why did anyone let their kids watch Matilda?

[@underobsidianskies]

The book was by Roald Dahl so of course it was weird! He never treated children like they were stupid or shied away from tough topics. There's parental neglect, assault, fraud, and even implied murder, but Roald did it in such a fantastical way that it becomes acceptable for children. I love his twisted mind. There are also feminist undertones to it - the majority of the characters are female, succeeding without men (or even in-spite of men), Miss Honey gets the family she always wanted without needing a man to do it. Girls can like pig-tails, or they can read books, or they can be shot-put champions, whatever they want

[@javascriptsophie4958]

JInx fan feels safe to come out and sing bruno and enemy with no shame

[@katsarekoooool]

That's what i liked about his books tbh,

[@katsarekoooool]

@Jasmine N. true, only harm was depicted

[@bookishwriter9460]

@Jasmine N. White feminism, meaning the bad kind of feminism that's full of internalized misogyny, says that feminists can't be girly or housewives. Actual feminism wants women to be able to choose whatever life they want, whether it's being a pigtail wearing future house wive with 11 kids or a not married CEO without children. So having several types of females depicted as okay and not "the wrong kind of woman" is feminst. Isn't harming someone assault? I'm not a native, but I thought all kinds of abuse, whether physical, sexual or psychological, counted as assault.

[@javascriptsophie4958]

@Jasmine N. watch arcane and the playlist espically enemy...it will explain

[@nothanks7063]

Fun fact: The lady who played the principal is really sweet IRL and the kids actually felt really bad about the final scenes with her because she was always very nice to them.

[@Kiss_My_Aspergers]

She's also very pretty! Danny Devito also made _Death to Smoochy_ - an underappreciated Robin Williams classic - and Pam is in that, as well. Highly recommend.

[@courtneyr6645]

She is also Marge in Harry Potter

[@johnkingbad]

@@courtneyr6645 The best people always act as the worst characters

[@Galiant2010]

@@courtneyr6645 Oh dang. That just made it click in my head. It's been so long since I watched Matilda but when watching these scenes there was just something so familiar and as soon as I read your comment I instantly recognized her voice saying "If there's something wrong with the bitch, then there's something wrong with the pup!" She's got that snide/sass tone down perfectly lol.

[@skzanarchist]

She also acted out Aunt Marge in the third Harry Potter

[@hanna-dora2682]

Not everyone has a happy childhood, good parents, or nice experiences at school. Matilda may be traumatizing and weird for children coming from a nice home but for the less fortunate, it's a splendid story of empowerment and resourcefulness. I love that Dahl's work is honest about how terrible life can be and his books don't try to shelter children from the harshness of the world. They are dark, yes, but they also care deeply for children. They give them strength and hope that they are capable of taking control of their own lives and steer it into a better direction. I personally feel that more books and movies like Matilda are needed in the world, because they can give tremendous support for children abused and neglected, and there are plenty of such children all around us. Dahl was brave enough to write children's stories where family members are not all nice and loving (in George's Marvellous Medicine, the villain is the child's grandma), because not all of us come from happy families but that doesn't mean we cannot find people who care about us in the future.

[@debatable98]

Ronald Dahl is an incredible storyteller and writer but abusive/awful childhoods kinda remains a staple for most British writers. Which is natural because most kids have not ideal childhoods and would sooner relate to one like theirs than dream up one without. Take David Walliams, Jacqueline Wilson, J.K. Rowling and just anyone who has a large child-based fan base. The parents in their stories are either gone, poverty-stricken, emotionally abusive or a combination. I don’t read a lot from other countries, but it definitely feels like a British thing.

[@oooh19]

Love how she looks out for her classmates

[@TheNyleve16]

So true. I saw this move and it helped me realize I was in an abusive household from a very young age which helped me understand how I shouldn't let them treat me and that I needed to get out immediately.

[@hadeswoof8060]

I think what’s messed up is shrilling children too much so they aren’t prepared for the world. Roald Dahl is an absolute legend. A truly excellent writer.

