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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
Aug 2, 1996 Wide
Aug 5, 1997
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
All Critics (38) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (2) | DVD (8)
With her sweet-sad face, Mara Wilson is a perfect Matilda.
Offbeat fantasy gem, but too dark for young kids.
Rare amongst children's films in that it's as much cathartic fun for adults as it is a sheer, silly adrenaline jolt for youngsters.
Not awful and certainly not great, Matilda is a strange little flick, but that's not to say your 9-year-old daughter won't get a solid kick out of it.
DeVito gleefully preserves Dahl's dark comic tone, which should delight both kids and parents.
Slick kids movie that preserves Roald Dahl's gleeful nastiness.
Dark, beautiful adaptation of Roald Dahl story is uncompromising, entertaining and moving.
Danny Devito's Matilda is again one of those films that you enjoy when you're young, but once you grow up, you realize that the film isn't what it used to be. I'm not a fan of Mara Wilson, and I think she is very annoying. With Matilda, Danny Devito adapts Roald Dahl's classic children's book to the screen, and he does
December 11, 2011
Super Reviewer
When I was about seven or eight, I read the book, and I really didn't think all that much of it, even though I loved so Roald Dahl books. As for this movie adapted from it, I must say that it has structured part of my childhood, film-wise.MATILDA tells the story of a little girl of the same name (no, not an Australian
July 26, 2011Super Reviewer
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