reacting to the new MATILDA soundtrack | Matilda (2022) Netflix movie musical album review

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OHMYGOD HEY!
Ever since I saw the new film adaptation of MATILDA the musical at the cinema earlier this month I've had its exciting, updated soundtrack in my head.
The album features music and lyrics by Tim Minchin with vocal performances from Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch and more!
Check out today's brand new reaction video for my thoughts listening to these songs for the first time since seeing them performed in the film!
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[@harryjapes3427]

Lashana Lynch would make an amazing Eliza Hamilton, her doing Take a Break and Burn would be insane

[@yeojiherrscherofswifties3645]

Helpless too!

[@AeronJames]

Completely obsessed with Lashana Lynch’s performance! 😁

[@francescablacknell4521]

Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey was perfect! Such warmth in her vocals and characterisation, she absolutely embodies everything we as nerdy shy children love about her. And Revolting Children, both versions, are on my workout playlist because it really gets you going. Revolting Children followed by World Burn from Mean Girls is a powerful workout!

[@danielrobinson7350]

Lashana Lynch as Fantine would be heartbreaking.

[@meaghannitchals]

my husband and I both cried with how beautiful "Still Holding My Hand" is. Even after listening to it several times I have trouble singing it without getting super emotional.

[@vegacore101]

SAME!!! Watching the Musical Movie on Netflix nearly made me cry nearly thrice. ESPECIALLY the final song you mentioned.

[@chaotic_lesbian]

I always loved quiet because it kinda felt like my anxiety (except when I got to the quiet it wasn't peaceful) and it always felt very cathartic to listen to

[@NicoNeoX]

Same vibes but for me it describes sensory overload due to autism, it's the only song I've found that can perfectly describe how I feel, especially "if inside my head, I'm just a bit different from some of my friends" line and the "the noise in my head is incredibly loud" line

[@chaotic_lesbian]

yeah I get that as well, it can be really hard with sensory overload, especially explaining it to people

[@adamcooper55]

I was not ready for Still Holding My Hand. I'm a sobbing mess every time. God this film/musical is so brilliantly done.

[@zoharamitai8719]

I literally cried through My house. The way they showed the escapolgist and the acrobat scenes and then retracted the scenes from I'm Here with young Miss Honey. And then Still Holding my hand

[@MissSamiexx]

Completely burst into tears watching “still holding my hand”…I’m not a film crier. But this film made me cry 3 times.

[@jwindsor6274]

i love all the new orchestrations in every song!! they make them sound even more beautiful!! and even though i'm sad they cut telly and loud, im SO HAPPY they put mr and mrs wormwoods duet back into miracle. i was bummed when the broadway version took it out

[@heresalook]

11:25 I think it's the most impactful song from the movie, I literally cried watching all the kids sing those words (while thinking about how I used to think like that then I grew up and realized how tough the world was). Beautifully written and performed. Even the producers did a great job mixing! But I couldn't say what the BEST song is from the stage production(s) since I never got to see it 🤷🏽‍♀

[@pheechomp7536]

i reallyyyy love how they did it. I prefer the stage show personally but i totally understand it needed to be bigger for the movie and the changes all felt totally justified. Very good adaptation id love if this is the future of movie adaptations for stage shows!

[@koirvne]

Kinda sad, cause the person who played Matilda's mother said that they had months of practice for it already

[@zoe12153]

I somehow didn't even know Matilda had a musical until that tiktok went viral lol. As somebody who'd never watched or heard the stage production of Matilda before, I absolutely loved 'Still Holding My Hand' and it didn't feel different or out of place one bit. It is honestly one of my favorites along with 'Quiet' and 'Revolting Children'. This movie was so adorable and the soundtrack is amazing. It's fun to go back and watch videos of the original stage production and those kids doing all of that live.. Matilda kids are built differently i swear !!

