Rotten
If they let the dog go I think we'd have a better movie.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Because of Winn-Dixie
Discover what happens when you go looking for a miracle and a miracle comes looking for you.
2005 · 1h 46m · PG
Comedy, Drama, Family
Directed by
Wayne Wang
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
Because of Winn-Dixie
Overview
A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. 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.
Director and cast
- Wayne Wang Director
- AnnaSophia Robb as Opal
- Jeff Daniels as Preacher
- Cicely Tyson as Gloria Dump
- Eva Marie Saint as Miss Franny
- Dave Matthews as Otis
- Courtney Jines as Amanda Wilkenson
- Elle Fanning as Sweety Pie Thomas
- Luke Benward as Stevie Dewberry
- Nick Price as Dunlap Dewberry
- B.J. Hopper as Mr. Alfred
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Rotten
An unhomogenized combination of formulaic family entertainment and cornpone Southern fable.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Sincere rather than cynical.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Fans of DiCamillo's book should be pleased with how Wang has faithfully preserved the novel's clear-eyed depiction of both pain and joy.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh
A whimsical family film about longing and belonging told with gentle humanity.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
More films
Hoot (2006)
Adventure · Family · PG
A young man moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Director
- Wil Shriner
- Cast
- Luke Wilson, Logan Lerman, Brie Larson
IMDb
5.6
Rotten Tomatoes
26%
Metacritic
46
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Adventure · Drama · Family · PG
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of m...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Gábor Csupó
- Cast
- Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel
IMDb
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
74
Charlotte's Web (2006)
Comedy · Family · Fantasy · G
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Director
- Gary Winick
- Cast
- Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi
IMDb
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
68
Snow (1963)
Documentary · N/A
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from the cutting-room compresses British Rail's dedication to blizzard-battling into a thrilling eight-minute montage cut to music. Tough-as-boots workers struggling to keep the line clear are ...
- Runtime
- 8m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.0
Rail (1967)
Documentary · N/A
"Rail" captures British Railways at a major turning-point in its history. In certain respects, this was a period of considerable upheaval and loss. There was a facing-up to the increasing need for a big modernisation drive. Full and speedy electrification, or the wider promotion of diesel-power on remaining lines, became a matter of to...
- Runtime
- 14m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.4
Locomotion (1975)
Documentary · N/A
Collage film about the history of trains set to music.
- Runtime
- 16m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.2
Shell Spirit (1963)
N/A
Directed by Geoffrey Jones.
- Runtime
- 2m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
6.8
Comments
Talk about the film with other members