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- In all, Matilda is a charming and clever little movie with excellent and innovative filmmaking from Danny DeVito. With Mara Wilson’s lead actress performance, Matilda remains one of the very best children’s films for any family to enjoy together.
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- Matilda is a strong, feminine, female protagonist. Many times in movies, the strong female characters are described as “one of the boys,” or they only know their amazing skills because “they had brothers.”
- Matilda cuts toxic people out of her life — even her parents. It doesn’t matter what someone’s relationship is to you; if they abuse you, they don’t deserve you in their lives.
- Cheating is wrong. Matilda’s father is a dirty cheat who runs a very illegal (and immoral) car dealership. He is painted as the villain, and the FBI is hot on his tail.
- Awesome 90’s dance sequence. It’s just amazing, isn’t it?
- Matilda Is Technically A Superhero
- Miss Trunchbull
- Bruce Bogtrotter and The Chocolate Cake
- The One Liners
- Reading Is Fundamental
- Lavender
- Everyone Wanted Miss Honey to Be Their Mam
- Danny Devito
- Matilda Passes The Bechdel Test
- Matilda Taught Us Life Lessons
Her magic powers, her revenge on the evil grownups of Matildaand her superhuman intelligence makes her the best little superhero of all time. Holler for the little girls being superheroes! #Matilda4Pres
The most terrifying and grotesque villain of all time, the chokey, and the hammer throw are just two ways that Headmistress "Trunch" likes to punish her students.
The cake scene, probably the most popular scene in Matilda, helped us all get through a difficult time in our lives or to get through Mammy's Sunday roast. All you have to shout is "Bruce, Bruce, Bruce!" and everyone gets it!
"...No more Miss Nice Girl!", "Your Mommy is a twit!", "You pissworm!" and "Much too good for children" are just some of the most memorable lines from the film.
Who didn't want to own a stack of books after watchingMatildaread ever fictional book in existence? What other films could spawn such a frenzy for a library card and encourage such an ethos on education?! Everyone needed the library assistant Ms. Phelps in their lives.
Matildas friend, Lavender is the one to punish Miss Trunchbull with the newt in the jug of water. Lavender is a sound friend to Matilda from the get go.
The glorious Miss Honey was Matilda's ray of light. The kindness she envelopes the children of Trunchem Hall with in comparison to the scorn by the Trunch is everything. Her back story had us all in tears. Miss Honey was The Helpsmost memorable quote personified: "You is kind. You is smart. You is important". *Tear*.
Not only does Danny DeVito play Mr. Wormwood in Matildabut he also narrates the movie and directed it. What else can we add to the hero that is DeVito?
The strong female leads who need no man and help each other out makes this film all about equality. Respect.
You make your own family is an important lesson to be learned from the movie. Halfway through the movie, Miss Honey tells Matilda "You were born into a family that doesn't always appreciate you. But one day, things are going to be very different". By the end of Matilda, the pair becomes each other's family... *Sobs uncontrollably* *Skips off into t...
- Garret Farrell
Matilda is such a great movie. I won't say it's underrated, because it does have a 90% on RT, but man, rewatching it with the family this Christmas for the first time since I was a kid has really floored me.
Aug 2, 1996 · “Matilda” is not in any sense a “children’s movie,” although older children will probably like it a lot. It is a dark family comedy about stupid parents, cruel teachers and a brave little girl, and it is no surprise to find that Danny DeVito not only stars but directed it.
- Mary Grace Garis
- It Encapsulates Roald Dahl's Characteristically Twisted Fairytale Tone. All of Dahl's books (which include Charlie and the Chocolates Factory and Witches), and their subsequent movie adaptations, are dark, dark, dark.
- It Features A Strong Female Character. She's bright, she's unapologetic, and she is able to handle the burden of being in a crass, unloving family for the first six and a half years of her life.
- Oh Yeah, And That Strong Female Character Is 6-And-A-Half Years Old. Like, whatever, I was off eating glue when I was that age.
- That Strong Female Character Is Also A Fashion Icon. She just makes that hair ribbon look so fly.
This film adaptation of a Roald Dahl work tells the story of Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson), a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father (Danny DeVito) and mother (Rhea Perlman).
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- Kids & Family, Comedy
- PG
In the discussion for best movie ever in my opinion. I’m crying holding my 2yr old daughter just thinking about it. “So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea.
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