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Matilda

Matilda

7.2/ 10

TMDB Rating

4,757

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1996

Release Year

98 min

Runtime

Comedy
Family
Fantasy

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

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Reviews(2)

8.5avg rating
Gimly

Gimly

@Ruuz

September 8, 2018

8
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._

Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

June 21, 2022

9
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 ri

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