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Matilda

Genres
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Rating
7.2
Status
Released
PG
Release Date1996-08-02
Runtime98 min
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Budget$36,000,000
Revenue$33,500,000
IMDbView on IMDb

Overview

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.

Keywords
based on novel or book
parent child relationship
classroom
difficult childhood
child prodigy
childhood trauma
dysfunctional family
telekinesis
school
teacher student relationship
used car salesman
school principal
neglected child
schoolmarm
dysfunctional life
female teacher
parental abuse
crass comedy
based on young adult novel
abused child
tyrannical school principal

Videos

1 total
Trailer
Theatrical Trailer (35mm)

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Cast & Crew

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Mara Wilson

as Matilda Wormwood

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Danny DeVito

as Harry Wormwood / Narrator (voice)

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Rhea Perlman

as Zinnia Wormwood

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Embeth Davidtz

as Miss Honey

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Pam Ferris

as Agatha Trunchbull

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Paul Reubens

as FBI Agent

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Tracey Walter

as FBI Agent

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Jean Speegle Howard

as Miss Phelps

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Brian Levinson

as Michael Wormwood

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Sara Magdalin

as Four-Year-Old Matilda

Reviews

2
G

Gimly

Sep 8, 2018

8/10

Hold on to this gem tightly, because movies like _Matilda_ will probably never get made again. _Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite._

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F

Filipe Manuel Neto

Jun 21, 2022

9/10

**An excellent family comedy with some social criticism in the mix.** The film is one of the most famous family comedies of the 1990s, adapting the story of the same name by Roald Dahl for the screen, where a girl, who was born into an idiotic family unable to understand it, decides to win the right to go to school and to learn, which their pare…

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