When Andrew Came Home (2000) – Also K/A Taming Andrew

A kidnapped child... A Mother's desperate five-year search... a
reunion that neither one expected. Seth Adkins plays 10-year-old
Andrew, a thoughtful boy whose world is turned upside down when his
father abducts him. His mother (Park Overall) searches for five years
to find her kidnapped son in this fact-based drama. Unexpectedly the
boy is found, but the reunion is not as she hoped. She now has to
deal with five years of abuse that the boy suffered at the hands of
his kidnapper. He is distant, confused, won't talk & will not allow
his true emotions to be seen! What has his Father done to him? Why is
he so withdrawn?

Seth portrays an array of emotions skilfully. His acting ability is
far beyond what I expected in this movie!!! His performance is
outstanding!!

TEAR JERKING!!!

Quote from Seth Adkins:
"Making 'When Andrew Came Home' was hard because I had to be so sad.
When I had to do the crying scenes, after a while I just ran out of
tears. I had to think of sad things, like when I'm gone working and
my dad's in Albuquerque and I miss him and stuff."