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)VOD (3)
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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)
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A nice film about how even from a naughty and rebellious girl who doesn't want to stay anywhere because she wants to be with her mom, a pleasant young lady emerges. It's very predictable, but the main actress is absolutely captivating and easily outshines stars like Kathy Bates or Glenn Close. Too bad it's so straightforward and clichéd.
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