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In 2000, it received the Blue Peter Book Award. [8] In 2003, Matilda was listed at number 74 in The Big Read, a BBC poll of the British public of the top 200 novels of all time. [1] In 2012 Matilda was ranked number 30 on a list of the top 100 children's novels published by School Library Journal, a monthly with
Matilda Wormwood, also known by her adoptive name Matilda Honey, is the title character of the bestselling 1988 children's novel Matilda by Roald Dahl.She is a highly precocious five and a half (six and a half in the 1996 film) year old girl who has a passion for reading books.
Roald Dahl's classic children's book is now a movie musical on Netflix. Here are all the key differences between the original novel, the 1996 film, stage adaptation, and 2022 movie musical.
Miss Agatha Trunchbull is the fictional headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary School (or Elementary School), and the main antagonist in Roald Dahl's 1988 novel Matilda and its adaptations: the 1996 film Matilda (played by Pam Ferris), the 2011 musical, and the 2022 musical film adaptation (played by Emma Thompson).
And while many fans remember the story of a bright young girl with secret telekinetic powers who enrolls in a school run by a tyrannical headteacher from Danny DeVito's 1996 Matilda film, the ...
Matelda, also spelled Matilda, a character from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy; Matilda, a comic strip character from Dennis the Menace and Gnasher; Matilda, a house robot in Robot Wars; Matilda Quinn, a character in the 2019 comic series Chrononauts: Futureshock; Matilda Wormwood, title character of Roald Dahl's novel Matilda
Animated films based on works by Roald Dahl (6 P) Pages in category "Films based on works by Roald Dahl" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
On Rotten Tomatoes, Matilda has an approval rating of 92% based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Danny DeVito-directed version of Matilda is odd, charming, and while the movie diverges from Roald Dahl, it nonetheless captures the book's spirit". [20]