The Great Gilly Hopkins

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The Great Gilly Hopkins

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Released Oct 7, 2016

1h 37m

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Drama

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Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nélisse) devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

The Great Gilly Hopkins has its enjoyable moments - Bates' entertaining, scenery-chewing turn providing many of them - and its themes are refreshingly complex for a film targeted to kids.

Oct 10, 2016

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Peter Debruge

Variety

While uneven in places, "The Great Gilly Hopkins" works because it boasts an actress tough enough for the title role.

Oct 7, 2016

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

If it can get someone who's so out of its core demographic a little verklempt, imagine what it can do for someone who's a target for such fare.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 7, 2016

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Kent Turner

School Library Journal

The film remarkably retains the book's essence.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 20, 2016

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Betty Jo Tucker

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Filled with remarkable performances, 'The Great Gilly Hopkins' pulls no punches. It is not a sickly sweet movie -- but hope and humanity shine through.

Oct 9, 2016

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

The material is too slight to make much of an impact outside the target demographic.

Oct 7, 2016

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Emilliano Jr S

Wasted a great talents of cast.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/03/23

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Audience Member

Apaixonantemente lindo, pensei erroneamente tratar-se de um filme infantil fofinho, entretanto a história é pesada e triste, retratada de forma mais leve, mas não menos dolorosa, baseada no livro infantil, mas com tema bem adulto e muitas dores de abandono e solidão...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Sweet and humble performances, particularly Bates at her recent best, over cringey awkward writing swerved as proof in favorably conventional avoidance for decent unfinished narrative satisfaction with a minimal heart. (B)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Normally not my type of movie, this movie was an exception. This had a tremendous cast led off by a remarkable young actress I'd never seen. Sophie Nelisse gave a powerful performance and one I will not forget anytime too soon. The story was emotionally humorous, dramatic and honest. I will be looking forward to see what Sophie Nelisse has to offer in the future.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

Above average kid's movie. Not as dark as Paterson's other novel Bridge to Terabithia but it still has enough rough edges to make it refreshingly blunt.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Es una historia bien elaborada, con toques de humor y momentos sentimentales.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nélisse) devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.

Director: Stephen Herek
Producer: David Paterson, John Paterson, William Teitler, Brian Kennedy
Screenwriter: David Paterson
Distributor: Lionsgate Premiere
Production Co: Inkling Entertainment, Lionsgate Premiere, Arcady Bay Entertainment, Latium Films
Rating: PG (Thematic Material|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 7, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 6, 2016
Runtime: 1h 37m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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