Because of Winn-Dixie

Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) is a family drama directed by Wayne Wang — stream it online on iFILM. Adapted from Kate DiCamillo's award-winning children's novel, the film follows ten-year-old Opal, who has just moved to a small Florida town with her preacher father and does not know a soul.

She finds a stray dog in the local supermarket and names him Winn-Dixie after the store where she found him. The dog grins, barges into everything, and has a way of dissolving the walls between people who have been keeping their distance for years. Through him, Opal begins to piece together the question she has never been able to ask her father directly — why her mother left.

AnnaSophia Robb carries the film with a naturalness that actors twice her age rarely manage. Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, and Eva Marie Saint fill Naomi, Florida with quiet life. It is the kind of movie that does not announce itself loudly and stays with you longer than you expect. Watch Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) online on iFILM.