The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Great Gilly Hopkins

99 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | Oct. 5, 2015

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...

The Great Gilly Hopkins

99 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | Oct. 5, 2015

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...
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Arcady Bay Entertainment, Inkling Entertainment
Original title The Great Gilly Hopkins
Directors Scott Lazar, Stephen Herek
Writers David Paterson, Katherine Paterson

Cast

Sophie Nélisse

as Gilly Hopkins

Kathy Bates

as Maime Trotter

Glenn Close

as Nonnie Hopkins

Bill Cobbs

as Mr Randolph

Octavia Spencer

as Miss Harris

Julia Stiles

as Courtney Rutherford Hopkins

Clare Foley

as Agnes

Billy Magnussen

as Ellis

Sammy Pignalosa

as Rajeem

Toby Turner

as Ticket Agent

Richard Topol

as Principal Evans

Salvatore Rossi

as Stevie

Julee Cerda

as Mrs. Hong

Johanna Day

as Principal Maynard

Frank Oz

as Cookie Monster (voice)

Blanca Camacho

as Additional Voices (voice)

Gavin Westerlind

as Ramirez

Sienna Stuebe

as Neighbor

Athena Stuebe

as Neighbor and Student

Loyzo

as Neighbor

Liz Imperio

as Neighbor

Connor Keegan Dosch

as School student

Cynthia Basinet

as Attendee