Great movie.
One day a young boy is found in the wildreness by an elderly couple, who take him to social services to care for him.
A foster family is found for him to stay at,,, except the boy doesn't remember who he is,,, just his name.
The boy (Daryl) and the family start bonding over time and Darly takes part in the little leaguers, helping them to win. His photo is recognised by the government and they show up, pretending to be his parents, to take him "home".
Eventually, its becomes clear the Darly is not a true boy... but a machine in a boys body, except this machine has learned to be a boy.
When the military orders the termination of Project Daryl, the scientist responsible for him (Josef Sommer) believes that they have no right to kill a boy, something he believes that Daryl has become. He fools the military into thinking the project was terminated, whilst escaping with the boy.
But the military soon are on his tail, in search of Daryl, the Data Analysing Robot Youth Life-Form.
Great movie and Barret was great in this film (as he always was).