When Bernie confronts Kathleen outside her apartment, one dog (the bloodhound) follows her up the steps when she goes back inside.
In the next shot, it is back down at the bottom of the steps with Bernie.
Matilda is a brilliant example of how to adapt a kids' book while still keeping it entertaining for adults. That's always a little easier with Roald Dahl books, since he uses some adult elements in his stories, but Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord did a great job of adapting that book to make a solid movie for young and old.
Matilda Wormwood is a gifted child who loves to learn, but is suppressed by her stupid and ignorant family. Things look up when she is allowed to go to Crunchem Hall School, but there she meets the principal, the dreaded Miss Trunchbull Matilda is a beautiful movie, a kind of weird cross between Anne Of Green Gables and Carrie, but with a terrific children's message of rebellion against selfish, bullying adults.
I am writing this review with my 6-year old son who saw this movie and wants to communicate this:"The ending is pretty happy. But Miss Trunchbull is too scary and mean and disgusting.
I've come to realize that re-watching my beloved child hood movies is a bad idea. After rewatching them I see exactly how poor my taste in movies was.
My brother took me to this back in the 70s, and I loved it. And only recently found it again.
Watching this with all my family friends together on Netflix was a great time we were all in our teens but I had a great time watching this when I was six years old and as a twelve year old. This movie has a nice plot and feels like a great adaptation of Ronald's book, the cast is believable, the comedy and the mother daughter relationship between Matilda and her teacher is even better.
Matilda was a 90's gem.It's a very softcore movie about neglecting of a mutant-child who has the ability of telekinisis.
'Matilda' is something of a guilty pleasure for me and I'm sure I'm not the only fully-grown adult who finds this film hilarious. It's a kids film through and through, but I've always found it very funny and can never resist putting it on when I see it flicking through the channels.
