Although this Disney movie is based on an autobiographical novel, I am sure that viewers today will have a strong feeling of deja-vu while watching this movie. In fact, I'm pretty sure audiences back in 1969 had the same feeling. The movie follows a familiar formula of a wild animal being adopted by humans, and the wild animal living with humans for a while before it's decided it's best that the animal be released back in the wilderness. Actually, the familiar formula that the movie follows isn't the real problem here. This telling of the formula seems particularly lazy, skipping ahead for a long period after the raccoon is adopted and having the narrator telling the audience that he and the raccoon had plenty of adventures that we never get to see. I suppose that kids that have never seen this formula before might enjoy the movie, but they and their parents would be better off finding a better telling of this formula, like the movie "Born Free".
