Matilda uses her telekinesis to pretend to be the vengeful ghost of Honey's father, then destroys all the Chokeys and throws Trunchbull out of the school. The other song is Thurston Harris' " Little Bitty Pretty One", played when Matilda is learning to control her telekinetic powers.

Fortunately, she’ll have the help of the lovely Miss Honey (Lashana Lynch), a kind teacher who sees herself in Matilda. The film received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for Outstanding British Film and Best Makeup and Hair at the 76th British Academy Film Awards.He continued: "Sony isn’t a streamer, and therefore retained the rights to release the movie in the UK in the traditional manner. Jacqueline Steiger as Amanda Thripp; Matilda's timid classmate who has pigtails which Miss Trunchbull hates. And since most children have at one time or another felt that their parents are not nice enough to them, they may also enjoy the portrait of Matilda's parents. However, fans outside the UK who are desperate to watch the movie from the comfort of their own home will be pleased to learn that Netflix is distributing the movie across its streaming service around the world on 25th December 2022.

I know not everyone can afford it, but if you can, and you’re a fan of the musical, I do think being in the UK – the only place in the world where it got a proper cinema release is a good thing. They are a couple of ghastly nouveau-riche provincials who probably betray Roald Dahl’s snobbery, but who also surely inspired Harry Potter’s Muggle aunt and uncle, the Dursleys. Phelps; the librarian who gives books to Matilda and is fascinated by and encourages her love of reading. His TV work includes starring as Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire, a stint on Line of Duty and he can currently be seen alongside Sean Bean in BBC One drama Time. Suzie Wilson was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 1995 during filming, and later died on April 27, 1996, four months before the film's release.

Desperate to leave, the parents sign the adoption papers and Matilda lives happily with Miss Honey, who becomes the new principal of Crunchem Hall and the two eventually becomes a loving family. The girl that gave the Curly Wurly to Matilda was played by Ella Chadwick, who got David Walliams' golden buzzer with the signing choir Sign Along With Us on series 14 of Britain's Got Talent. The movie has secured a stellar cast, which includes Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull, Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey and Alisha Weir as Matilda. In November 2019, DeVito said that he "always wanted to" develop a sequel to Matilda, [24] adding that a potential sequel could star Matilda's child, due to Wilson having grown up following the film's release. Pam Ferris as Agatha Trunchbull; Jennifer Honey's abusive aunt, and also the cruel and selfish principal at Crunchem Hall; she is a former Olympian athlete, and uses her strengths— shot put, hammer throw, and javelin—to hurt the children at the school.

As she swung her around, the centrifugal force grew too great and tore the top part of Ferris' finger, requiring seven or eight stitches.

Matilda is a 1996 American fantasy comedy film co-produced and directed by Danny DeVito from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. In the plot, Matilda Wormwood (Weir), who is neglected and mistreated by her parents (Graham and Riseborough), develops psychokinetic abilities to deal with Miss Trunchbull (Thompson), the ruthless and cruel headmistress of Crunchem Hall School. Musical fans have waited five months for the movie to be released in the UK on the streaming service. Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical review – all-singing, hall-dancing adaptation is by the book brilliance".