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Matilda

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Matilda
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PG,1hr 33min
Genres:
Family,Comedy
Released:
August 2, 1996
Director:
Danny DeVito
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman  ...more
Synopsis: 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 kindness ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
The mordant vision of author Roald Dahl's world probably appealed to the director of War of the Roses and Hoffa, for it permeates this witty, eccentric, dark-toned children's film for adults. Matilda (Mara Wilson), an unusually bright six-year-old whose reading fare runs to Moby Dick and For Whom the Bell Tolls, is saddled with a pair of comically selfish and obtuse parents (Danny De Vito and Rhea ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Mara Wilson
Matilda Wormwood
Danny DeVito
Harry Wormwood, Mr. Wormwood
Rhea Perlman
Mrs. Wormwood
Embeth Davidtz
Miss Honey
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