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Watch: Matilda 1996 123movies, Full Movie Online – Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, Matilda is misunderstood by her family because she is very different from their ways of life. As time passes, Matilda finally starts school that has a kindly teacher, loyal friends and a sadistic principal. As she gets fed up with the constant cruelty, Matilda begins to realize that she has a gift of telekinetic powers. After some days of practice, Matilda suddenly turns the tables to stand up to her parents and outwit the principal..
Plot: An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.
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Ratings:

	6.9/10 Votes: 153,248
	91% | RottenTomatoes
	72/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 3695 Popularity: 42.178 | TMDB

Reviews:

**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 right to go to school and to learn, which their parents do not value. However, at school, she comes across a cruel and sadistic headmistress who will become her biggest adversary, while her teacher becomes her best friend.

It’s a very good and enjoyable film, with a nice comedy genre and some fantasy. The characters are reasonably well done, albeit a bit artificial in their conception, and the cast is very good. Mara Wilson, despite her youth, shone in the lead role and guaranteed the start of her acting career. Danny DeVito, who also ensures an effective and well-executed direction, does a very intelligent job as an actor, being well assisted by Rhea Perlman. And while Embeth Davidtz delivers a good performance, it’s Pam Ferris’s overwhelming and committed performance as a villain that steals our attention, in a work that is as iconic and striking as it is histrionic and over-the-top.

It may go unnoticed, in the midst of the comedy and lightness of the film itself, but I felt that there is here, well marked in the Wormwoods, a harsh sarcastic critique of a certain American middle class: like many American families, they learned to do everything, or almost everything, in front of the television screen, and they do not value each other, being in every respect a largely dysfunctional family. He’s a crook, she’s vain, vain and addicted to gambling, the eldest son doesn’t seem to have any prospects for the future or know what he wants from his own life. As a family, they value nothing but easy money, as evidenced by the weird TV show style they adore and the cheap, tasteless decor of their home. Despite everything, they think they are much smarter than others for being that way.

Technically, it’s a low-key film. The cinematography is in line with what one would expect in a comic film of this decade, prolific in good comedies, and the sets and costumes are good and convincing, particularly the school. The film has some special, visual and sound effects, most of which do their job well, without demerits. The soundtrack, composed by David Newman, doesn’t bring anything really remarkable.

Hold on to this gem tightly, because movies like _Matilda_ will probably never get made again.

_Final rating:★★★★ – Very strong appeal. A personal favourite._

Best Roald Dahl adaptation
I believe this film best represents the themes behind Roald Dahl’s rather subversive children’s literature. It follows the continuity of both “The Witches” and “James and the Giant Peach,” casting repulsive Trunchbull into the roles of Grand High Witch and repulsive evil aunt, with a bit of the ogre (especially during the chase in Magnus House).

It’s also pretty obvious that J.K. Rowling had read Roald Dahl long before she wrote the first of her Harry Potter books. I find it very odd how few people have noted Roald Dahl’s literary influence on the spate of children’s fantasy authors today. All the elements for Harry are here, in Matilda, right down to her unpleasant ‘Muggle’ family — the Wormwoods — and a brutish, Dudley-like brother.

And for the record, Mara Wilson does a good job!

Cruelty Has No Age Limit
As a kid, I was always the misunderstood outcast who was far different than everyone else. I was teased and bullied because I was slightly overweight and I had intelligence that had others feel intimidated. Ever since then, I have been drawn to movies where the victim gets revenge on his/her attackers in ingenious ways. For as long as I can remember, I have always been a big fan of “Matilda” and it is something that I would recommend to anyone who has troubles with bullies in school.

From the day she was born, Matilda was the shunned one and her brother Michael was always looked at like a golden boy…almost literally. As she got older, she became able to look out for herself without help from her mindless, ignorant parents (Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman). She became able to read at an adult level by the time she was 4 and stunned the librarian while angering her father at the same time.

At 6, she has longed to go to school but her father won’t let her because he’s running a shady business out of his car dealership and needs her as his makeshift go-between to sign for “packages.” It as at that point that Matilda (Mara Wilson) discovers that she is able to move things with her mind, also known as telekinesis. When she is finally “allowed” to go to school, she continues to wow her teacher Miss Honey (Embeth Davidtz) while drawing the scorn of her tyrannical principal Agatha Trunchbull (Pam Ferris) as well.

As time wears on, she makes friends and becomes very close to Miss Honey while doing her best to dodge barbs by Miss Trunchbull. The unwavering little girl then discovers that she and her family are being watched by investigators (Paul “Pee Wee Herman” Reubens and Tracey Walter) who are determined to bring her father down. She does everything in her power (literally) to slow them down but it is not good enough.

By the time all is said and done, Miss Trunchbull is ousted from the school for good while Matilda’s parents and her brother flee the country, leaving the young soul in the care of Miss Honey. There are no hard feelings, of course, seeing as how her parents and brother couldn’t have cared less about her.

From start to finish, “Matilda” is a classic that will warm your heart. It has some priceless laughs in between, but what more can you expect with a child with telekinesis who uses it to get even with her bullies? While I have never read the book of this by Roald Dahl, I can only imagine that it is just as good.

If you’ve got kids who are constantly being bullied in school, show this to them to send a message that they are not alone. As the title of my review states, cruelty has no age limit. Kids, adults, it doesn’t matter. There are some who are more cruel than others. It is just that simple.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 38 min (98 min), 1 hr 42 min (102 min) (USA)
Budget 36000000
Revenue 33459416
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director Danny DeVito
Writer Roald Dahl, Nicholas Kazan, Robin Swicord
Actors Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson
Country United States
Awards 3 wins & 7 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby, SDDS (8 channels)
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Arriflex 435, Panavision Primo Lenses, Panavision Panaflex Platinum, Panavision Primo Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 2,602.94 m (India), 2,687 m (Sweden), 2,757 m
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman EXR 100T 5248, EXR 200T 5293)
Cinematographic Process Super 35
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)