[@Sharpe1502]

To me, Still Holding My Hand is very much NEW Tim Minchin. His new music has been very sentimental and all about family. I really liked the new song.

[@chloesheila4470]

Still Holding My Hand feels Minchin in that it feels like some of his music for Upright - things like Carry You and The Aeroplane. I've really grown to love it. ♥

[@sketchyskies8531]

As an American who only experienced the 1990's film and never knew there was another adaptation, I absolutely loved this movie. The actress who plays Miss Trunchbull is even more terrifying than the original, and i absolutely loved the fact we got the story of the escapologist and acrobat told throughout the film. I even managed to guess the twist within the first 45-ish minutes of the movie, and still had a fun time. 10/10 movie.

[@YenellyT]

same! I loved it so muchhh

[@afoolishfopdoodle3284]

Emma Thompson's voice performance has improved so much since Beauty and the Beast

[@25971yqop]

I personally loved 'Still holding my hand'! It gave off When I grow up vibes but was beautiful in it's own way!

[@MarsdenH1705]

Smell of Rebellion was just amazing. They really captured the villainous feel that Trunchbull has

[@victoriakmartin]

I just watched this yesterday, really enjoyed it. It's so refreshing to see someone who both understands musicals and the medium of film in charge of a stage-to-screen adaptation.

[@PeraudisEquilibrium]

"Oh my God Beret!" got such a surprise giggle from me.

[@kyutboi123]

MY HOUSE BROKE MY HEART 🤧😭💖✨

[@Ez-dp5uq]

I cried a ridiculous amount at when I grow up

[@KellyIsShort]

Quiet, both the lyrics and instrumentation, remind me of the overwhelm I can experience as an autistic person. It’s one of those songs where if you close your eyes with the volume at it’s highest, it can somewhat replicate the experience. The dynamics and lyrical content just work perfectly.

[@jackwhitbread4583]

I think that was the point, Tim Minchin has a daughter named Violet who is on the autism spectrum and this song was for her

[@KellyIsShort]

@@jackwhitbread4583 ah yes I remember this now!

[@ragu819]

I think Quiet is probably my favourite song in the stage version .. but Lashana's My House made me ugly cry in the cinema. So that's my favourite from the movie.

[@tigerlili97]

As someone who loves Tim Minchin's more recent "pop" music, you can absolutely put Holding My Hand next to some of his recent songs and it makes perfect sense. If This Plane Goes Down comes to mind

[@fernobrien8452]

I blubbed like a baby during still holding my hands, actually anytime Lashana Lynch sang

[@noamcitrin8422]

Watching this with the biggest smile on my face, love seeing MickeyJo having so much fun!

[@emmybm15]

As someone who has loved this musical for so many years just by the cast recording as well as the special performances and hadn't watched it on stage, seeing all these favourite songs in context was so great! Quiet means so much to me because I have an anxiety disorder and I listen to that song so much and it does calm me down, it's brilliant and so gorgeous, I loved how it was used in the film! I've always wanted to know the context to that song on stage so if it is like how it's in the film then it's so greatly used! School song is another of my favourites because I'm not the best on the alphabet but I can sing that song to help me 😂 When I Grow Up sequence was great, missed the swings BUT we sort of got them at the end of the film 😅 Revolting Children deserves all the viral success it's getting because eventhough I have listened to that song so many times, I went completely barmy in the cinema when I was watching it and singing along (sort of glad it was only me and my mother as well as two other people in the screening so I could be like that but I'm also sad there was only 4 people there) Doing the punches in the air going like "YESSSS GO ON YOU KIDS!!!!" I enjoyed the new song, thought it was beautiful ❤

[@Chumber3403]

