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 enlarge | Actors: Kiami Davael, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris, Gregory R. Goliath, Leor Livneh Hackel
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  140 reviews
Sales Rank: 1464
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: COLD01353D
ISBN: 1404936289
UPC: 043396013537
EAN: 9781404936287
ASIN: B0000VCZKW
Theatrical Release Date: August 2, 1996
Release Date: June 7, 2005
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 nice movie February 8, 2008
L. clarke (ontario)
I loved this and watch it often. A movie that has good over evil and pretty over ugly. It is a feel good movie
Courage, Matilda! January 6, 2008
J. Arena (Williamsburg, VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Any kid would need courage to go up against parents like Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman! They are two of the most delightfully awful parents ever, and you just have to love to hate them.
But, having such awful parents certainly prepared Matilda to go up against the meanest school principal of all time. All this nastiness encourages Matilda to become self-sufficient and discover a very strange talent that will ultimately bring her the happy ending that she deserves!
This is a great family film!
A True Favorite November 9, 2007
Paula Lynn Wallace (East Cleveland, Ohio United States)
My six year daughter has fallen in love with this the same way my older children did years ago. I think Matilda must really possess magic powers because my daughter actually sits through it over and over again.
 ***1/2 = Pretty good, but NOT appropriate for children. October 19, 2007
E (New York City)
2 out of 14 found this review helpful
I know for a fact that Roahl Dahl's children's books tell everyone about his personal life. For instance, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" showed him that chocolate is his favorite candy. And "Matilda" shows everyone that the author had a very mean teacher. Yeah, I had some bad teachers before. This movie can sadly remind me of them, but guess what, this stuff is make believe.
I read the book when I was about eight years old, and I have to say it's more appropriate for an 11 year old. It's not to say that the book is terrible, neither is the movie, but it's not approrpiate for young children. No offense Roahl, except for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," I don't think any of your books are appropriate for 8-year-olds.
"Matilda" tells the story of a miserable girl, named Matilda. She is neglected by her parents and her older brother. Her father is a jerk who works in a car salesman. Her mother just doesn't care for her. Her parents never wanted to let her go to school. Instead, they had her stay at home doing their type of work. So therefore, Matilda works for them instead. She decides to borrow books from the library.
Until one day, her father finds a sick, mentally, physically, rejected, overabused principal, named Ms. Trunchbull. This decides to put Matilda's father in the place where he wants to send his daughter to Ms. Trunchbull's school. Matilda finds ways to get rid of Ms. Trunchbull creatively and to stay away from her family.
Now, I'm not going to right ahead to say that "Matilda" is a terrible movie. It actually is pretty decent. But compared to other films like the "Harry Potter" series, which can also be depressing and torturous. Unfortunately, "Matilda" has more problems than that to face to with younger children. It even had more terrible problems to face with than "Bridge to Terabithia" did.
Say, if you took your kids to a terrible school or a school that was not right for them. That is not the right thing to do. This movie sends in this message. No one should ever feel abused, neglected, rejected etc. to family, friends, or even teachers. If friends want to do this to others like this movie behavior, then I suggest they go @$!% off. And you can have the right to tell them that. If teacher or a principal wants to be a stupid jerk to you and your parents don't believe you, you can go call 911 right away. If this movie teaches you any horrible problems like throwing kids out of the building, hurting their feelings, playing mean, nasty crap like this, fine, be aggressive and get the thing you want most. Run away. Call 911. Like I'm saying this movie does not give a good message to children. And trying to neglect your kids, parents, would you want to neglect your kids, because you don't like them? Bottom line is you're suppose to like your kids. Not that. You're suppose to LOVE them no matter what.
Overall, "Matilda" is very harsh for your kids. Parents should know what they should be getting into before letting their kids watch this movie. If you want a better movie for your five year old, yeah it can deal with some heavy issues, but at least much more appropriate, even though it lacks the youngest theme for a G-rated film, you should watch "Ratatouille." Yeah, a rat gets separated from his family after close to getting shot by an old lady, but at least, he helped a terrible cook become a much better cook than before.
Great! September 30, 2007
Kaitlin Balistrieri
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got the movie in a timely fashion and It is an awesome movie from my child hood!! I love it!!
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