Sure there are some things wrong with it...but if you have kids who need to learn how to go to a longer movie that actually wants them to listen, and think, and be able to sit still without waiting for the next 'hot, annoying thing' to repeat for the next two months, this is a good movie. It is a family film, and well done, for the most part. It looks a little like it could have been an after school special. The direction of Wang seems slow and deliberate, probably because he loved the book or has kids who do. My daughter, too old to be reading the book now, read it again a month ago and she said it follows the book closely, and was not disappointed.
Review of Because of Winn-Dixie
