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Released Year: 2015
Runtime: 99 minutes
Directors: Stephen Herek
Writers: David Paterson
Casts: Kathy Bates, Blanca Camacho, Octavia Spencer, Julia Stiles, Frank Oz, Bill Cobbs, Glenn Close, Clare Foley, Johanna Day, Billy Magnussen, Katherine Paterson, Richard Topol, Sophie Nélisse, Zachary Hernandez, Salvatore L. Rossi, Sammy Pignalosa, Toby Turner, Cameron Clifford, Julee Cerda
Ratings: 
(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Village Voice -
[A] hokey but effective adaptation.
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Variety -
While uneven in places, The Great Gilly Hopkins works because it boasts an actress tough enough for the title role.
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RogerEbert.com -
A spectacularly foursquare “family is what you make it” redemption story. The kind of thing that film critics like to dismiss as “looking like a made-for-TV movie,” as if that comparison/analogy even holds as a dismissal anymore.
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The New York Times -
The title character is a child, but two adult actors, Kathy Bates and Glenn Close, really give The Great Gilly Hopkins its considerable heart. This movie, though uneven, is affecting because of these two reliable stars.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
The Great Gilly Hopkins has its enjoyable moments — Bates' entertaining, scenery-chewing turn providing many of them — and its themes are refreshingly complex for a film targeted to kids.
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The Great Gilly Hopkins (2016)
Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the beautiful and glamourous Courtney, might be out there waiting for her? When Gilly is sent to live with the Trotters, the weirdest family yet, she isn’t planning to stick around. But cheerful, affectionate Maime Trotter isn’t giving up on Gilly just yet...
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2016)
(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 2015
Runtime: 99 minutes
Directors: Stephen Herek
Writers: David Paterson
Casts: Kathy Bates, Blanca Camacho, Octavia Spencer, Julia Stiles, Frank Oz, Bill Cobbs, Glenn Close, Clare Foley, Johanna Day, Billy Magnussen, Katherine Paterson, Richard Topol, Sophie Nélisse, Zachary Hernandez, Salvatore L. Rossi, Sammy Pignalosa, Toby Turner, Cameron Clifford, Julee Cerda
Storyline
Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the beautiful and glamourous Courtney, might be out there waiting for her? When Gilly is sent to live with the Trotters, the weirdest family yet, she isn’t planning to stick around. But cheerful, affectionate Maime Trotter isn’t giving up on Gilly just yet...
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Reviews
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Village Voice -
[A] hokey but effective adaptation.
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Variety -
While uneven in places, The Great Gilly Hopkins works because it boasts an actress tough enough for the title role.
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RogerEbert.com -
A spectacularly foursquare “family is what you make it” redemption story. The kind of thing that film critics like to dismiss as “looking like a made-for-TV movie,” as if that comparison/analogy even holds as a dismissal anymore.
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The New York Times -
The title character is a child, but two adult actors, Kathy Bates and Glenn Close, really give The Great Gilly Hopkins its considerable heart. This movie, though uneven, is affecting because of these two reliable stars.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
The Great Gilly Hopkins has its enjoyable moments — Bates' entertaining, scenery-chewing turn providing many of them — and its themes are refreshingly complex for a film targeted to kids.
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