Matilda

Year

1996

Duration

98 minutes

Genres

Comedy, Family

Language

English

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Synopsis

Wouldn't we all want to be Roald Dahl's Matilda, with her sunny self-reliance and special powers? Well, that will go double in this fantastic adaptation of Dahl's book, one which faithfully captures his unique storytelling voice and spirit. At the fearsome Crunchem Hall school, Matilda makes a friend of the kind Miss Honey - and an enemy of the bullying headmistress, Miss Trunchbull. But Matilda isn't one to give in to bullies - and after all, what are special powers for if not to teach them a lesson?

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Danny DeVito

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This film has a couple of uses of mild bad language.

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