1996年8月2日 · Matilda: Directed by Danny DeVito. With Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz. A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from …

Matilda (1996) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

At school, Matilda makes friends but discovers Trunchbull's harsh punishments of the students, while Matilda's teacher, Miss Jennifer Honey (Embeth Davidtz), takes a liking to Matilda due to her intelligence.

Matilda: The Musical: Directed by Matthew Warchus. With Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham. An adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical.

Matilda: Directed by Danny DeVito. With Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz. A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from …

When Matilda's father comes home and finds his wife entertaining two men, he says that he should find dinner on the table without having to "wade through a convention of male strippers". When Matilda's mother is on the phone to her friend, …

The picture of Miss Honey's father, Magnus, is a portrait of Roald Dahl, the author of the book Matilda, on which the film is based. Mara Wilson was so self-conscious about dancing for the "Little Bitty Pretty One" sequence that Danny DeVito …

Matilda perfectly captures what it is like to be an intelligent person, trapped in the body of a child, and surrounded by idiots who control far too much of your life. The notion that bad people (even adults) deserve to be punished for their evil ways (even by children) is truly subversive.

Matilda: Matilda! Harry Wormwood: Whatever. Matilda: I want to stay with Miss Honey. Zinnia Wormwood: Miss Honey doesn't want you. Why would she want some snotty, disobedient kid? Jenny: Because she's a spectacularly wonderful child and I love her. Matilda: Adopt me, Miss Honey! You can adopt me.

At the age of nine, Mara was cast in the lead role in the film adaptation of Roald Dahls book, Matilda (1996). Sadly, during filming, Mara lost her beloved mother to breast cancer but she bravely pushed ahead with the film, much to the amazement and admiration of her adult co-stars.