Matilda

2022 · 117 min · dir. Matthew Warchus

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, or simply Matilda the Musical, is a 2022 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Matthew Warchus and written by Dennis Kelly. It is based on the stage musical by Tim Minchin and Kelly, which in turn was based on Matilda by Roald Dahl. The second film adaptation of the novel, after Matilda (1996), it stars Alisha Weir as the title character, with Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Sindhu Vee, and Emma Thompson. In the plot, Matilda Wormwood (Weir), neglected and mistreated by her parents, develops psychokinetic abilities to deal with the injustices of life, as well as Miss Trunchbull (Thompson), the ruthless and cruel headmistress of Crunchem Hall School. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.