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Matilda

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Matilda (1996)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:17

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: A young girl with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge overcomes her parents' disapproval and forms a lasting bond with a sensitive teacher, ultimately discovering her own special abilities.... A young girl with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge overcomes her parents' disapproval and forms a lasting bond with a sensitive teacher, ultimately discovering her own special abilities. Adapted from the novel by Roald Dahl, and directed by Danny De Vito who also stars as Matilda's insensitive father. [More]

Starring: Mara Wilson, Rhea Perlman, Danny DeVito, Embeth Davidtz

Starring: Mara Wilson, Rhea Perlman, Danny DeVito, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris, Paul Reubens, Tracey Walter, R.D. Robb

Director: Danny DeVito

Director: Danny DeVito
Story: Roald Dahl
Screenwriter: Nicholas Kazan
Composer: David Newman

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Emanuel Levy
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Not awful and certainly not great, Matilda is a strange little flick, but that's not to say your 9-year-old daughter won't get a solid kick out of it.

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Robin Clifford
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DeVito gleefully preserves Dahl's dark comic tone, which should delight both kids and parents.

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10/29/04
Rob Thomas
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Capital Times (Madison, WI)

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03/16/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Slick kids movie that preserves Roald Dahl's gleeful nastiness.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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San Francisco Examiner

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Christopher Smith
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Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Dark, beautiful adaptation of Roald Dahl story is uncompromising, entertaining and moving.

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