- Release Date: 2005
- Runtime: 106 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
- Starring: AnnaSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Dave Matthews ... see all
- Director: Wayne Wang
- Plot: A 10-year-old girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father, a preacher. While there, she adopts a stray dog... Read more
User Reviews
Over stays its welcome
Aug 18, 2008
dogorangetexas - yahoo.com
Aug 18, 2008dogorangetexas - yahoo.com
Because of Winn-Dixie at first becomes sweet but as it goes on it does not quite fit its leash as it introduces too many characters along with an over long running time.... Full review
Because of Winn Dixie Review
Jul 21, 2008
mmayfield - yahoo.com
Jul 21, 2008mmayfield - yahoo.com
This was a good movie, and I would recommend this movie for those who like good stories and would love a good family movie.... Full review
This is the best movie...Full of emotion
Apr 16, 2008
Brett - yahoo.com
Apr 16, 2008Brett - yahoo.com
I am an elementary school teacher and my wife and I went to see the movie. I had read the book to my class and the movie definitely coincides with the book. Everything was in order. I enjoyed it tremendously. My... Full review
This is the best movie...Full of emotion
Apr 16, 2008
imoroyamos - yahoo.com
Apr 16, 2008imoroyamos - yahoo.com
I am an elementary school teacher and my wife and I went to see the movie. I had read the book to my class and the movie definitely coincides with the book. Everything was in order. I enjoyed it tremendously. My... Full review
So Gooooood!!!!!
Mar 14, 2008
calicoast1296 - yahoo.com
Mar 14, 2008calicoast1296 - yahoo.com
This movie is the sweetest! The acting, the plot, all of it is sooo good!!!!! I loved it, and the book, and would watch it again and again!!!!... Full review
All dog movies are not the same.
Dec 25, 2007
gossamer_babe - yahoo.com
Dec 25, 2007gossamer_babe - yahoo.com
Yahoo predicted I'd like this movie, probably because I liked "My Dog Skip". Yahoo was wrong! All dog movies are not the same! I could find nothing redeeming about the movie. The father was an idiot. He never knew where his... Full review
GREAT MOVIE!
Dec 03, 2007
zchaechae - yahoo.com
Dec 03, 2007zchaechae - yahoo.com
this is a very good movie. it was very cute and heart-warming.it was a good family movie. i would recomend it to anyone who likes cute, heart-warming, and family movies.... Full review
ok movie
Nov 17, 2007
latukunda - yahoo.com
Nov 17, 2007latukunda - yahoo.com
this movie was ok but it could be better and a tad bit of drama.It was not so sad and a pretty good movie for kids.... Full review
boo
Oct 11, 2007
raidertay09 - yahoo.com
Oct 11, 2007raidertay09 - yahoo.com
thats boring who dont know about anything and how many pages are there? but it was all right o well right more info sorry the book was aswome i thought we were taking about the tiny story.... Full review
Good family fun
Sep 20, 2007
cpt_dad - yahoo.com
Sep 20, 2007cpt_dad - yahoo.com
What a great surprise this was. I knew nothing about this movie until my wife told me about it. A wonderful movie about a little girl and her new, found dog. Together they learn about life and the people of the... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jul 01, 20063 Black Chicks
But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog.
Lonely India Opal's world changes for the better one day during a trip to the local supermarket, Winn-Dixie.
As India Opal observes, "Everything good that happened that summer was because of Winn-Dixie.
... Full Review
| Aug 09, 2005PopMatters
A big screen adaptation of Kate DiCamillo's children's book, Because of Winn-Dixie is the best non-animated family movie in years.
Really, the title gives far too much credit to the endearing Winn-Dixie.
... Full Review
| Jul 29, 2005DVD Town
Given the dearth of good family pictures these days, "Because of Winn-Dixie" is probably as good a bet for kids as one will find among recent releases.....It isn't that "Winn-Dixie" is a bad movie;....The movie is quite inoffensive....We get the same tired plot involving the same tired characters:....it's well constructed and well executed..... ... Full Review
| Jul 28, 2005Slant Magazine
it would be doing the film a great injustice.... ... Full Review
| Feb 19, 2005The Celebrity Cafe
The movie, based on a very good childrens story written by Kate DiCamillo , teaches us lessons, without becoming syrupy or preachy.
Youll also appreciate the casting of Cicely Tyson, Eva Marie Saint and Jeff Daniels.
... Full Review
News
Hope at center of exciting, enchanted novel
dispatch.com –
2009-08-26
A lonely boy, his missing sister, a bitter old soldier, an inept magician, a fortuneteller, a kindly police officer, a proud countess, an elephant and others are linked in a mesmerizing new novel by Kate DiCamillo. ... Full Article
TAMPA - Katelyn Blaylock may be 18 but her mother says she's grounded indefinitely. "It will be a while," Susan Blaylock said Friday. And there will be no new car, the mother said. ... Full Article
EAT: If you think ''natural foods'' are limited to tofu and sprouts, you're in for a surprise at Juice & Java in Aventura. The seven-page menu features more than 200 dishes -- creative combos that go way beyond soy, salad... ... Full Article
At first, the script called for recasting the old Winn-Dixie warehouse complex in Elmwood into a shiny new Hollywood-style studio -- soundstages, a commissary, a back lot, maybe even a palm tree or two -- over several months of construction. ... Full Article
Jodi Furman has an obsession. Luckily, it's legal. She clips coupons. A lot of them. But don't you dare call her a cheapskate. "I'm a deal hunter," says the 35-year-old suburban Lake Worth resident. ... Full Article
"I never dreamed this big"
gainesville.com –
2007-12-18
"I was lazy," she says."I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't want to do the hard work of writing."DiCamillo has fond memories of her college years, when she lived in an apartment near the vet school. ... Full Article

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