Matilda is a 1996 fantasy film directed by Danny DeVito. It is based on Roald Dahl's children's novel. The film was released by TriStar Pictures.
Right from birth, Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson) differed from the rest of her family; she showed remarkable intelligence and creativity, and she loved reading from an early age. Her parents and older brother (Brian Levinson), however, are shown to be incredibly cruel and morally-corrupt people: Her fat...
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Matilda is a 1996 fantasy film directed by Danny DeVito. It is based on Roald Dahl's children's novel. The film was released by TriStar Pictures.
Right from birth, Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson) differed from the rest of her family; she showed remarkable intelligence and creativity, and she loved reading from an early age. Her parents and older brother (Brian Levinson), however, are shown to be incredibly cruel and morally-corrupt people: Her father, Harry (Danny DeVito), sells used cars for unfair prices while her mother, Zinnia (Rhea Perlman), is unemployed and spends her days playing bingo. Her parents neglect her and disapprove of her behavior. Her father punishes her by sending her to her room simply for being smart.
Matilda begs to go to school, and when her father sells a 1970 Buick Electra 225 to the practical principal Agatha Trunchbull (Pam Ferris), an ex-Olympic athlete, he enlists Matilda at her school. Matilda is enrolled at Crunchem Hall Elementary School, where children...
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