Somewhere I read that one of the children singing in the Miracle opening is former stage Miss Honey Gina Beck’s daughter (Gina also appears in Miracle, as do other former Honeys Miria Parvin and Lauren Ward) Zeek has been a parrot in the stage version since mid-2019. Stage I think (at least as of last time I saw it in September) the other “word used to describe short people (debatably a slur)” in Rebellion remains. However, I only realised when I saw the lyrics on screen at the singalong version yesterday, that this word is “fiddlers” in the film version. From knowing Minchin’s other work there is no one Minchin sound, but I think Still Holding My Hand has the same vibe as Seeing You in Groundhog Day (but with Matilda tunes interwoven rather than GHD ones)

[@moviemelody2210]

OMG I just came home from watching the movie and I thought it was FANTASTIC! The singing was great! The character’s were great! The only issue I had was that the sets looked like sets and not something you’d see in really life. I am an American but I was SO happy to hear the line “Or maybe your largeness is a bit like a TARDIS” because I LOVE Doctor Who!!

[@000euMJ]

I'm sad they cut the "is it some modern miracle of calculus that such frequent miracles don't render each one unmiraculous?" from Miracle.

[@000euMJ]

It was a sarcastic song, now it's just cute.

[@gracemai27]

I saw the film the day it came out and I cried 4 times watching it! I cried at When I grow up, quiet, my house and still holding my hand! I think quiet is the best song because it is such a turning point and has so much meaning 🥲

[@Leah_music]

FIRST! Also I love the new Matilda (and am still very obsessed with the stage musical)! Very excited to watch your new video! Edit: is it just me that noticed the change in lyrics in the hammer. I thought it was very odd. They change it from ‘hammer throwing champion 1969’ to ‘hammer throwing champion 1959’. I’m still wandering why they decided to do that.

[@rixx46]

I think the stage version was meant to be "today," but I get a sense that the film version is set in a non-specific retro time period (no computers, no mobiles...), so the year must have been adjusted accordingly. The stage is always its own world of suspended reality - when the story leaves the theatre, it needs to be anchored in the real world.

[@Leah_music]

@@rixx46 ah ok. That makes a lot of sense actually! Thanks for your explanation/theory.

[@Showtunediva]

So excited to see this movie & analyze the cast album.

[@elizabethwhitney4767]

This was fun after enjoying the movie with my kids tonight. I've read the book to myself and to them so many times now that I've lost track, and, as a voice teacher, have taught the songs countless times over the years. Wonderful commentary, my friend. :)

[@jesus-of-cheeses]

Might be fun to do cast album comparisons for shows that have been revived many times, e.g. why the 1994 Carousel broadway revival recording is the best of all time.

[@thesphereicalone]

How about Groundhog Day reaction video- keeping on the Minchin theme and building the hype for its return to the west end- love that cast recording

[@sheilacheetah]

Wow you really got a full body workout bopping along to those songs!

[@joshuabarnett9027]

Yes live the video amazing can't wait for the next matilda video

[@bluelv]

I love absolutely love holding my hand. I’ve watched it 3 times here in America. 4, tonight!

[@disaidra]

Damn this is making me realise just how many times I cried watching this movie in the cinema XD They did some really wonderful things with the soundtrack

[@rfrolicarts]

It warms my heart to see you listen to a cast album and get excited about it! I need to make some friends who love musical theater

[@bradleyh7582]

Love the videos. Can’t support on Patreon quite yet but wanted to do my part in helping. Also, we need you to come to Broadway and maybe even Chicago to see some shows!

[@IshScout]

Firstly reaction to the new Into The Woods recording is a MUST! Now onto Matilda where I listened to the recording first so I knew a bit of what I was getting into before I hunted down a theater here in the states to see it before it hits Netflix this week. "Miracle" works in the film so well but the baby voices annoy me so I'll never listen to it on it's own honestly. "When I Grow Up" is easily a favorite track in the show but I missed the swings & visuals of the stage show but it still tugs at my heart so much. I actually teared up while watching the film during "Quiet" because although plenty of songs I love more in the show this moment both on stage & in the film are truly powerful. Which is why it's the song from the film that made my end of year playlist I'm making.

