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2015·Comedy·1h 39m
6.9
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Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.
Directed by Stephen Herek
based on novel or book
rebel
foster family
foster child
foster home
found family
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Cast

Sophie Nélisse
Sophie Nélisse
Gilly Hopkins
Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates
Maime Trotter
Glenn Close
Glenn Close
Nonnie Hopkins
Bill Cobbs
Bill Cobbs
Mr Randolph
Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer
Miss Harris
Julia Stiles
Julia Stiles
Courtney Rutherford Hopkins
Clare Foley
Clare Foley
Agnes
Billy Magnussen
Billy Magnussen
Ellis
Zachary Hernandez
Zachary Hernandez
W.E.
Sammy Pignalosa
Sammy Pignalosa
Rajeem
Toby Turner
Toby Turner
Ticket Agent
Richard Topol
Richard Topol
Principal Evans

Crew

Stephen Herek
Stephen Herek
Director
Mark Isham
Mark Isham
Original Music Composer
Avy Kaufman
Avy Kaufman
Casting
Katherine Paterson
Katherine Paterson
Novel
Scott Lazar
Scott Lazar
First Assistant Director

Popular Reviews

38 reviews
Moudi Hammoud
Moudi Hammoud
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Good movie. Despite a few flaws it was a good movie to watch with the family, definitely a fun watch.
Good movie. Despite a few flaws it was a good movie to watch with the family, definitely a fun watch.
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Tessa Snyder
Tessa Snyder
4.0★ · 01/16/26
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Cringe ass dialogue
Cringe ass dialogue
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Poppy Shadforth
Poppy Shadforth
6.0★ · 09/14/25
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Shauna shipman’s origin story
Shauna shipman’s origin story
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Alexandra
Alexandra
7.0★ · 08/21/25
The Great Gilly Hopkins
мило!
мило!
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Val Magaña
Val Magaña
7.0★ · 07/19/25
The Great Gilly Hopkins
no esperaba LLORAR… yo te entiendo gilly… such a cute and sad movie
no esperaba LLORAR… yo te entiendo gilly… such a cute and sad movie
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