Description:

A grouchy couple are parents to a very sweet girl, Matilda. Unlike her bratty brother and mean parents, Matilda becomes a very sweet and extremely intelligent 6 year old girl, who is very keen to go to school and read books. After a while, her parents send her to school with the worst principal in the world, a very sweet teacher, and good friends. While trying to put up with her parents' and principal's cruelty, she starts to unwittingly unleash telekinetic powers, destroying a television and making a newt fly onto the principal. With enough practice, Matilda starts to learn to control her telekinetic powers and soon using them on her principal so she can drive her away from the school.

Directed By:

Danny DeVito

Written By:

Roald Dahl (book), Nicholas Kazan (screenplay) |1 more credit

Genres:

Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Release Date:

2 August 1996 (USA)

Language:

English

Runtime:

98 min

Origin/Country:

USA

Shooting Location:

2186 East Crary Street, Altadena, California, USA