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The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Great Gilly Hopkins

Family is where you find it

20156.61h 39m

Overview

Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.

Directed by Stephen Herek
Written by David Paterson, Katherine Paterson
Box OfficeBudget: $5.0MRevenue: $98K

Top Cast

Sophie Nélisse

Sophie Nélisse

Gilly Hopkins

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Maime Trotter

Glenn Close

Glenn Close

Nonnie Hopkins

Bill Cobbs

Bill Cobbs

Mr Randolph

Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer

Miss Harris

Julia Stiles

Julia Stiles

Courtney Rutherford Hopkins

Clare Foley

Clare Foley

Agnes

Billy Magnussen

Billy Magnussen

Ellis

Zachary Hernandez

Zachary Hernandez

W.E.

Sammy Pignalosa

Sammy Pignalosa

Rajeem

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookfoster familyfoster childfoster home

About The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Great Gilly Hopkins is a comedy, drama, family film released in 2015 exploring themes of based on novel or book, foster family, foster child, foster home. Directed by Stephen Herek, it stars Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Glenn Close. Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.

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