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Because of Winn-Dixie

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Original title

Because of Winn-Dixie

Year

2005

Running time

106 min.

Country

United States

Director

Wayne Wang

Screenwriter

Joan Singleton. Novel: Kate DiCamillo

Cast

Music

Rachel Portman

Cinematography

Karl Walter Lindenlaub

Producer

20th Century Fox, Walden Media

Genre

Comedy. Drama | Family-friendly. Animals. Dogs/Wolves. Comedy-Drama

Synopsis

Based on the perennial best seller, a lonely young girl adopts an orphaned dog, Winn-Dixie (so named for the supermarket where she found him), who helps her makes friends in the small Florida town. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the townspeople, and helps heal her own troubled relationship with her father.

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Critics' reviews

"Matthews holds his own with his experienced co-stars, and his half- talking/half-singing explanation of his criminal past is the movie's best scene."

Peter Hartlaub: SFgate
"A sweet, family-friendly retelling of a touching and funny Newbery Award-winning children's book."

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"Only mildly diverting and way too long for a movie aimed at kids"

Lou Lumenick: New York Post
"Tries hard to be sweet but plays like 'Pollyanna' with fleas"

Robert K. Elder: Chicago Tribune
"The problem is that director Wayne Wang seems deaf to the tonal differences between coming-of-age, magic realism and children's comedy."

Liam Lacey: The Globe and Mail

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