[@aosbo6096]

This is an excellently detailed depiction of how I actually was listening to the soundtrack for the first time 😂

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

This was so enjoyable ❤️

[@JgmPaneque]

Excellent reaction video! I cannot wait to watch the film this Christmas! I'd really love for you to react to the Antonio Banderas-led Spanish cast recording of Company. It's such a special album and it is so beautifully crafted that I honestly believe it's enjoyable by anyone regardless of the language barrier.

[@KatieKruger8]

Omg the ad break “when everything everything iiiiiis………Mountain Dew”

[@margaretrousseau3783]

I 100% think that When I Grow Up is the best song. It stands within the show and outside it so well. Not related to the video itself, but if you're looking to react to cast recordings to react to I highly recommend Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. It's obviously not recent but I think you've said that you haven't listened to the whole thing, and I dearly want the show to get more credit and attention. Also, Josh Groban is coming back to Broadway and he's in it so seems appropriate.

[@snowysnowwish]

i'm new to your channel so idk if you've done it yet, but a SIX comparison would be so fun!

[@dexlegon2942]

i would love to see lynch as eliza in hamilton - i know its probably a very non-niche choice but eliza's songs are already so tender in comparison to the rest of the show, i think out would only be a stronger and better contrast?

[@nannasander9163]

They say Phys Ed because it sounds like 'phy Z' :)

[@ClarissaJ30]

As of yesterday, they also released the full performance of School Song!!!

[@victoriaramos1972]

Completely obsessed with Chelsea Boyce's portrayal of Matilda.

[@georgia8671]

Have you seen the video that Minchin released of him singing Still Holding My Hand himself? I love it in his voice actually. I think given that it's a new song compared to all the other ones being well known and loved already, it may take more getting used to- but it is built musically on some of the other songs in Matilda like you said so it fits. The lyrics also pick up from phrases in other matilda songs: 'kicked down the doors' references pathetic (which I know isn't in the film) and the weather imagery about the clouds and 'the sky had turned blindly blue' links to the storm in quiet.

[@jackwhitbread4583]

Yes Still Holding My Hand was written specifically for the movie adaptation

[@justijess5233]

no Australians don't say "physe Ed" we day PE. I think the physe ed bit just goes with the lyrics.

[@thesingingthing]

I'm watching the movie on Wednesday and I'm really excited! In terms of cast recordings to react to, have you listened to the 2022 Into The Woods cast recording? It's so good and, I'm not lying when I say this, the entire recording made it into my Spotify Wrapped Top 100 songs!!

[@Seal0626]

I was very slow to realise that the alphabet was built into School Song... it was "phys ed" that clued me in, because why would you use that term if you weren't fitting in "zed"?

[@zebrathought]

Obsessively listening to My House. Perfect.

[@rixx46]

Such fun to watch Mickey enjoying this. I am looking forward to your full spoiler take on the film. The film is playing in Vancouver (Canada) in ONE cinema - I was one of FOUR in the audience - just as well since I laughed and cried through the whole thing. I may need to see it AGAIN because I cannot wait for NETFLIX at Christmas. It's an utterly brilliant adaptation at every level. I will be glad to watch it on repeat with the subtitles on - I wish it could have been a big cinema hit, but it will find its place in every home. I hope it gets the award consideration that it should. I thought the film soundtrack was well produced - I'm glad they included some of the incidental score. I don't miss any of the songs in regard to how they work in the film over the stage; they served a purpose in the stage version (I saw the London production!) I am an OLD man (66) and l always cry at "When I Grow Up" - it so captures the magic of childhood wishes and lost memories. Like any great musical, the songs all serve both character and plot - none are just decorative or forced into the story. Yes, the last song feels a little flat and patched on - they ALWAYS do this with film adaptations so they can get an Oscar nom for the original song (existing songs are ineligible) It's a nice song but it did it add to the movie? " Not a jot!"

[@JoesCranium]

My House completely destroyed me. It was perfection in every way.

