Matilda

1996 • 98 minutes
4.4
287 reviews
92%
Tomatometer
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About this movie

Based on the book Matilda, by British children's author Roald Dahl, this film moves the setting from the U.K. to the U.S.; otherwise it follows the original closely. Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson) is an extremely curious and intelligent little girl who is very different from her low-brow, mainstream parents (Danny DeVito and real-life wife Rhea Perlman), who quite cruelly ignore her. As she grows older, she begins to discover that she has telekinetic powers. Not until a teacher shows her kindness for the first time does she realize that she can use those powers to do something about her sufferings and help her friends as well. Villains from the awful Miss Trunchbull (Pam Ferris), headmistress of her miserable school Crunchem Hall, to her parents and older brother begin to feel her ire. Look for Paul Reubens (aka Pee Wee Herman) in a small part as an FBI agent investigating Matilda's shady father.

Ratings and reviews

4.4
287 reviews
A Google user
November 4, 2012
I think that matilda should be much cheaper in fact it should be free this is a rip off i demand that you lower the price or even make it free if you can because i dont think much people would buy this because matilda is a really good movie but with a price like that it ruins the whole thing
Ruby Surry
March 6, 2014
Cool man in a new job is going 1 and the rest is not the only way I could have a good time for a few minutes to get a quote from you again and I have been made in writing and the rest is the 4 the UK and Ireland and the other day that you have a look at the moment I don't have to be a bit more time to timetable
Sophia Loftus
December 2, 2012
I love this movie and my 7 yr old daughter wants to see it(not seen it yet) I was willing to pay £5 for it but not £7.99!! My daughter has still not seen dye to rip off prices
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