'Winn-Dixie': Lonely town warms up to a grinning pooch

Because of Winn-Dixie arrives like manna from heaven in the midst of the Hollywood desert otherwise known as January and February. Based on the Newberry Award-winning and immensely popular children's book of the same name, the picture centers on a lonely 10-year-old, Opal ... Read the full Review

TO SUM UP
With her new best friend at her side, Opal meets the town's eclectic citizenry and improves her relationship with her preacher father, who begins to tell her things about her absent mother.

FILM FACTS ...
20th Century Fox
'Because of Winn-Dixie'

Director: Wayne Wang
Starring: AnnaSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson
Run time: 100 minutes
Release date: Feb. 18, 2005
Rating: PG for thematic elements and brief mild language
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B
"... refreshingly free of the overadrenalized overkill and/or saccharine manipulations of so many kid movies."


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