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Matilda

1996, Movie, 1h 38min

Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia misunderstand her because they think she is so different. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a sadistic headmistress. As she gets fed up with the constant cruelty, she begins to realize that she has a gift of telekinetic powers. After some days of practice, she suddenly turns the tables to stand up to Harry and Zinnia and outwit the headmistress.

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Reviews

Critic Caroline Westbrook

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...a blackly comic, delightfully off-the-wall picture that both kids and adults will lap up.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Hollis Chacona

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The contrast of light and dark, good and evil, enlightenment and ignorance, innocence and corruption is the heart of this absurd, insightful, sincere, very funny fairy tale of a movie.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Critic Carl Adam Anderberg

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Fantasifull och entusiastisk Roald Dahl-adaption

Read full review at Moviezine

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Meet Matilda, a brilliant and imaginative six-year-old who's neglected by her cruel and uncaring family. But when she discovers she has telekinetic powers, she decides to use them to defend herself and her friends against the tyrannical principal who runs her school. With the help of her kind and supportive teacher, Matilda learns to embrace her uniqueness and find her place in the world. This heartwarming and hilarious movie is a delight for the whole family, with a message about the power of kindness, acceptance, and being true to oneself.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Matilda include Hook, Halloweentown, Wish Upon a Star, North, Beanstalk, The Santa Clause.

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Matilda was released in theaters on August 2, 1996.