “Leave me alone to die.”
► A creature in a flying vessel pounds on the control panel and it shorts out; we hear a voice saying, “Crash imminent.” A creature steals a vehicle and speeds through space chased by other vehicles; we hear that it will likely crash on a planet covered with water and that it becomes heavy in water and will sink. A young girl says that the smoke alarm in their house doesn’t have batteries because it would always go off as a person from child services walks through the house. A bright light (like a falling star) sails through the sky and a young girl makes a wish for a best friend; we hear a crash in the distance and see a creature being zapped repeatedly as an alien presses a button on a control device. A creature bumps into a power generator and knocks out the power causing the lights to go out. Two men perform using flaming torches and a creature picks up small torches that ignite tables in a celebration; people rush out of the area screaming. A weapon is fired and it opens a portal; we see an alien being pulled through the portal repeatedly and it is eventually stuck between portals as the alien says, “I have a wedgie.”
► A young girl goes to an animal shelter where we see several dogs in cages and one unidentified creature; the dogs bark and the creature punches a hole in its cage. A creature yells and struggles when a young girl tries to give it a bath. After two aliens touch humans, they generate human bodies (as in instantaneous cloning); they stumble around trying to get used to their new limbs. A creature runs at a party and is swatted with a broom; it sits in a punch bowl and bubbles rise (as if it is flatulating), jumps through a tall cake and burps loudly. A creature runs through a house causing things to fall and break and it drags its bottom along the floor; it runs along a gas stove igniting the burners, puts flatware in a blender and turns it on until a young woman grabs it and it slams a freezer door in her face. A young girl runs through a chicken coop freeing the birds and a man yells at her as she says, “they deserve to be free.” A creature breaks several glasses and we see shards on the ground. A creature and a young girl spray each other with water sprayers in a bar.
► Several girls bully and tease another girl about not having any friends and they call her names in a few scenes. A young woman tries to tell her younger sister that they are going to be separated. We understand that the parents of a young girl and her older sister died. A young girl asks her older sister, “Am I bad?” We hear that Earth is being used to rebuild the mosquito population.
► A young girl licks her sister’s arm when she holds her around the shoulders and they argue. What looks like a robot leans over a railing and says, “Throwing up” twice as we see bits (there’s no goo) come from its mouth. A creature drools a couple of times and spits on a person’s visor (we see goo). A woman tells a young girl not to feed candy to dogs, because it “gives them diarrhea.” A creature picks its nose and eats something from its finger. A creature drinks from a lava lamp and burps loudly. A young girl says, “When I run too fast, I fart,” and she and a creature make raspberry sounds. A creature sneezes on a window and we see goo. A creature eats handfuls of sand on a beach. A creature gags and coughs up a photograph that it had eaten (there’s no goo).

Lilo & Stitch LANGUAGE 1

 – 1 possible scatological term, 1 anatomical term (butt), name-calling (monstrosity, illegal, naughty, gross, hideous, pathetic, weird, garbage girl, weirdy, creeps, dilapidated mosquito farm, pizza face, dangerous, foolish monster, horrible, heartless monster, stupid, hairy potato, buffoon, disgusting, trouble, bad, popsicle bodies, little psychopath), exclamations (crikey, ewww, yuck, golly, what is wrong with you, how dare you, why on Earth, oh my gosh, oh brilliant, mess up), religious profanities, religious exclamations. | profanity glossary |

Lilo & Stitch SUBSTANCE USE

 – Humans are described as drinking “celebratory poison.”

Lilo & Stitch DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Alien beings, genetic experimentation, scenes, death of parents, pet adoption, nobody gets left behind, redemption, CIA.

Lilo & Stitch MESSAGE

 – Everyone deserves a second chance.