Matilda
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Matilda Wormwood is an brilliant and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, fail to see that fact. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a terrifying, sadistic headmistress. As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.
What critics thought
DeVito's adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic landed well with critics, who found its strange, anarchic energy a good fit for the source material even where it diverges from it. The film sits in comfortably favorable territory rather than universal acclaim, with its broad, cartoonish villainy and deadpan portrait of awful adults drawing the most consistent praise.
“Trunchbull is the kind of villainess children can enjoy because she is too ridiculous to be taken seriously and yet is mean and evil, like the witch in Snow White. And since most children have, at one time or another, felt that their parents are not nice enough to them, they may also enjoy the portrait of Matilda's parents.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Danny DeVitoDirector
Mara WilsonMatildaDanny DeVitoMr. Wormwood / Narrator (voice)
Rhea PerlmanMrs. Wormwood
Embeth DavidtzMiss Honey
Pam FerrisTrunchbull
Paul ReubensFBI Agent
Tracey WalterFBI Agent
Jean Speegle HowardMiss Phelps
Brian LevinsonMichael
Sara MagdalinMatilda, 4 Years
R.D. RobbRoy
David NewmanComposer
Roald DahlWriter
Nicholas KazanWriter
Robin SwicordWriter
Stefan CzapskyCinematographyMatilda
Matilda Wormwood is an brilliant and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, fail to see that fact. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a terrifying, sadistic headmistress. As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.
What critics thought
DeVito's adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic landed well with critics, who found its strange, anarchic energy a good fit for the source material even where it diverges from it. The film sits in comfortably favorable territory rather than universal acclaim, with its broad, cartoonish villainy and deadpan portrait of awful adults drawing the most consistent praise.
“Trunchbull is the kind of villainess children can enjoy because she is too ridiculous to be taken seriously and yet is mean and evil, like the witch in Snow White. And since most children have, at one time or another, felt that their parents are not nice enough to them, they may also enjoy the portrait of Matilda's parents.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Danny DeVitoDirectorMara WilsonMatildaDanny DeVitoMr. Wormwood / Narrator (voice)Rhea PerlmanMrs. WormwoodEmbeth DavidtzMiss HoneyPam FerrisTrunchbullPaul ReubensFBI AgentTracey WalterFBI AgentJean Speegle HowardMiss PhelpsBrian LevinsonMichaelSara MagdalinMatilda, 4 YearsR.D. RobbRoyDavid NewmanComposerRoald DahlWriterNicholas KazanWriterRobin SwicordWriterStefan CzapskyCinematographyStream
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