Another major difference from the novel is that the 1996 movie almost completely removed the character of Mrs. Phelps, who ...

M any millennials have warm, nostalgic feelings toward Matilda. The movie follows an extraordinarily smart young girl (Mara Wilson) who lives with parents (Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman) who don't ...

MATILDA THE MUSICAL Movie Reaches #2 on Netflix's Most-Watched Films List by Michael Major - January 3, 2023. Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical danced onto Netflix's most-watched films list in ...

For a movie that bristles with more revolutionary fervor than Dahl’s quieter, more inward-focused story, “Matilda the Musical” could use a little messier, more rambunctious energy.

Matilda is the most successful film adaptation of a Roald Dahl book ever, but it almost didn't happen. After being disappointed by the 1971 movie version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ...

Dahl's Matilda was published in 1988. A movie adaptation was made in 1996, directed by and starring Danny DeVito. He played the father of Matilda, who was portrayed by Mara Wilson.

In Danny DeVito's 1996 movie of "Matilda," Trunchbull was portrayed by actress Pam Ferris. But in the stage musical, the character was primarily played by men dressed as women.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4 (UPI) --The legacy of Matilda has lasted longer than the movie's release in 1996 as more and more families discovered it on video, ultimately inspiring a stage musical that has ...

Netflix's "Matilda: The Musical" is just the latest adaptation of a story we all know and love.It's a movie musical, based on a stage musical, based on a book by Roald Dahl, which has also been ...

Matthew Warchus Discusses LFF Opener 'Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical,' Emma Thompson, ... Yeah, I think that’s right. I think it’s very unusual, even to be opening with a family movie.

Movie Review: ‘Matilda’ dances exuberantly onto the screen and into your heart Dec. 21, 2022 Updated Thu., Dec. 22, 2022 at 3:05 p.m. Emma Thompson, left, stars as Miss Trunchbull and Alisha ...