The show gets its only interest from a seal (the famous Andre) that the family adopts as a pup to nurse it back to health when he loses his Mom to a fishing net. The only reason that Andre became famous is that he in turn adopted the family and would not leave. His fame went so far as to include an appearance on, what else, the Ed Sullivan Show.

The acting is all straight forward as is the script (by Dana Baratta based on the book "A Seal Called Andre" by Lew Dietz and Harry Goodridge) and the directing (George Miller). This is your traditional, lets play it conservative and do nothing that could upset or offend anyone sort of show for little tykes. The movie takes no chances. Other than the obligatory, lets make them think someone is going to die scenes, it is a sugary sweet show. I found it frequently boring, but never offensive.

On a more positive note, the narration by Annette O'Toole is lovely - very melodic. Then again, O'Toole is such a beautiful actress, I really missed seeing her in the flesh.