Matilda (Special Edition)
by Danny DeVito
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Actor: Danny DeVito, Embeth Davidtz, Mara Wilson, Pam Ferris, Rhea PerlmanDirector: Danny DeVito
Brand: Sony Pictures
Producer: Danny DeVito
Producer: Joshua Levinson
Producer: Liccy Dahl
Producer: Martin Bregman
Writer: Nicholas Kazan
Writer: Roald Dahl
Writer: Robin Swicord
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0; Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, 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 Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Matilda (Special Edition)
Movie Review: One of the greatest family films EVER MADE.
Summary: 5 Stars
O.K., first of all, this probably isn't a film to show to really young tots who are just about to start elementary school, as they will probably get terrifiyed that they may get a teacher who is just like the Trunchbull (and of course kids that age will not understand that this is a partial fantasy and that no peron like that would be allowed to teach in this country in this day and age in real life).
Otherwise, this is a wonderful movie, one that certainly deserved to do better than it did in the theatre. Matilda is a little girl and a bonafide genius who is cursed with living with obnoxious, unloving parents who are too dense to notice her gifts, and a bratty older brother. Then the day comes when Matilda must start school. She goes to Crunchum Hall, where she makes friends and meets a nice teacher with a well-fitting name, Ms. Honey, and the evil, child-hating principal, the afore-mentioned Trunchbull. Ms. Honey soon recignizes Matilda's exceptional talents and wants her to be moved up several grades, but the Trunchbull will have none of it. (Ms. Honey tells the Trunchbull Matilda's memorized several multiplication tables, and the Trunchbull replies,"So can a parrot!") A new hope appears, however, when Matilda finds she also has the gift of telekinesis, and hatches a plan to get the Trunchbull to leave Crunchum Hall for good...
The best thing about this film is Maria Wilson's preformance as Matilda. The girl always manages to be cute and endearing without ever once becoming annoying. This is especially important as she's playing the title character and thus is always at the center of things, so that we actually enjoy watching the film because we enjoy watching her and it never once feels like a chore to sit through. (Sadly, her carrer seems to have been killed off thanks to being cast in pieces of crap like "Thomas And The Magic Railroad".)
Also there's Danny Devito as Matilda's father. (Devito also narrates throughout the film, but not as his character, but in the third person.) Although as it's been mentioned before Devito doesn't much resemble the physical description of the father in the book, (who was described as a thin, wirey man,) Devito captures the spirit of the mean, crooked, thick-headed, unloving dad. You can't help but love Devito, even when he's playing this sort of character. The rest of the cast is great, also. Definetly one to own.
Summary of Matilda (Special Edition)
Features include:
?MPAA Rating: PG
?Format: DVD
?Runtime: 102 minutes
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