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The Great Gilly Hopkins has its enjoyable moments - Bates' entertaining, scenery-chewing turn providing many of them - and its themes are refreshingly complex for a film targeted to kids. October 10, 2016 | Full Review…
The Great Gilly Hopkins has its enjoyable moments - Bates' entertaining, scenery-chewing turn providing many of them - and its themes are refreshingly complex for a film targeted to kids.
Frank Scheck
While uneven in places, "The Great Gilly Hopkins" works because it boasts an actress tough enough for the title role. October 7, 2016 | Full Review…
While uneven in places, "The Great Gilly Hopkins" works because it boasts an actress tough enough for the title role.
Peter Debruge
If it can get someone who's so out of its core demographic a little verklempt, imagine what it can do for someone who's a target for such fare. October 7, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
If it can get someone who's so out of its core demographic a little verklempt, imagine what it can do for someone who's a target for such fare.
Glenn Kenny
The title character is a child, but two adult actors, Kathy Bates and Glenn Close, really give "The Great Gilly Hopkins" its considerable heart. October 6, 2016 | Full Review…
The title character is a child, but two adult actors, Kathy Bates and Glenn Close, really give "The Great Gilly Hopkins" its considerable heart.
Neil Genzlinger
The movie feels too hokey and retrograde to appeal to its intended young audience. There's also a miscalculated racial element that may offend or confuse. October 6, 2016 | Full Review…
The movie feels too hokey and retrograde to appeal to its intended young audience. There's also a miscalculated racial element that may offend or confuse.
Gary Goldstein
The Great Gilly Hopkins passes the time in its own way-slowly, painlessly and forgettably. October 5, 2016 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The Great Gilly Hopkins passes the time in its own way-slowly, painlessly and forgettably.
Rex Reed
The film remarkably retains the book's essence. October 20, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The film remarkably retains the book's essence.
Kent Turner
Filled with remarkable performances, 'The Great Gilly Hopkins' pulls no punches. It is not a sickly sweet movie -- but hope and humanity shine through. October 9, 2016 | Full Review…
Filled with remarkable performances, 'The Great Gilly Hopkins' pulls no punches. It is not a sickly sweet movie -- but hope and humanity shine through.
Betty Jo Tucker
The material is too slight to make much of an impact outside the target demographic. October 7, 2016 | Full Review…
The material is too slight to make much of an impact outside the target demographic.
Todd Jorgenson
Book-based drama has strong messages on family, friendship. October 7, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Book-based drama has strong messages on family, friendship.
Sandie Angulo Chen
The problem is one of tone, as director Stephen Herek ("Mr. Holland's Opus") takes scenes that should be earnestly serious and plays them for uncomfortable laughs. October 6, 2016 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The problem is one of tone, as director Stephen Herek ("Mr. Holland's Opus") takes scenes that should be earnestly serious and plays them for uncomfortable laughs.
Sean P. Means
The Great Gilly Hopkins is a surprisingly well-written, directed and acted family film. Darn it, it's actually engaging. October 6, 2016 | Full Review…
The Great Gilly Hopkins is a surprisingly well-written, directed and acted family film. Darn it, it's actually engaging.
Simi Horwitz
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