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Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 114 Fresh: 62  Rotten:52 Average Rating: 5.8/10
 
Consensus: An old-fashioned, if bland, adaptation of Kate DiCamillo's novel.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Theatrical Release: Feb 18, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $32,626,519

Synopsis: Based on the perennial best seller, BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE tells the story of a lonely young girl who adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie (for the supermarket where she found him). The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and... Based on the perennial best seller, BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE tells the story of a lonely young girl who adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie (for the supermarket where she found him). The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and heals her own troubled relationship with her father. Twentieth Century Fox and Walden Media present BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE a Wayne Wang Film adapted from the popular and much-honored novel of the same name by Kate DiCamillo. Among the book’s awards is the coveted Newbery Honor. Wang directs from a screenplay by Joan Singleton. The Producers are Trevor Albert and Joan Singleton, and the Executive Producer is Ralph Singleton. The village of Napoleonville, Louisiana stands in for the story’s fictional Naomi, Florida. Sleepy Naomi is a place where people have forgotten how to share their sadness and their joy. But Opal and Winn-Dixie might have something to say about that. Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Dave Matthews and Eva Marie Saint star as the somewhat eccentric adults who benefit from Opal and Winn-Dixie’s bumpy summer of discovery. Newcomer AnnaSophia Robb won the role of Opal following an intensive talent hunt. "Opal and Winn-Dixie have something in common," says AnnaSophia. "She doesn’t have a mother and he doesn’t have a home. They both want somebody to love and somebody to love them. And, as a team, they begin to realize that other people just might want the same things." Winn-Dixie guides Opal into places where magic dozes under a coat of dusty disappointment and awakens the people hiding there. Things begin to change day by day under the summer sun – in a funky pet store, a musty library, a drab mobile home, a ramshackle house and a convenience store-turned temple of worship. --© 20th Century Fox [More]

Genre: Childrens

Starring: Jeff Daniels, AnnaSophia Robb, Dave Matthews, Cicely Tyson, Eva Marie Saint

Director: Wayne Wang
Screenwriter: John Singleton
Producer: Trevor Albert, Joan Singleton
Composer: Rachel Portman

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Aug 14, 2007

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Garth Franklin
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A sweet film, laced with magic realism, and it tackles some rather dark themes in a way that is perfectly appropriate for young children.

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Just the latest quasi-magic-realist, two-birds-with-one-stone shrine to non-traditional families and the power of myth

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08/22/05
Bill Chambers
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Because of Winn-Dixie does no harm, and it should appeal to younger children while charming more than a few adults.

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07/29/05
John J. Puccio
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Relentlessly cute and adorable, it at least has a slight sour edge that gives us above-8s something to cling to. Briefly.

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Rich Cline
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Fred Topel
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A children’s film that embraces storytelling modesty and a balanced view of the world as both depressing and joyous.

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05/03/05
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
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The untidy answers and selfless actions in Because of Winn-Dixie stand out from the family films populated with bratty kids and clueless adults.

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04/13/05
Mark Pfeiffer
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A cloying 'family entertainment' filled to the bubbling brim with goody-goody intentions and, somehow, managing to deliver on none of them.

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Harry Haun
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Steven Snyder
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not heavy on plot, but it is a series of charming adventures with common, heart warming themes about finding friendship and dealing with hardship

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03/06/05
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The movie offers a loving but strikingly tempered assessment of family and town life that one seldom finds in today’s raucous family films.

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03/02/05
Thomas Peyser
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It’s all very sweet, the acting is excellent, especially Tyson and young Ms. Robb. The dog is very good too.

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02/27/05
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette
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I left the theater with joy in my heart. And it's all because of Winn-Dixie.

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02/27/05
Linda Cook
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One of the bright spots in last few weeks.

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02/27/05
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