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The Great Gilly Hopkins
Directed by
Stephen Herek
PG
2015
1h 39m
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6.5
65%
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12-year-old wisecracking Gilly Hopkins finds herself shuffled from foster home to foster home until she meets Maime Trotter.
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Cast of The Great Gilly Hopkins
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
Katherine Paterson
Clerk
Frank Oz
Cookie Monster (voice)
Blanca Camacho
Additional Voices (voice)
Gavin Westerlind
Ramirez
Sienna Stuebe
Neighbor
Athena Stuebe
Neighbor and Student
Loyzo
Neighbor
Liz Imperio
Neighbor
Connor Keegan Dosch
School student
Cynthia Basinet
Attendee
Cara Cooper
Woman with Book
The Great Gilly Hopkins Ratings & Reviews
Observer
Rex Reed
The Great Gilly Hopkins passes the time in its own way-slowly, painlessly and forgettably.
AV Club
Jesse Hassenger
The Great Gilly Hopkins may serve as an early lesson for young readers and movie-watchers on the way that a film can be utterly faithful to its source and still not feel quite right.
School Library Journal
Kent Turner
The film remarkably retains the book's essence.
RogerEbert.com
Glenn Kenny
If it can get someone who's so out of its core demographic a little verklempt, imagine what it can do for someone who's a target for such fare.
Salt Lake Tribune
Sean P. Means
The problem is one of tone, as director Stephen Herek ("Mr. Holland's Opus") takes scenes that should be earnestly serious and plays them for uncomfortable laughs.
Slant Magazine
Diego Semerene
Glenn Close's face teems with a flawlessly controlled gravitas that's completely at odds with the film's ordinariness.
Common Sense Media
Sandie Angulo Chen
Book-based drama has strong messages on family, friendship.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
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.
Variety
Peter Debruge
While uneven in places, "The Great Gilly Hopkins" works because it boasts an actress tough enough for the title role.
New York Times
Neil Genzlinger
The title character is a child, but two adult actors, Kathy Bates and Glenn Close, really give "The Great Gilly Hopkins" its considerable heart.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
The movie feels too hokey and retrograde to appeal to its intended young audience. There's also a miscalculated racial element that may offend or confuse.
Village Voice
Chuck Wilson
Bates is a shameless ham throughout, but when she works her magic on Trotter's end-of-movie speech to Gilly, resistance is futile.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Betty Jo Tucker
Filled with remarkable performances, 'The Great Gilly Hopkins' pulls no punches. It is not a sickly sweet movie -- but hope and humanity shine through.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
The material is too slight to make much of an impact outside the target demographic.
Film Journal International
Simi Horwitz
The Great Gilly Hopkins is a surprisingly well-written, directed and acted family film. Darn it, it's actually engaging.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
Not everything comes together as profoundly as it could, but "The Great Gilly Hopkins" satisfies with characterization and deeply felt performances.
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