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Because of Winn-Dixie

Because of Winn-Dixie

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A sweet-natured tale about an uplifting friendship between a lonely girl and and her adopted dog.

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Duration106 mins

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  • Mitchell, 12
  • 5 reviews
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Review by Mitchell, 12

2 stars

26 May 2010

We have thousands of dog-orientated films on the market, several better than this lump of plotless viewing material. After finding a dog in the supermarket, little girl Opal makes a friend in it, on a spur-of-the-moment event she names it Winn-Dixie, the name of the aforesaid supermarket. Very unoriginal. There is absaloutely no plot involved whatever. Yes, the girl does make a few friends and finds out about some of the town's history, but that is not enough to call the mess around the movie a plot. It's incredibly dreary, and you get bored to tears as you watch it. The actors are good, however, and there are a few funny moments, so that has prevented me from clicking in the circle next to the one-star icon. Only watch this if you like dogs or like a bit of a laugh in a film with no storyline whatsoever. I personally wouldn't recommend it, but I like a movie with more of a plot.

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