Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)

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Studio: 20th Century Fox Studio: 20th Century Fox

Rating: PG

Release Date: Feb 18, 2005

Running Time: 97 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Dave Matthews, Jeff Daniels, Eva Marie Saint, Anna-Sophia Robb, Elle Fanning, Cicely Tyson, Courtney Jines

director: Wayne Wang

Because of Winn-Dixie

A lonely young girl named Opal 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.

PETER RELIC - July 28, 2005

Dave Matthews goes big screen as pet-store peon Otis in this heartwarming "tail" of salvation through friendship in rural Florida. A girl named Opal (AnnaSophia Robb) finds a mutt in a supermarket produce section, her preacher father (Jeff Daniels, his best religious role since Kingpin) lets her keep it, and "everything good that happened that summer happened because of Winn-Dixie." But while Otis enchants the animals with his music, the sensible star pooch remains clearly unmoved.

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Because of Winn-Dixie--about a girl, a dog and a sleepy town that needs a little shaking up--is one of those sugary sweet, if slightly cliched, movies tailor-made for the whole family. I feel bad even saying it's corny because it means so well.

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In this film based on the Newbery Award-winning children's book by Kate DiCamillo, Opal (AnnaSophia Robb) is a lonely 10-year-old girl who has moved to a sluggish small town in Florida with her preacher father (Jeff Daniels). She has a tough time…