Matilda (1996)
Starring Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Embeth Davidtz, Rhea Perlman, Pam Ferris, Paul Reubens, Tracey Walter, Brian Levinson, Kiami Davael, Jimmy Karz, Mark Watson, Sara Magdalin, Fred Parnes, Joshua Alvarez, Max E. Blum, Anthony Hernandez, Raina Cease, Kayla Fredericks, Donna Spangler, Sabrina Bryan, Trevor Coppola
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An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.
My review · Reviewed 09/14/2018
For me this film was a mixed bag. It was cute on many levels and my kids seemed to enjoy it. That said... I don't get why it needed to be that dark (and I LOVE dark movies). I was more than a little surprised at the amount of violence against and by children. I firmly subscribe to the Carline-eque notion that if your best argument is "what about the children" you don't have much of an argument. However, this is a movie aimed at families and kids. I can't remember another movie where the message is that maybe you'll get magical powers to punish an adult and maybe someone will come along that will replace your awful family.