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Matilda (1996) 6.6
Story of a wonderful little girl, who happens to be a genius, and her wonderful teacher vs. the worst parents ever and the worst school principal imaginable. Director:Danny DeVito |
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Cast
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Mr. Wormwood
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Mrs. Wormwood
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Miss Honey
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Trunchbull
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Michael
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Miss Phelps
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Roy
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Gregory R. Goliath | ... |
Luther
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Fred Parnes | ... |
Waiter
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Lavender
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Leor Livneh Hackel | ... |
Julius Rottwinkle
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
A grouchy couple are parents to a very sweet girl, Matilda. Unlike her bratty brother and mean parents, Matilda becomes a very sweet and extremely intelligent 6 year old girl, who is very keen to go to school and read books. After a while, her parents send her to school with the worst principal in the world, a very sweet teacher, and good friends. While trying to put up with her parents' and principal's cruelty, she starts to unwittingly unleash telekinetic powers, destroying a television and making a newt fly onto the principal. With enough practice, Matilda starts to learn to control her telekinetic powers and soon using them on her principal so she can drive her away from the school. Written by anonomys
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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for elements of exaggeRated meanness and ridicule, and for some mild language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
2 August 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Roald Dahl's Matilda See more »Box Office
Budget:
$36,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£6,003,450 (UK) (17 January 1997)Gross:
£16,461,008 (UK) (11 April 1997)Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Written by Robert Byrd
Performed by Thurston Harris
Courtesy of EMI Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Pam Ferris would often stay in character when the director called cut in an attempt to actually scare the children on set so that their fear would be genuine when the camera was rolling. See more »Goofs
In the scene where the newt jumps on Miss Trunchbull, you can see the math problems are perfectly written on the chalkboard before Miss Trunchbull backs into the board. When she moves forward, two of the problems are smudged and one is mostly erased. In the next shot, all of the problems are intact again. See more »Quotes
Agatha Trunchbull: I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.See more »
Soundtracks
"Little Bitty Pretty One"Written by Robert Byrd
Performed by Thurston Harris
Courtesy of EMI Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
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This movie is an absolutely wonderful fantasy. I totally loved it.
The dialog is brilliant. The humor is both bold, and subtle. The characters are archetypal.
Matilda perfectly captures what it is like to be an intelligent person, trapped in the body of a child, and surrounded by idiots who control far too much of your life.
The notion that bad people (even adults) deserve to be punished for their evil ways (even by children) is truly subversive. Any child who suffered through the countless typical abuses of unthinking, uncaring, and ignorant parents will truly love this movie. Those same unthinking, uncaring, and ignorant parents will probably hate this movie, unless they are wise enough to see the truth behind the fantasy.
Despite the difficulties Matilda faces, like all good fantasies this movie has a wonderfully happy ending. I wish the same for all.