Because of Winn-Dixie
by Wayne Wang
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Actor: AnnaSophia Robb, Cicely Tyson, Dave Matthews, Eva Marie Saint, Jeff DanielsDirector: Wayne Wang
Brand: Fox
Cinematographer: Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Producer: Becki Cross Trujillo
Producer: Joan Singleton
Writer: Joan Singleton
Producer: Ralph S. Singleton
Producer: Trevor Albert
Writer: Kate DiCamillo
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
Published: 2005-08-01
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-09
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Because of Winn-Dixie
DVD Review: A cute kid and a cute dog forgive a lot in a predictable story
Summary: 4 Stars
Last night I happened to be watching an episode of "Ghost Whisperer" in which a father and son have become estranged after the death of the woman who was their wife and mother. From beyond the grave she is trying to bring them back together and there is a point at which the father finally reveals the depths of his loss and tells his son, "She was your mother, but she was my wife." Today I watched "Because of Winn-Dixie" and waited for the moment for the father in this film to say essentially the same thing to his daughter, recognizing that it would not be until the end of the film and once the catalyst of the title character, an abandoned mutt adopted by the daughter, has worked his magic.
The daughter is 10-year-old Opal (AnnaSophia Robb, and not, as my wife assumed, Dakota Fanning), who lives with her father, Preacher (Jeff Daniels) in a trailer. That name is his vocation, and his new church is being run out of a convenience store. In time we find out that Opal's mother has run away and her father does not want to talk about it, even though every time she asks if her mother left anything behind when she left he fails to provide the obvious answer until the end of the movie. He also does not want Opal to keep the dog she has found, a mutt representing some hitherto unknown breed of canine. They are not allowed to have pets in the trailer, but despite his general insensitivity towards the life his daughter is leading when she points out that the dog is her only friend in the world, he relents and allows the first crack in their frozen relationship to be made.
This 2005 film is really a children's movie, not just because the main character is a child but also because you need the innocence of that perspective not to be disgusted by her father. The fact that he is a preacher, and therefore accustomed to ministering to members of a congregation who are experiencing the loss of a loved one, only heightens his failure to respond to the emotional pain of his daughter. I realize that the basic dynamic here of the parent and child separated by the loss of a common loved one who find each other again is an old one (it is the basis of "The Secret Garden" even though the parent and child are not related and they have lost different loved ones), but for many children this will only be like the tenth time they have seen such a story.
Both the kid and the dog are both cute and competent, and if you want to be an adult and look start calculating how much property damage Winn-Dixie is causing in this film then do not be surprised that you are not enjoying it as much as the little ones. While we wait for Winn-Dixie to bring Opal and Preacher back together, you have the likes of Cecily Tyson, Eva Marie Saint, and Dave Matthews running around as loveable eccentrics who become part of the extended family that the little girl and the great big dog are creating together. "Because of Winn-Dixie" is directed by Wayne Wang, who last did "Maid in Manhattan" but should be better known for "The Joy Luck Club," and is based on Kate DiCamillo's novel. Despite its basic predictability, it is an enjoyable enough film that should delight children and those who are still capable of taking that perspective.
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