The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)

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Family is where you find it

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

• Released: 2015-10-05
• Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family
• Runtime: 1h 39m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.6/10 from 252 votes

Directed by Stephen Herek.

Top 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
• Zachary Hernandez as W.E.
• Sammy Pignalosa as Rajeem

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Great Gilly Hopkins

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Starz Amazon Channel, Angel Studios, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Starz, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel; watch free on The CW, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home Free, YouTube Free, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Tubi TV, Amazon MX Player; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• Canada: rent on YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, YouTube

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