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Matilda
PG

Matilda

Les adultes n'ont qu'à bien se tenir.

1996 • 98 min • Comedy · Family · Fantasy

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Best from age 7
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  • 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
  • 72 Audience · 4884 · 49%

Matilda, une jeune fille très intelligente et négligée, découvre un don spécial. Avec l'aide d'une gentille institutrice et de ses amis, elle utilise ses pouvoirs pour tenir tête à ses parents cruels et à la terrifiante directrice de l'école.

Violence & peril
3/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
1/10
Romance & sensuality
0/10
Scary moments
4/10

Heads up

  • Des enfants sont maltraités par des adultes
  • De brefs moments de péril et de menace magique
  • Quelques gags un peu "grossiers"

What it models well

  • L'intelligence et l'apprentissage sont puissants
  • Défendre ses propres droits et ceux des autres
  • L'importance de la gentillesse et de l'empathie
  • Trouver sa famille de cœur

Talk about it after

  • Comment Matilda utilise son intelligence
  • Faire face aux situations injustes
  • La différence entre les bons et les mauvais modèles
  • Le pouvoir de l'amitié

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Top billed cast

Director: Danny DeVito • Crew: Nicholas Kazan, Robin Swicord

Trailers & clips

Theatrical Trailer (35mm)

Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

**An excellent family comedy with some social criticism in the mix.** The film is one of the most famous family comedies of the 1990s, adapting the story of the same name by Roald Dahl for the screen, where a girl, who was born into an idiotic family unable to understand it, decides to win the right to go to school and to learn, which their parents do not value.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

Hold on to this gem tightly, because movies like _Matilda_ will probably never get made again. _Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite._

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Details

TMDB audience
7.2/10 (4,884)
Age rating
PG
Status
Released
Budget
$36,000,000
Box office
$33,500,000
IMDb
tt0117008

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