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The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015 · 99 min

A gentle, heartfelt watch about a prickly kid slowly softening, with warm performances that make the tears feel earned.

Directed by: Stephen Herek
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring: Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Glenn Close

Tagline: Family is where you find it
Overview: Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.

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Directed by: Stephen Herek
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring: Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Glenn Close

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: found family
family
identity
coming-of-age
healing
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama, family
Directed by: Stephen Herek
Written by: David Paterson
Starring: Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Glenn Close, Bill Cobbs, Octavia Spencer, Julia Stiles, Clare Foley, Billy Magnussen
Music: Mark Isham
Cinematography: David M. Dunlap
Runtime: 99 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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