Matilda

1996 98 min ★ 7.2 Comedy, Family, Fantasy

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.

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Cast

Mara Wilson

Matilda Wormwood

Danny DeVito

Harry Wormwood / Narrator (voice)

Rhea Perlman

Zinnia Wormwood

Embeth Davidtz

Miss Honey

Pam Ferris

Agatha Trunchbull

Paul Reubens

FBI Agent

Tracey Walter

FBI Agent

Jean Speegle Howard

Miss Phelps

Brian Levinson

Michael Wormwood

Sara Magdalin

Four-Year-Old Matilda

Details

Director

Danny DeVito

Screenplay

Nicholas Kazan

Tagline

"Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$36,000,000

Revenue

$33,500,000

Production

Jersey Films, TriStar Pictures

Reviews

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Gimly

September 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._

F

Filipe Manuel Neto

June 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 parents do not value. However, at school, she comes ac...