
The Great Gilly Hopkins(2015)
Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.


“It's never too late to discover who you are.”
A gorilla named Ivan who’s living in a suburban shopping mall tries to piece together his past, with the help of other animals, as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.

Bryan Cranston
Mack

Sam Rockwell
Ivan (voice)

Brooklynn Prince
Ruby (voice)

Angelina Jolie
Stella (voice)

Danny DeVito
Bob (voice)

Ariana Greenblatt
Julia

Helen Mirren
Snickers (voice)

Phillipa Soo
Thelma (voice)

Mike White
Frankie (voice) / Passing Driver

Ron Funches
Murphy (voice)
The One and Only Ivan is a family, comedy, drama film released in 2020 exploring themes of based on novel or book, circus, gorilla, based on true story, talking animal. Directed by Thea Sharrock, it stars Bryan Cranston, Sam Rockwell, Brooklynn Prince. A gorilla named Ivan who’s living in a suburban shopping mall tries to piece together his past, with the help of other animals, as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.
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