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Matilda
PG

Matilda

Um pouco de magia vai um longo caminho.

1996 • 98 min • Comedy · Family · Fantasy

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Best from age 7
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4886 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
  • 72 Audience · 4884 · 49%

Matilda, uma garota jovem muito inteligente e negligenciada, descobre um dom especial. Com a ajuda de uma professora gentil e amigos, ela usa seus poderes para enfrentar seus pais cruéis e a aterrorizante diretora da escola.

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

Heads up

  • Crianças são maltratadas por adultos
  • Breves momentos de perigo e ameaça mágica
  • Algum humor de nojo

What it models well

  • Inteligência e aprendizado são poderosos
  • Defender a si mesmo e aos outros
  • Importância da gentileza e empatia
  • Encontrando sua família escolhida

Talk about it after

  • Como Matilda usa sua inteligência
  • Lidando com situações injustas
  • A diferença entre bons e maus exemplos
  • O poder da amizade

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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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