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Matilda
PG

Matilda

Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.

1996 • 98 min • Comedy · Family · Fantasy

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Our family guide

Best from age 7
86
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4886 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
  • 72 Audience · 4884 · 49%

Matilda, msichana mdogo mwerevu sana na aliyepuuzwa, anagundua kipaji maalum. Kwa msaada wa mwalimu mkarimu na marafiki, anatumia nguvu zake kuwakabili wazazi wake katili na mkuu wa shule wa kutisha.

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

Heads up

  • Watoto wananyanyaswa na watu wazima
  • Nyakati fupi za hatari na vitisho vya kichawi
  • Vichekesho vya kutia kichefuchefu

What it models well

  • Akili na kujifunza ni muhimu sana
  • Kujitetea mwenyewe na wengine
  • Umuhimu wa wema na huruma
  • Kupata familia uliyoichagua

Talk about it after

  • Jinsi Matilda anavyotumia akili yake
  • Kukabiliana na hali zisizo za haki
  • Tofauti kati ya mifano mizuri na mibaya
  • Nguvu ya urafiki

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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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