Matilda

Matilda1996

Director: Danny DeVito
Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 102 minutes

First, the Iranian scholar Azar Nafisi of Johns Hopkins University discusses exile from her nation and teaching Western literature in Tehran after the revolution. Then, professor Harold Bloom of Yale University talks about Shakespeare's Hamlet. Last… more »



The Trunchbull:
Yippie! Got you right in the neck! [cackles] Yes! You... [Miss Honey knocks on the door] Come in, come in, whoever you are! [Miss Honey opens the door, and nearly gets hit by one of the Trunchbull's darts] Almost got you. Good to see you, Jen. Good, good, good. Time for one of our little "heart-to-hearts"?

Miss Honey:
Actually, it's about the new girl in my class, Ms. Trunchbull, Matilda Wormwood.

The Trunchbull:
Her father says she's a real wart.

Miss Honey:
A what?

The Trunchbull:
A carbuncle, a blister, a festering pustule of malignant ooze.

Miss Honey:
Oh, no, Matilda Wormwood is a very sweet girl, and very bright.

The Trunchbull:
[incredulous] A "bright child"?

Miss Honey:
Yes. She can multiply large sums in her head.

The Trunchbull:
So can a calculator.

Miss Honey:
Well, I think she might be happier in an older, and more advanced class...

The Trunchbull:
[sneers] Ah, I knew it! You can't handle the little viper, so you're trying to foist her off onto one of the other teachers!

Miss Honey:
No, no, no, Ms. Trunchbull...

The Trunchbull:
Yes! Typical, slothful cowardice! Listen to me, Jen. [grabs a shot put] The distance the shot put goes depends upon the effort you put into it... perspiration! If you can't handle the little brat, I'LL LOCK HER IN THE CHOKEY!! EEEERRRAAAGH!!!! [as she throws the shot-put across the room potentially to puncture it] Get it?

Miss Honey:
[terrified] Yes, ma'am.

The Trunchbull:
One day, Jen, you'll see that everything I do is for your own good. And the good of those putrescent little children! [shoves Miss Honey out of her office and throws darts at the pictures on the door]

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