Gilly Hopkins 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 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.
Stephen Herek
Logline: Five complete strangers are delayed at O’Hare Airport and their personal lives are revealed and changed during a very long layover.
Logline: Centers on a getaway driver for a crew of bank robbers who is determined to go straight and be the best parent he can be to his daughter and make amends with his ex-wife. When his old crew’s latest robbery goes awry, they blame their former driver and seek payback at the Museum of Natural History where he’s chaperoning a school field trip.
Logline: Gilly is an unruly 11-year-old girl who bounces between foster families until she lands at the kooky Trotter house.
