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      When Andrew Came Home

      TV-14 2000 1h 36m Drama List
      Reviews 76% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A woman (Park Overall) reunites with her emotionally damaged son (Seth Adkins), kidnapped five years earlier by her abusive ex-husband. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jul 03 Buy Now

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      John Leonard New York Magazine/Vulture ... the screenplay by Susan Rice has remarkable sinew -- even a saving sarcastic humor -- and [Park] Overall brings it savagely home. Feb 6, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member This kid is an excellent actor. And this was one of his best movies. It was like he really was the boy who had been so abused by his father and step mom. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member I cried when Andrew was able to talk to his mother about what happened to him and was not about to watch that part again. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member great movie, but it was so sad. what andrew's dad did to him was awful.im glad that he finally got away from him back to his mom. i loved seeing toby from degrassi in this movie but i didn't like the fact that he played the mean kid. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Great movie. Made me get tears..This is why i keep a close eye on my kids. You never know what can happen. Amazing acting by the little boy. I just dont know how kids can cause themselves to "act" these emotions for a movie.. What talent. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member The one and only movie that actually made me cry, it was so moving at the end. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member The film centres on Gail, whose second husband Eddie has become a loving father figure to her three-year-old son Andrew, with the three of them forming a close family unit. However, Andrew's natural father Ted still have visitation rights so one summer afternoon he arrives to take his young son for the day. Only this time, he has no intention of returning the boy. Five years pass, during which a devastated Gail never gives up on her son, when suddenly Ted calls and announces he's sending Andrew home. But the withdrawn, emotionally-stunted eight-year-old Gail and Eddie collect is a far cry from the sunny-natured toddler they remembered. Gail soon discovers that while she might physically have her son back, she faces another fight to help this skittish, traumatised child reintegrate into the family and into society in general while finding the key to unlocking what brutalities he endured at the hands of his father during the years he was missing. Young Seth Adkins was absolutely phenomenal as Andrew, giving a breath-taking performance of a little boy who is emotionally deeply hurt and whose behaviour is almost feral in nature. Through Adkins', you truly get a sense that Andrew is very much a frustrated and angry boy taught to react on instinct, knowing what he's doing is often wrong but is unable to stop himself even though he really does just want to be 'normal'. Park Overall also gives a strong performance as Gail, the devoted mother who is determined never to give up on her son while battling her own underlying guilt for letting him go with Ted in the first place. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A woman (Park Overall) reunites with her emotionally damaged son (Seth Adkins), kidnapped five years earlier by her abusive ex-husband.
      Director
      Artie Mandelberg
      Producer
      Michael Filerman
      Screenwriter
      Susan Rice
      Production Co
      Hearst Entertainment Productions
      Rating
      TV-14 (V|S)
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 25, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 36m
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