Because of Winn-Dixie

The latest release from family-friendly Walden Media is their best effort so far | Gene Edward Veith

Because of Winn-Dixie is a good movie: good as entertainment, good for the whole family, good artistically. It is also morally good, even spiritually good. Not many movies are as satisfying in all of these ways.

Based on the beloved children's book by Kate Dicamillo, the movie is about a 10-year-old girl and her dog. But while it has the virtues and kids' entertainment value of other dog movies, there is much more to this one.

Opal (AnnaSophia Robb) is the daughter of a preacher (Jeff Daniels) in a rural Southern town. They live in a trailer park. Opal's mother abandoned them when she was 3, and her father is still too hurt to talk about her and why she left. Opal finds a stray dog, which she calls Winn-Dixie from the grocery store where she found him.

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February 26, 2005, Vol. 20, No. 8

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