Matilda (1996 film)

Matilda is a 1996 American fantasy comedy film directed by Danny DeVito. The screenplay by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord is based on Roald Dahls novel of the same name. The film was released by TriStar Pictures on August 2, 1996 and stars Mara Wilson, DeVito who also serves as the narrator, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, and Pam Ferris.

At age sixandahalf, Matilda begins to lose patience with her parents, expressing a desire to go to school. In retaliation to her father constantly berating her, she adds hydrogen peroxide to his hair tonic, turning his hair an unhealthy blonde. He takes his children to his workshop, where he reveals that the cars he sells are faulty. Matilda accuses him of being dishonest and he belittles her, so she responds by putting supersuperglue on his hat, forcing Zinnia to cut it off of his head. She reads a borrowed library copy of MobyDick, which Harry rips up while her family watches television. When he forces her to watch with them, she grows increasingly angry and the television set suddenly explodes.Agatha Trunchbull Pam Ferris is the tyrannical principal of a rundown elementary school, Crunchem Hall. Harry enrolls Matilda there, where she befriends several children and learns of Trunchbulls violent nature and overtly harsh punishments of the students. Matildas teacher, Jennifer Honey Embeth Davidtz, is a kind woman who adores her class and takes an immediate liking to Matilda. She requests to Trunchbull that Matilda be moved up to a higher class, but Trunchbull refuses. That night, Miss Honey pays the Wormwoods a visit to encourage them to spend more time with Matilda, but they snub her. Meanwhile, Matilda discovers that her family is under surveillance by FBI agents Bob and Bill Paul Reubens and Tracey Walter respectively due to her fathers illegal dealings, but her parents refuse to believe her, as Zinnia thinks they are ace power speedboat salesmen. ........

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