Matilda (Special Edition)
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Actor: Embeth Davidtz, Gregory R. Goliath, Kiami Davael, Leor Livneh Hackel, Pam FerrisBrand: WILSON/DEVITO/PERLMAN
Primary Contributor: Rhea Perlman
Primary Contributor: Wilson, Mara
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-07
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Matilda (Special Edition)
Movie Review: Good For All Ages
Summary: 5 Stars
What does a young eight year old girl do when her uncaring mother and crook father doesn't care about her? become super smart by reading non-stop and gain super powers!
Matilda is one of those old stories. She grew up as a misfit in her family, being very smart she took care of herself, but found a love for reading she traveled between her home and the library everyday until she was able to go to school.
Her family, one mother uncaring and I would even go so far as saying self-absorbed person, and with a father that is a cheat and a swindler doesn't care for her, thus she is left to fend for herself.
Only by luck her one dream comes true, to go to school, mind you its not the 'best' school in the world since its run by the most evil principle in the world, There she meets and befriends her teacher, a sweet woman named Miss Honey.
The story follows that even a child that might have been born into a cruel and uncaring family, can turn out to be one of the most sweeties and smarties girls in the school.
With jokes and prat falls for everyone to know and understand, Matilda is truly a family friendly movie and I would recommend it for anyone that would like a feel good Happy ending kinda movie for there kids that doesn't have any real type of heavy violence.
It truly is very enjoyable for all ages.
Summary of Matilda (Special Edition)
See the world from a kid's-eye view with Matilda, a modern fairytale that mixes hilarious humor with the magical message of love. Mrs. Doubtfire's Mara Wilson stars as Matilda, a super-smart little girl who's woefully misunderstood by her parents (Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman), her brother, and an evil school principal. But with the help of a brave best friend and a wonderful teacher, Matilda discovers she doesn't have to get mad to get even.Danny DeVito's adaptation of the Roald Dahl book for children is mostly just fine, helped along quite a bit by the charming performance of Mara Wilson (Mrs. Doubtfire) as young Matilda, a brilliant girl neglected by her stupid, self-involved parents (DeVito and Rhea Perlman). Ignored at home, Matilda escapes into a world of reading, exercising her mind so much she develops telekinetic powers. Good thing, too: sent off to a school headed by a cruel principal, Matilda needs all the help she can get. DeVito takes a highly stylized approach that is sometimes reminiscent of Barry Sonnenfeld (director of Get Shorty, a DeVito production), and his judgment is not the best in some matters, such as letting the comic-scary sequences involving the principal go on too long. But much of the film is delightful and funny. --Tom Keogh
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