What makes this version of Matilda stand out like the smartest kid in the class is that this is Dahl’s beloved 1988 story filtered through the songs of Tim Minchin, and then transferred to the stage, resulting in a seemingly unanimous critical and commercial response. We’ve already had a muted Spielberg attempt at doing Dahl with The BFG, and that was followed by Robert Zemeckis’ hollow eyed take on The Witches, while Timothée Chalamet has been dancing along the Cornish coast in a top hat filming Chocolate Factory prequel Wonka. Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results.Īre we now calling this the Roald Dahl Cinematic Universe? The opening titles seem to think so, giving Matilda an exciting new golden ticket logo to suggest that there’s more to come from the darkness flecked pages of the author’s uniquely marvellous world. Starring Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch, Emma Thompson, Andrea Riseborough, Stephen Graham, and Sindhu VeeĪn adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical.
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