A young girl with special abilities is able to fight the odds, despite having to deal with her terrible parents and other adult bullies/abusers.
Harry Wormwood: For being a smart aleck! When a person is bad, that person has to be taught a lesson!
Matilda: Person?
Harry Wormwood: Get up, get up...
Narrator: Harry Wormwood had unintentionally given his daughter the first practical advice she could use. He had meant to say, "When a child is bad." Instead, he said, "When a person is bad", and thereby introduced a revolutionary idea: that children could punish their parents. Only when they deserved it, of course.
(IMDb/Matilda)
Director: Danny DeVito
Writer(s): Roald Dahl (Author of the book), Nicholas Kazan (Screenplay), Robin Swicord (Screenplay)
Actor(s)/Actresses: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz, & Pam Ferris
Year of Release: 1996
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