Matilda (1996) Hey what's up guys. Today
I'll show you a fantasy-comedy film: "Matilda"! Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care!
The movie starts with the birth of Matilda to a couple. However, her parents aren't happy to have
her. They drive back home, with Matilda carelessly strapped in her baby carrier. The family arrives
at their nice neighborhood and in their nice house. but we can easily tell that they're
not very nice people. The couple are selfish, and barely gave Matilda any attention. Despite this,
Matilda grew up to be an extraordinary child. By 2 years old, Matilda's excellent at taking care
of herself, since she couldn't rely on her parents or her older brother. Every morning, her family
would leave. The brother went to school. her father went to their car shop to sell used cars;
while her mother, would leave to play bingo, leaving Matilda on her own at home,
which is exactly how she likes it. By 4 years old, Matilda has read all
of the magazines they had in the house. She asks her father for a book, but he refuses,
pointing out that she can just watch their television. Matilda realizes that whatever
she needs, she'll have to get herself. So one day, she pulls out their yellow book,
to check out the address for the nearest library. From then on, every day after her family leaves,
Matilda will walk 10 blocks to visit the library. Eventually, she finishes all of the books in the
children's section. At this point, the librarian takes notice of her, and tells her that she can
bring books home if she has her library card. The books become her solace, and give her a hopeful
and comforting message, 'you're not alone'. One night, the father enters Matilda's room
to ask about his packages. He notices the books littering her floor, and asks where she got them.
She tells him that she has borrowed them from the library. This confuses her father,
since Matilda couldn't have set foot in a library, since he thinks she's still only 4 years old.
Matilda reminds him she's already 6 and a half. He disagrees since if she was 6 years old,
then she should be in school. He grabs her by her arm, and drags her
to their bedroom, where he asks his wife what age Matilda is. The mother also states that Matilda
is only 4 years old. Matilda repeats that she wants to go to school, but her parents scoff.
The wife whispers to her husband that she thinks something's wrong with Matilda. They don't
understand how outstanding their daughter is. The father gets home with exciting news. To brag
to his family, he has the son get a pen and paper, so he can jot down the prices of the cars he has
sold that day. He asks his son to compute the total profit he had, and Matilda immediately
answers, while her brother is still struggling to jot down the numbers. The father accuses Matilda
of peeking at his paper, and she points out that she's too far to see it. He insists that there's
no way Matilda could add the numbers in her head, and presses that she's cheating. Embarrassed,
the father tells her that a bad person needs to be taught a lesson. He grabs Matilda by the ear,
to take her to her room. Since her father said that a bad person should be taught a lesson,
Matilda takes this as a reason, to punish her parents for being bad.
The next day, Matilda sneaks into her parent's bedroom, and replaces her father's hair
tonic with her mother's hydrogen peroxide, and unintentionally bleaches his hair. We also find
out that the packages the father gets each day, are stolen car parts he had bought. Unknown to the
family, FBI agents are watching the house, taking photo evidence of the father's dirty dealings.
The father takes Matilda and her brother to their car shop, to teach them his illegal ways.
He boasts about a car he bought for 100 dollars, with bumpers falling off and the transmission
shot. but he tells them that he'll sell it for 10, 000 dollars. He shows the kids how
to stick the bumper using super, super glue, and confesses that they should weld them on,
but that would take time, equipment, and money. He also shows them how he uses sawdust to quiet
the gears of the transmission, which allows the engine to run for a couple of miles.
Matilda calls her father out, but he declares that nobody ever got rich by being honest.
He also shows them how to dial back the speedometer, with the use of a drill. Unable
to stand her father's way, Matilda accuses him of being a crook. He asks if she has money and a job.
She argues that people need good cars. The father explains that he's smart,
and she's dumb. He's big while Matilda's little. He's right, which makes her wrong,
and there's nothing she can do about it. The mother arrives in her car, announcing that
she won double bingo, and she will be taking the whole family to Cafe Le Ritz. Matilda hands
over her father's hat, before getting inside the car. It seems as punishment for his crooked ways,
she had brushed the inside of the hat with the super, super glue. When they arrive at the cafe,
The mother instructs him to take his ridiculous hat off. He attempts to, but realizes that the
hat won't budge. she thinks he doesn't want to, and explains that it's a nice place,
so he shouldn't wear a hat inside. He repeats that he can't take it off.
Tired, she states that nobody will care what his hair looks like, and tries to take his hat off
for him. but she also has a hard time. From all the tugging, The mother only takes off the brim
of his hat. She falls back on a neighboring table, while the father slams onto a waiter,
and then falls onto the dessert table. A cake falls onto the brother's plate, covering him with
ice, while a perfectly good fruit tart lands on Matilda's plate, which she immediately eats.
