I was a small child, and I was enchanted. You might just stay best friends forever. You could do the right thing, and your animal friend might not take you up on the offer. To a child, the differences between the films were obvious: Yes, both were about marine mammals that befriended humans who later released them into the wild, but Willy the killer whale clearly embraced his freedom, whereas Andre came back. But unlike many of its kind, this particular children's movie had a beguiling tagline: "based on a true story." Chronicling the life of a friendly seal, Andre came out in the summer of 1994 - coincidentally a little over a year after Free Willy, which was not enough time to escape unfavorable comparisons ("the movie doesn't have the smarts of Free Willy," wrote a scornful Roger Ebert). By now, the story of Andre has become a cliché: A wild animal rescued by humans becomes part of a human family, teaching them a thing or two about kindness and morality along the way.
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