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The Great Gilly Hopkins is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Herek and written by David L. Paterson. It is based on Katherine Paterson 's 1978 children's book of the same name. The film stars Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Julia Stiles, Bill Cobbs, Billy Magnussen, Octavia Spencer, and Glenn Close.
- $97,798
- David L. Paterson, John Paterson, William Teitler, Brian Kennedy
- $5 million
- Mark Isham
Oct 7, 2016 · The Great Gilly Hopkins: Directed by Stephen Herek. With Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Glenn Close, Octavia Spencer. 12-year-old wisecracking Gilly Hopkins finds herself shuffled from foster home to foster home until she meets Maime Trotter.
- (5.2K)
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Stephen Herek
- 2016-10-07
Oct 7, 2016 · A YA novel adaptation about a foster kid who longs for her mom and rebels against her foster family. The movie is a tearjerker with a good cast, but some plot points are contrived and unrealistic.
October 7, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…. The title character is a child, but two adult actors, Kathy Bates and Glenn Close, really give "The Great Gilly Hopkins" its considerable heart ...
- (17)
- Stephen Herek
- PG
- Sophie Nélisse
Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nélisse) has seen more than her share of foster homes and has outwitted every family she has lived with. In an effort to escape her new foster mother Maime Trotter's (Kathy Bates) endless loving care, Gilly concocts a plan that she believes will bring her mother running to her rescue. But when the ploy blows up in Gilly's ...
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The Great Gilly Hopkins. Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a ...
The Great Gilly Hopkins is a 1978 realistic children's novel by Katherine Paterson. It won the U.S. National Book Award in 1979. [2] In 2012 it was ranked number 63 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal – the third of three books by Paterson in the top 100. [3]