Back at home, the father is extremely upset, insisting that he wants respect,
as The mother finally cuts his hat off. He tells the whole family that he wants them to
do exactly what he says, as soon as he says it. He instructs them to eat dinner and watch TV.
Matilda doesn't take him seriously, and continues reading Moby Dick. He turns his attention to her,
and asks her if she's part of the family. He then grabs the book from her hand, and starts
ripping it apart, calling it trash. He forces her to watch a game show on the television. In anger,
Matilda accidentally causes the television set to explode, with the use of her mind.
At work, The father sells a car to Trunchbull, the principal of a Elementary School, and gets Matilda
admitted as a student. When he gets home, he tells Matilda that she's finally going to school
the next day, and she hugs him in delight. Matilda meets two of her classmates at school.
She finds out that Trunchbull used to be in the Olympics, where she trained for shot put, javelin,
and hammer throw, with hammer throw being her specialty. one classmate tells her that the hammer
throw is better than being put in the chokey, which is a tall, narrow hole in the wall behind
a door, with broken glasses and nails sticking out on its walls. She witnessed first-hand just
how frightening Trunchbull is, after watching her swing a classmate of hers around by her pigtails,
just because she didn't like them. She also meets Miss Honey, her teacher,
who immediately takes notice of Matilda's intelligence, after hearing her answer a
multiplication question with ease. Miss Honey attempts to convince Trunchbull to allow Matilda
to advance a class, since her class would be too easy for her. Trunchbull thinks Miss Honey is
being too lazy, and is trying to unload Matilda to another teacher; so she refuses, wanting
Miss Honey to deal with Matilda instead. That evening, Miss Honey visits Matilda's home,
and meets her family to convince them of Matilda's potential, because of how bright she is.
She quickly realizes that the couple couldn't care less, especially after
hearing the mother talk about how having a good look is preferable to knowledge, since it lands
you a nice house and a wonderful husband. Trunchbull calls for an assembly at school,
and accuses a fat boy of sneaking into the school kitchen, and eating a personal snack of hers. The
fat boy denies this, which angers her more. She makes the whole school watch, as she forces him
to eat an enormous chocolate cake as punishment. The children cheer him on, which gives him enough
strength to finish the whole thing. Since her punishment doesn't go as planned, Trunchbull
announces that everybody will have to stay 5 hours after school, and copy from the dictionary.
When Matilda finally gets home, her father is angry at how late she came home.
She explains what Trunchbull made them do; but he refuses to believe her; and since she
wasn't at home, his packages were left out on the front porch. The mother declares it isn't
fair that he gets all the packages. He clarifies they aren't just packages, but rather car parts,
and he doesn't want them to be sent to the office, in case cops are keeping an eye out there.
Matilda points out that he doesn't have to worry, since the cops are watching the house instead.
They don't believe her, with her mother insisting that they're speedboat salesmen.
While playing with her friends, the classmate announces that she found a frog.
Everybody hurries next to her, and they find out that it's a newt. Trunchbull arrives with the car
Matilda's father sold her, acting up. Seething, she zeroes in on Matilda, and punishes her by
locking her in the chokey, since she thinks her father sold her a faulty car, which he did.
the classmate runs to Miss Honey, to inform her of what Trunchbull did to Matilda. but the
whole class is in a frenzy, since Trunchbull has informed Miss Honey at the last minute,
that she'll be taking over her class that day. They try to hide anything that Trunchbull will
find, as too fun and too colorful. Miss Honey orders the classmate to prepare a pitcher of
water for Trunchbull. the classmate decides this is the perfect opportunity to punish Trunchbull,
and adds the newly caught newt to the pitcher. Miss Honey finally notices Matilda missing when
Trunchbull arrives. She asks the classmate where Matilda is, and the girl gestures that Matilda
is locked inside the chokey. While Trunchbull is ridiculing her class, Miss Honey leaves to
free Matilda. She brings her back to the class, which surprises Trunchbull. After pestering one
of the boys, she pours herself a glass of water. She doesn't notice the newt swimming around. The
whole class whispers and laughs, which prompts her to look down in her glass, and see the newt.
Matilda informs her that it's a newt and not a snake.
Trunchbull directs her anger at Matilda, and accuses her of putting the newt in her water.
Matilda defends herself; but Trunchbull tells her that she'll punish her still,
since she's big and Matilda's small; she's right while Matilda's wrong, and there's nothing she can
do about it. As Trunchbull continues insulting Matilda and her family, she grows furious,
and telepathically tips the glass over, causing the newt to fall onto Trunchbull's chest.
