The Great Gilly Hopkins
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...
Synopsis
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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Cast
Directed by Stephen Herek
Sophie Nélisse
Gilly Hopkins
Kathy Bates
Maime Trotter
Glenn Close
Nonnie Hopkins
Bill Cobbs
Mr Randolph
Octavia Spencer
Miss Harris
Julia Stiles
Courtney Rutherford Hopkins
Clare Foley
Agnes
Billy Magnussen
Ellis
Zachary Hernandez
W.E.
Sammy Pignalosa
Rajeem
Toby Turner
Ticket Agent
Richard Topol
Principal Evans
Salvatore Rossi
Stevie
Cameron Clifford
Ed
Julee Cerda
Mrs. Hong
Johanna Day
Principal Maynard
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Release
2015
Runtime
99 min
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