2016 Movies : Family

With Glenn Close • Octavia Spencer • Danny Glover • Kathy Bates • Julia Stiles • William Teitler • Sophie Nelisse • Stephen Herek • David Paterson

A feisty foster kid’s outrageous scheme to be reunited with her birth mother has unintended consequences in The Great Gilly Hopkins, an entertaining film for the entire family. Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nélisse) has seen more than her share of foster homes and has outwitted every family she has lived with. In an effort to escape her new foster mother Mamie Trotter’s (Kathy Bates) endless loving care, Gilly concocts a plan that she believes will bring her mother running to her rescue. But when the ploy blows up in Gilly’s face it threatens to ruin the only chance she’s ever had to be part of a real family.

With Richard Roxburgh • Toni Collette • Rufus Sewell • Ryan Kwanten • Alexs Stadermann • David Wenham • Barry Otto • Robin McLeavy • Deborah Mailman • Deane Taylor

An adventurous young koala embarks on a journey across the wild and dangerous Australian outback in the hope of finding his missing father, but he soon discovers that there is more to being a hero than meets the eye.