The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Great Gilly Hopkins

Family is where you find it

Directed by Stephen Herek

Produced by Arcady Bay Entertainment, Inkling Entertainment

201599 min6.6 / 10

A warm, character-driven family drama about a rebellious foster child learning to belong, built on humor, heart, and the discovery that family is found rather than given.

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

Questions people ask

  • Is The Great Gilly Hopkins one of a kind? No. Less singular than 99% of films.

  • Is The Great Gilly Hopkins easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is The Great Gilly Hopkins violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Does The Great Gilly Hopkins end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.

  • Is The Great Gilly Hopkins scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is The Great Gilly Hopkins sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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22/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity4

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise26

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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Like The Great Gilly Hopkins

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Great Gilly Hopkins

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Great Gilly Hopkins, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Great Gilly Hopkins, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Great Gilly Hopkins, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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