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6.5/10
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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)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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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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Star-studded cast in this little low-budget gem.
This was a moving family film. I would not call it a teen movie at all. The acting is superb on all counts. The young actor who plays Gilly really makes you go from disgust to a grudging liking without changing her basic defiant and prickly personality. Although it does contain some predictible cliche's it doesn't follow a template the whole way. Octavia Spencer was wonderful in her role as the wise no-nonsense teacher. Everyone was great, but I particularly enjoyed her role. Laughter, Cheers, and Tears abound and leaves you wanting more.
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- rebekahrox
- Apr 2, 2020
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Box office
- 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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