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jersey alive! June 21, 2002 Stitch (left, voiced by Chris Sanders), Nani (voice of Tia Carrere) and Lilo (Daveigh Chase) go for an animated adventure in I Walt Disney Pictures' "Lilo Stitch," opening today. CREATURE FEATURE Lilo do Stitch will have audiences in stitches land in Hawaii and, through unexpected circumstances, ends up in a pet shelter. Endlessly adaptable, it rids itself of two of its six legs in order to make itself less alien and more adoptable. True to its instincts, it is chosen by a little girl named Lilo (Daveigh Chase), who appears to be about 6 and who lives with her teen-age sister, Nani (Tia Carrere). The pair are orphaned and trying to make it on their own.

But they've come under the scrutiny of a social worker with the unlikely name of Cobra Bubbles (Ving Rhames). Even as Bubbles considers placing Lilo in a foster home, Lilo who has no friends is trying desperately to bond with her new pet, whom she names Stitch. But it's tough because Stitch is such a thoughtless and destructive little devil. "Lilo Stitch" takes "The Ugly Duckling" as its subtext with its story of the misfit who finds the family that loves him. In the case of the laboratorycreated Stitch, there is no actual family but he finds himself becoming attached to the broken family of Lilo and Nani, whose code is "no one gets left behind or forgotten." Stitch is like the world's naughtiest child, but with super-powers and a sense of humor.

His practical jokes, greed and nastiness are all given strong slapstick treatment that yields humor on the level of a good Road Runner cartoon. New York Dinner Theater Presents NY'S THE Tony Soprano's Comedy Retirement Party NEW ACTIVE INTERCOMEDY anos: HIT! "A HIT" -Associated Press Dancing, Dinner, Music, Fun Tony Soprano is retiring and Paulie Peanuts is throwing him a surprise party in this hilarious audience participation parody. Party with The Sopranos Family Get inducted into the MOB Join in our Mob Training class. SHERATON Eatontown SNUFFY'S REMEN Fri June 21, Sat July 13 Scotch Plains Fri Aug 23 Sat June 22 Group Rates, Fundraisers $56.35 Includes: 1-800-383-6080 Private Parties, Gift Certificates Show, Dinner Tips By MARSHALL FINE Gannett News Service isney's "Lilo Stitch" is a traditionally animated comedy with a lot of heart and a streak of anarchy that could have been exploited more fully. In some ways, this film is like a hand-drawn version of "Monsters, Disney's computeranimated hit from last year.

In its opening sequences, co-writers and directors Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois imagine an alien planet with so many bizarrely funny species that you wonder how anyone procreates. "Lilo Stitch" begins with the revelation that, even on the Planet Turo, there are scientists tampering with the secrets of life. One of them, a balloonishlooking fellow with four eyes named Jumba (voiced by David Ogden Stiers), has created an experimental creature as a secret weapon. Though cute and cuddly, Experiment 626 is bulletproof, fireproof, incredibly smart and strong, with an instinct to destroy everything in its path. The Grand Council orders the creature exiled to a desert asteroid, but 626 outwits its captors, steals a spaceship and zooms off to Earth.

So Jumba, who has been jailed for his experiments, instead is offered his freedom to bring his creation back. The creature lands on an is- Still, the writer-directors have no idea what to do with Bubbles, a great idea for a character who looks a lot like the real Rhames. On the other hand, more of the scientist Jumba and his persnickety sidekick, a one-eyed, three-legged Earth hobbyist named Pleakley, would have been welcome. Stiers, an old hand at Disney animation, brings sly enthusiasm to the venal scientist, while Kevin McDonald has the perfect geeky tone to his voice as the government official who has spent time studying Earth. It's all drawn with an almost storybook look, with solid characters romping amid backdrops that have the gently harmonized feel of a watercolor wash.

"Lilo Stitch" is fast-paced and funny, a treat for the eyes that occasionally gets bogged down in talk and has a plot that the youngest viewers might find hard to follow. Still, it's often warm and comical, a treat for moviegoers of any age. LILO STITCH Opens today Rated PG for adult themes Featuring the voices of Daveigh Chase, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois Walt Disney Pictures 87 minutes DOO AMERICA'S MOVIE "HILARIOUS FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT that doesn't forget there are adults in the audience." George Thomas, AKRON BEACON JOURNAL "CLEVER, NONSTOP with heart." David Germain, ASSOCIATED PRESS "THE IDEAL SUMMER 'Scooby-Doo' had me howling." Katherine Monk, VANCOUVER SUN "PURE Hank Stuever, WASHINGTON POST GET LOOK AT THE FIRST Horty Potter RIG SCREEN THE WITH SC -D WING RIG VISIC EN A REDE A SIMA NICKEL CASEIN NO MASK A JIG HM BARER BASED IN ET A SAG CARIES RIVEN SICKLE GONEI PG PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED Soundtrack Album on Records WARNER BROS. PICTURES SOME MATERIAL MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN and all related indicts are AN ALL TIME bra. WARNER 81 COMPANY highs Some Rude Humor, Language and 0 of Hanta-Rathera Prostuctions, And Some Scary Action www.scoobydoo.com America Online Keyword: Scooby Doo In ay he CUR MINE A SEP BOW SAGO SOBA MI BUY ANY SPECIALLY MARKED SCOOBY-DOO'N HONE VIDEO OR DVD AND GET A FREE CHILD'S MOVIE PASS OR S6 ANY ADMISSION TO SEE SCOOBY-DOO WE PARTICIPLINGES ION AFRES.

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