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The Great Gilly Hopkins

2016·1h 39m·PG
DramaFamilyComedy
IMDb Rating
★ 6.5/10
5,707 votes
Metascore
47
Metacritic

12-year-old wisecracking Gilly Hopkins finds herself shuffled from foster home to foster home until she meets Maime Trotter.

The Great Gilly Hopkins is a 2016 drama family movie directed by Stephen Herek, starring Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, Octavia Spencer. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.5/10 from 5,707 votes and runs 1h 39m.

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Director
Stephen Herek
Stars
Glenn Close
Kathy Bates
Octavia Spencer
Sophie Nélisse
Details
2016-10-07
99 min
Movie
PG
★ United States
★ English, Spanish
Keywords
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