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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)
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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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My pre-teen loved it. For adults it's made watchable by strong performances.
Gilly Hopkins is a tough 12-year old who's been shuffled from foster home to foster home due to her troubled behavior. That is until she's taking in by kindly Kathy Bates. This story could easily have been a dull ABC After School Special type of story, but it's elevated by the presence of Bates as the tough but caring foster parent as well as a strong performance by Glenn Close as Gilly's grandmother. Another surprise was the a rather unsentimental and realistic portrayal of Gilly's addict mom by Julie Stiles. There's also strong performance by Octavia Spencer as a caring teacher who connects with Gilly by telling her she sees that she's an angry person just like her and helps her to make that anger constructive. Character actor Bill Cobbs also delivers a strong supporting performance as a blind neighbor. Admittedly, I don't think I was the target audience for this film, but I'll say my 10-year old daughter was completely wrapped up in the film, so although it may not be all that good of a film for adults, it's made watchable by some strong performances, and your pre-teen kids will probably enjoy it more than you.
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- Aug 1, 2019
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- 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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