TONI WHITNEY HAD IT ALL, A FAMILY LOVE NO OTHER KID WOULD EVER DREAM ON HAVING ONLY TO HAVE IT INTERRUPTED BY A BABY SEAL LATER NAMED ANDRE.
THIS SEAL CHANGE THE LIVES OF THE WHOLE FAMILY, EVEN MANAGE TO CONFRONT JELOUSY AMONG THE FAMILY MEMEBER AND NEIGHBORS.
BUT IT ALSO MANAGE TO GIVE TONI THE UNDSTANDING ON HOW AN ANIMAL AS A SEAL COULD GIVE AND RECIVE LOVE FROM HUMAN AND NOT BE AFRAID ANY HUMAN MIGHT HURT THEM.
THIS IS A NICE MOVIE, ACTUALLY A FAMILY MOVIE AND IT ALSO TEACH US A MESSAGE. EVEN THE ENDING IS BREATH TAKING. DONT MISS YOU I KNOW I WONT.
The "seal" of approval
Toni Whitney (Tina Majorino) and her family rescue an injured baby seal and name him Andre (a sea lion plays the title character, as seals are too unreliable to train). You'd think the fine flippered friend would blend right in with the Whitney menagerie - they share their seaside home with everything from frogs to dogs - but he's a mischievous mammal who wins one enemy too many in the person of a drunken fisherman (played by Keith Szarabajka) who believes that Andre is the culprit that tore his net. Watch for original 16 mm films of the real Andre during the credits. Not a bad kid-flick.
Staci Layne Wilson
Author of Staci's Guide to Animal Movies
Great Kids Film
Andre is the story of a girl and her pet SEAL! The story is fresh and alive, starring Tina Majorino(Alice In Wonderland,Waterworld) as Andre's owner...owner? More like friend. This film is reminiscient of Free Willy, but made for a younger audience. However, as a family film, if you watch it pass the kleenex, as the last third of the movie rolls. I like this movie, and so do my kids.
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Some of us will never understand why this boy-and-his-whale tale became the hit family film of 1993 and one of the bestselling videos of all time. But it is easy to see how clever marketing and a tear- jerking story could touch the hearts of kids and parents the world over, especially because the endangered Orca whale named Willy is such a majestic creature. The story couldn't be more conventional--it's like Old Yeller and The Black Stallion with a big sea mammal--but as the boy who comes to Willy's aid against the whale's exploitative owner, young Jason James Richter gives an appealing performance with which children can readily identify. After two sequels and an animated television series, this popular film also had a happy real-life ending: Keiko the whale (who plays... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jason James Richter - Lori Petty - Michael Madsen Director(s): Simon Wincer DVD Release Date: Released the 28 January 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The 1963 film that inspired a popular television series about a chatty, lovable dolphin gets a sunny makeover in this 1996 update. Elijah Wood plays Sandy, a bleak adolescent from Chicago struggling with the recent divorce of his parents and wanting only to immerse himself in familiar comforts. Instead, Sandy is sent to Coral Key, an island off Australia, to spend a summer with his Uncle Porter (Paul Hogan), a benevolent old fisherman. The sights and pleasures of the island, including a pretty neighbor named Kim (Jessica Wesson), aren't enough to shake off Sandy's gloomy outlook. But when he meets Flipper while boating with Porter, his morale improves considerably, then gets another boost when Flipper develops a loyal attachment to him. A subplot about a crooked charter-boat... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Elijah Wood - Paul Hogan Director(s): Alan Shapiro DVD Release Date: Released the 20 January 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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A movie only a kid could love, which was the whole point. Harvey Keitel plays a small-time thief who performs as an organ grinder on the boardwalk at Venice Beach. His scam involves his monkey, which has been trained to pick pockets. Now a mob boss wants to borrow the monkey to pull off some big scores--but the monkey runs away and is adopted by a lonely little girl (Thora Birch). She finds herself in increasingly hot water when her new pet starts bringing her the valuables of everyone in the neighborhood. Birch is a natural young actress, while Keitel hams it up shamelessly (he reportedly made the film to amuse his young daughter). --Marshall FineMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Harvey Keitel - Thora Birch Director(s): Franco Amurri DVD Release Date: Released the 03 September 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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