[@charlottecraddock4194]

I literally only saw Matilda Musical Movie on Tuesday and watching this and your spoiler free review is making me need to see it again but I cant because I now have a chest infection! ARGH! though if I got the chest infection because I went to see Matilda it was worth it haha! :D the movie was just amazing and got me crying 3 times! Not a weak link in it!

[@zzhughesd]

Watched movie twice in 48 hours and now obsessed, it had a little Evita about it !!!!

[@stephanieo6911]

Thanks!

[@ju2545]

You: so British Me: the cast IS British

[@magnoliaskogen]

I'm excited you're reacting to things, and I love this musical! It would be very helpful for me and others with misophonia and misokinesia if you could avoid eating in future videos. The sounds and visuals of people eating make it very uncomfortable for me to watch a video. I understand what you were going for, just wanted to share this because many people haven't heard of misophonia. Thanks!

[@_Claire_Louise_]

Me and my friends had so many conversations about the red/colour thing as a kid and being a science nerd I asked about the speed of light when you're holding a light but I never heard it said as clearly as the first time I heard quiet! When I explained to my mum that the begining of the song is literally my brain she was a little concerned because she apparently has no 'thought voice' like I do 😂 revolting children will always be my favourite though because it's just so fun

[@25971yqop]

I only realised how dangerously obesessed I am with this show after I saw the film! I literally recognised Maisie Mardle on the screen for about half a second in miracle

[@thesphereicalone]

It reminds me of Tim Minchin a White Wine in the Sun

[@grodriguez7225]

I haven't listened to much of the Matilda movie soundtrack, however it does sound awesome! Ps: while I don't do yoga, I've listened to Quiet while doing my cool downs. Afterward there's this sense of calmness where I know what I'm going to next. And no matter what everything is going to be okay!

[@joshglynn7811]

Can we talk about the broadway little mermaid please?? I really feel like Sherie Rene Scott doesn’t get enough attention for her spectacular interpretation of Ursula. She’s stunning!

[@mithramusic5909]

They COULD HAVE just had the narrator be a voice-over, right until the scene with the giant where everyone looks off to the left, the camera pans in that direction, and there's a dude standing there. He's the narrator. This is the first time he's even seen. It would be the same great fourth-wall-breaking impact from the stage version, translated to film

[@MarsdenH1705]

First time I heard Revolting Children, I didn’t like it. Now- I love it, but there’s just something missing from it. It’s needs that last burst of energy to push it over the top, and I know what it is. During the Broadway version of the last verse. They’re singing three different things. (1: R-E-V-O-L-T-I-N, 2: Never again will she get the best of me, 3: we’ll be revolting children till our revoltings done) But in the movie version they only sing the two (1: Never again 2: we’ll be revolting children). Still a great song, but they definitely could’ve done better with it.

[@nostalgiastudios4594]

Please react to the Starry concept album! It’s an amazing soundtrack and is supposed to come to the west end in 2023

[@susanpolastaples9688]

Lashana Lynch is amazing. I would love to see her as Elphaba or Belle.

[@_k.13]

Speaking of Tim Minchin and Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day is going to return to the London and you don't have a video on it yet. Pretty please say you're planning to watch and review!! Pwease!!

[@IWillBeHers]

Ahh, I can't watch this too much! I'm in the US and can't watch it until Christmas Day!

[@marcussorenson3380]

I love the school song and even though like you said in uk no one says phys ed but as the song it self is a play on every letter of the alphabet and phys ed make sense because of the last letter "Z" or Zed as you all say it.

[@cedgson91]

Quite enjoyed matilda soundtrack Naughty is definitely my favourite Took me 2 days to listen to Similar feelings re miracle Cried listening to My house in the film Other cast recordings - recently listened to Beetlejuice Broadway, loved it 💚

[@vinylcomets]

I’m not a huge fan of what they did with Miracle. Especially the removal of the Balloon Man’s dialogue, because that set of lines was so brilliant.

