The Great Gilly Hopkins

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 glamourous 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...The Great Gilly Hopkins featuring Sophie Nélisse and Kathy Bates is streaming on HBO, available for rent or purchase on iTunes, available for rent or purchase on Google Play, and 4 others. It's a comedy and drama movie with a better than average Rotten Tomatoes (critics) score of 65% and an average IMDb audience rating of 6.5 (4,136 votes).