Directed by:
Stephen HerekScreenplay:
David PatersonCinematography:
David M. DunlapComposer:
Mark IshamCast:
Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Glenn Close, Julia Stiles, Octavia Spencer, Clare Foley, Billy Magnussen, Bill Cobbs, Toby Turner, Sebastian Hedges Thomas (more)Plots(1)
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 glamorous 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 - she is sure there's a hurt little girl in there somewhere. Gilly knows she has to escape, and if she can't run then she'll lie her way out. But her grand plan doesn't go as intended, and she starts to think maybe she was wrong about Trotter. Maybe wrong about everything. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Sophie Nélisse
Canada
Best movies:
The Book Thief (2013)
Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Pawn Sacrifice (2014)
Kathy Bates
USA
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Misery (1990)
High Stakes (1989)
Glenn Close
USA
Best movies:
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Tarzan (1999)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Julia Stiles
USA
Best movies:
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Octavia Spencer
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
Zootopia (2016)
Coach Carter (2005)
Clare Foley
USA
Billy Magnussen
USA
Best movies:
Bridge of Spies (2015)
The Big Short (2015)
No Time to Die (2021)
Bill Cobbs
USA
Best movies:
Trading Places (1983)
Demolition Man (1993)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Toby Turner
USA
Best movies:
Why Him? (2016)
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Smiley (2012)
Sebastian Hedges Thomas
Best movies:
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Lullaby (2014)
Sex Tape (2014)
Johanna Day
USA
Best movies:
Unbreakable (2000)
The Post (2017)
Birdman (2014)
Julee Cerda
Best movies:
Passengers (2016)
The Intern (2015)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2013)