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The Secret Garden
Why this pick
Like Because of Winn-Dixie, it finds gentle healing and unexpected friendship in a child’s new surroundings, with a warmly observed community and a quietly restorative emotional arc.
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MOVIE2005 1h 46m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A young girl moves to a small town 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.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
AnnaSophia Robb
Opal Bulloni
Jeff Daniels
Mr. Bulloni
Cicely Tyson
Gloria Dump
Dave Matthews
Otis
Eva Marie Saint
Miss Franny
Courtney Jines
Amanda Wilkenson
Nick Price
Dunlap Dewberry
Luke Benward
Stevie Dewberry