While the class takes a break, Matilda stays behind, to confess to Miss Honey
that she did tip the glass over with her eyes. She tries to prove it by pouring another glass,
and attempting to move it. but since she's not over-emotional this time, nothing happens.
Miss Honey invites her to come over to her place instead, so they can talk.
Miss Honey shares her story with Matilda. It turns out, when she was 2 years old,
her mother died. Because of this, her father invited his wife's stepsister, Trunchbull,
to live with them and look after her. but Trunchbull was abusive. Her father died when she
was 5 years old; and the police rule it suicide. He supposedly left everything to Trunchbull.
Matilda comments that Miss Honey was very brave, but she denies this.
Matilda states that she thought adults weren't afraid of anything; but Miss Honey corrects her,
and reveals that they get scared just like children do. She wonders out loud what Trunchbull
is afraid of. On their way to Matilda's home, they come across Trunchbull, who's getting ready
to go to the gym. Matilda convinces Miss Honey to get her stuff back since Trunchbull left.
Inside, they find the changes Trunchbull has done with the house, one being replacing Miss
Honey's father's portrait with her own. They also find Miss Honey's old room,
which is filled with cobwebs, and other portraits of her family. They hear Trunchbull return, since
the car Matilda's father sold her, has given up. While she's raging at the father over the phone,
she notices her chocolate box open, which used to be Miss Honey's father's chocolate box.
This alerts her that someone else is in the house with her. The two narrowly escape Trunchbull,
as Miss Honey distracts her several times, to ensure that Matilda isn't discovered.
Outside, Miss Honey makes Matilda promise her that she'll never go back in again.
Back at home, Matilda finds her mother entertaining the FBI agents.
She repeats that they're cops, while her mother insists that they're speedboat salesmen.
The father catches his wife flirting with the FBI agents, and gets angry.
The mother dramatically walks out, claiming that she needs to talk to other people,
other than their kids. Matilda takes this as the best time to practice her telepathic abilities,
and asks her father to yell at her. Since he's angry, he takes it out on Matilda.
after the scolding, she successfully slams her door shut with her mind.
Matilda realizes that her father's ranting and raving are the keys to her powers. To unlock
her full potential, all she has to do is practice. Every time she wants to move something, she thinks
of every insult she has gotten from her parents, her brother, and even Trunchbull. She starts
practicing, by moving a box of cereal to prepare herself breakfast, and eventually controlling
numerous objects with little to no effort. FBI agents break into their garage; and Matilda
catches them. She warns them that they'll get into a lot of trouble, since they entered their
property without a search warrant. She informs them that she read a constitutional law book,
and knows that if they don't have one, they either lose their job or go to federal prison.
They tell her that it's her father who'll end up in prison, and she in an orphanage.
While pointing out that their car is rolling down the street, she telepathically steals the
tape they have of her father, to buy the man more time to come to his senses.
With her power in control, Matilda returns to Trunchbull's house to retrieve Miss Honey's doll,
and attempts to scare Trunchbull away. She almost succeeds; but Trunchbull realizes it's all
Matilda's doing, when she finds the girl's hair ribbon. The next day, Matilda finally convinces
Miss Honey she has powers. Trunchbull makes another surprise visit to their class. This
time to make Matilda confess that she was the one, who was terrorizing Trunchbull.
Matilda telepathically writes a message on the blackboard, posing as the vengeful ghost of Miss
Honey's father, and accusing Trunchbull of killing him. In anger, Trunchbull attacks the students;
but Matilda protects them, and they drive Trunchbull out of town; and due to the fear,
she disappears forever. With Trunchbull gone, Miss Honey moves back into her father's house,
with Matilda regularly visiting her. Later, The family arrive in front of Miss Honey's
house, to take Matilda and flee the country, since it seems the FBI has uncovered enough
evidence to bring the father in. Matilda refuses, suggesting that Miss Honey adopt her instead.
Her parents are doubtful at first, with the mother telling Matilda she's the only daughter she ever
had. but she never understood her one little bit, so she decides she'll sign the papers.
It is the nicest and most decent thing the couple has ever done for their daughter. The father warns
Miss Honey not to seek support for Matilda; and she reassures them that they'll get by.
Matilda and Miss Honey finally get the family they've always wanted. Miss Honey ends up being
the new principal of the Elementary School; and since Matilda is happy with Miss Honey, she never
has to use her telepathic powers for defense again, except when she wants to use them for
fun. The movie ends with Matilda reading Moby Dick out loud to Miss Honey, as a bedtime story!
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