Totally unrealistic

I borrowed this film from a local library recently and I couldn't believe how many flaws it had.. . First of all, why didn't any of the adults who came in contact with the boy realize that something was wrong and report it to the police? Surely there were some missing person announcements on radio or tv. The scenes with Theodore Bikel were also weird and creepy. The librarian must have been in a daze not to think something was amis, but yet she did nothing. And the guy in the helicoptor spent hardly any time searching for who might be there in the forest having just seen the smoke from a campfire or was it the tree burning? And the boy decides on his own to return home???? after at least a year??? I thought this was a horrible film. Yes, it showed a child's interest in nature, but a juvenile "In the Wild"???? I don't think so.