Because of Winn-Dixie

"Discover what happens when you go looking for a miracle and a miracle comes looking for you."

Feb 18 2005 PG 1h 46m
Comedy, Drama, Family

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.

Plot

A girl named Opal move to a new home that is a trailer park. She has no friends and her dad is always doing something.Her dad told her to go to Winn Dixie to get some food. When she get there, something is going on. People were chasing something, then she see a dog. The dog was happy, he jumped on the manager, and the manager told his workers to call the pound. Opal did not want the dog to go to the pound, so she said the doog was hers. She named the dog Winn Dixie, the place where she found him. She goes home to ask her dad can she keep the dog. Opal dad lets her keep the dog she make a lot more friends that summer. She almost lost Winn Dixie in a thunderstorm at a party. Opal and Winn Dixie make friends with the kids at her church and old people smart and wise. Opal learns a lesson that you can't hold on to people who does not want to be held on to.

Written by

Kate DiCamillo, Joan Singleton

Directed by

Wayne Wang

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
13,123
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
54
Popularity
NA