[@robkelly4314]

Love the whole score but when you mentioned Still Holding my Hand was Gary Barlow vibes, it feels to me like Gareth Malone/Army Wives charity single vibes instead 😭

[@DerekMckean]

It's a shame it wasn't released in theatres. It deserves one. Netflix is expensive compared to other streaming services.

[@ShatteredMirror]

It did have a theatrical release in the UK (I saw it at the cinema!), but it absolutely deserved a theatrical release in more countries. It deserves to be experienced in a cinema.

[@Zoeysplaylist824]

It has a limited theatrical release going on right now in the us

[@jwindsor6274]

it's in theaters in the us i just saw it the other day

[@DerekMckean]

Thanks everyone

[@DerekMckean]

@@ShatteredMirror its not playing in Seattle. Bummer.

[@Gracejulia_04]

I think Lashana Lynch should be Miss Honey on the West End, just because she's so perfect as Miss Honey

[@LetsGoToTheTheatre]

cool fact, it was actual kids, one of the "baby girl" voices is Gina Beck's Daughter.

[@mcflychase]

My favourites from the album would definitely be either I’m Here, because of Carl Spencer’s vocals which are absolutely insane, or Quiet due to the heavy intentions and lovely representation for the neurodivergence community. The words spoke to me on such a personal level, Tim’s writing is always exquisite.

[@sharoncatherinebrown7000]

Please help Ain’t No Mo stay on Broadway! PLEASE review and recommend if you can get to New York. The controversy is HUGE! Tyler Perry bought out several performances to help. Sara Ramirez bought out several performance performances, Shonda Rhimes did the same, Whoopi Goldberg. So many famous people coming together to help this absolutely brilliant show! The playwright and star Jordan Cooper is the youngest playwright on Broadway ever. I know it’s not your usual but it doesn’t hurt to ask. Diverse audiences white black Asian Latino, All raving about this show. Thank you.

[@The0_Rantsgames]

Thanks

[@DanielWimmer1]

Danke!

[@kaicarty6349]

The way u talked the whole time I couldn’t even here the music 😭

[@ell1e_m]

such an icon

[@calebjmelendez]

REACT TO THE CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB CAS RECORDING WHEN IT COMES OUT ON JANUARY 20TH! Sorry, I'm just very enthusiastic about the production.

[@allisonbergh4429]

Just in general, I think everyone should listen to Ride The Cyclone and The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes 🥰

[@kaid2025]

I would like to point out that I got an ad literally at "everything, everything is..." AD NOISE. Such a disappointment because that transition is crucial. I had to back it up.

[@tfe1788]

So did I!!

[@bee_bch]

great vid as always but as someone with misophonia I appreciate you cutting out a decent amount of the lollipop eating but really could have done without it at all 😅

[@JuQui228]

The only part that I really didn’t like (but don’t blame them for) is that they took out all of Matilda’s parents songs.They also did the same thing in “In The Heights” it’s like these directors don’t want parents to have nice musical numbers 😆

[@BauerandBagwell]

Technically Lashana Lynch’s first singing was in The Hammer, not When I Grow Up. Also I did think she was incredible, but I had kinda hoped they would have cast Mara Wilson as Miss Honey as that would have been gloriously magnificent for the original Matilda to play Miss Honey- would have been nostalgia overload 😂

[@mayathew7607]

Please react to Six the musical soundtrack

[@malcolmzarb78]

Plsss react to the new soundtrack of funny girl with lea michele and the new into the woods broadway soundtrack!!

[@spinningerster]

He already reacted to the new Funny Girl album with Lea, the video was uploaded a few weeks ago :)

[@malcolmzarb78]

@@spinningerster omg i just realised he did! Thanks

[@enriquev1271]

This guy is so cute :(

[@swaggy-mango]

Fun fact I’m Irish and my second name is weir