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6.5/10
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12-year-old wisecracking Gilly Hopkins finds herself shuffled from foster home to foster home until she meets Maime Trotter.12-year-old wisecracking Gilly Hopkins finds herself shuffled from foster home to foster home until she meets Maime Trotter.12-year-old wisecracking Gilly Hopkins finds herself shuffled from foster home to foster home until she meets Maime Trotter.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Richard Topol
- Principal Evans
- (as Richard Topal)
Katherine Paterson
- Clerk
- (as Katherine Peterson)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe author of the book Katherine Paterson has a cameo as the shop clerk in the bus station scene. The clerk tells Gilly to check out the books.
- GoofsThis movie is set in Maryland during the Thanksgiving & Christmas holidays, yet all of the trees and lawns are in full summer splendor.
- ConnectionsFeatures Sesame Street (1969)
- SoundtracksARE YOU READY
Performed by Overnight Lows (as The Overnight Lows)
Written by Jules Larson and Joz Ramirez (as Jose Ramirez)
Courtesy of Flying Trapeze Records
By arrangement with Secret Road Music Services, Inc.
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Good Family Movie
If you're looking for a movie to watch with your family, then this is the one. The Great Gilly Hopkins is an entertaining family movie for both adults & kids. With its dramatic & funny moments, it teaches the audience the importance of relationships, and what it takes to form a real family. The movie focuses on the life of Gilly Hopkins, a foster kid who's in a journey to find her real family, moving from a foster home to another, in search for her biological mother. That's until she meets her new foster mother, Maime Trotter, then her relationship with people in that community, from family members to teachers & friends, evolves with time into friendship, respect, and compassion. She ends up finding what she was always looking for, after learning that it takes love, esteem, and care to form a real family.
My only complaint about this movie is that the story lacked depth, and the events were too straightforward. Overall, it was above average. So if you're looking for something entertaining & simple, then this is it.
My only complaint about this movie is that the story lacked depth, and the events were too straightforward. Overall, it was above average. So if you're looking for something entertaining & simple, then this is it.
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- Salim08
- Oct 13, 2016
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $97,798
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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