A grouchy couple are parents to a very sweet girl, Matilda. Unlike her bratty brother and mean parents, Matilda becomes a very sweet and extremely intelligent 6 year old girl, who is very keen to go to school and read books. After a while, her parents send her to school with the worst principal in the world, a very sweet teacher, and good friends. While trying to put up with her parents' and principal's cruelty, she starts to unwittingly unleash telekinetic powers, destroying a television and making a newt fly onto the principal. With enough practice, Matilda starts to learn to control her telekinetic powers and soon using them on her principal so she can drive her away from the school. | ||
| Title | : | Matilda |
| Release Date | : | 1996-08-02 |
| Runtime | : | |
| Production Countries | : | United States of America, |
| Production Co. | : | Jersey Films TriStar Pictures |
| Genres | : | Comedy, Family, Fantasy, |
| Casts | : | Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Embeth Davidtz, Rhea Perlman, Pam Ferris, Paul Reubens, Tracey Walter, Brian Levinson, Kiami Davael, |
| Plot Keywords | : | parents kids relationship, difficult childhood, telekinesis, child prodigy, childhood trauma, school, teacher student relationship, |
| Alternative Titles | : | Matylda Roald Dahl's Matilda |