[@alicetheneko7529]

Don’t forget about The Magic Finger

[@Allthingsasian]

Mara Wilson who plays Matilda received the upsetting news that her mother was unfortunately diagnosed with breast cancer around the time of filming so Danny Devito and Rhea Pearlman who were married at the time and also played Mr and Mrs Wormwood took it upon themselves to take care of her. They also screened the film early to Mara’s mother in hospital who unfortunately passed away just before the film was released in cinemas.

[@dagikiri]

May her mother rest in heaven and so nice of them for taking care of her

[@DeanneM1726]

😭 that's so touching and different from the characters of the movie

[@moonkitten420]

Danny was SO sweet to her on set and off, she's done a few interviews about it recently!

[@Milamberinx]

Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are about as opposite from the Wormwoods as it's possible to be.

[@0TheJigsawKiller0]

who tf is out here throwing chopped onions at me

[@colettemihocik2518]

This definitely isn’t a “girls movie”. The main character is a girl, yes, but it’s about some real hardships of childhood presented in a fantastical way that kids could relate to and still understand the underlying message. And it was directed by Danny DeVito.

[@MK-ophelia]

You're underestimating how fragile men can be...

[@Channel24377]

@@MK-ophelia lol so true

[@Beanssss_]

@@MK-ophelia damn who hurt you

[@m.a.9648]

@@MK-ophelia How fragile *men* are? Have you *seen* the amount of characters rebooted to be female because of 'muh feminism'?

[@MK-ophelia]

@@Channel24377 For examples of men being fragile read the comments in this thread lol 😂

[@isw_1214]

As a former child from an abusive home, this movie really resonated with me although back then it was much harder to put into words why.

[@xthatxdetroitxgaymerx6108]

I was cut from that cloth too. This is a movie that rsonates with us due to the abused gaining not only a table turn, but an extreme advantage over her dysfunctional danny devito dictatorship. If this wormword was my dad, the comebacks and back talk from my intolerance to negativity would be astronomical. The best part and the most appeasing moment is when matilda opens up not immediately but a slow gradual put down of the walls. Outgoing and sociable as she was, she still was mentally abused constantly by her brother mother and devito. Hell where is my Telekinetic badge for dealin with my roman catholic families hangups and ignorance towards my homosexuality. Matilda teach me how to be Jean Grey!!!

[@isw_1214]

@@xthatxdetroitxgaymerx6108 as a bi, ex-Catholic, X-Men fan, I love this comment

[@xthatxdetroitxgaymerx6108]

@@isw_1214 The only thing that will save us from salvation is love my friend. Kindness is free, hatred will cost ya. Why be a trunchbell when you can be a hunny?

[@cynthiawang874]

@@xthatxdetroitxgaymerx6108 beautifully written

[@starsiadraws]

I agree. Miss Honey was exactly the kind of mother I wanted, though my mom wasn't that bad (now I can understand how her behavior was actually quite toxic at times) and the man that raised me is quite literally an abusive psychopath who I desperately wanted to get revenge on like Matilda.

[@nivekthezombie6767]

I love that her parents were actually her parents, and it wasn’t some “ms honey is her real mom!!” Thing. It’s like, “hey, family is what you make it, and just because someone is related to you doesn’t mean they have your best interest in mind”

[@yeet8627]

true

[@inanotherlife9199]

Yes, and I liked at the end when they were a bit sad she was leaving because it showed that they still cared; they just didn't know how to channel that feeling to cater to her needs

[@TheParagonIsDead]

Read the boook

[@claireaquos6532]

I agree so much

[@claireaquos6532]

@@TheParagonIsDead Is it different in the book?

[@arielkmusic]

I'm sure I'm not the only person who already gets this but I just can't resist saying, this is not about having super powers this is about a child who's abused and neglected by her parents and finds a way to escape through books. I think Roald Dahl really enjoyed giving power to characters who in real life had little to no power, and I think that was another important aspect of this story. I love this movie, and I don't think he got it.

[@luciesimpson6437]

It's also worth mentioning that he drew a lot from his own traumatic childhood - which is why all the bratty kids and abusive adults in his books eventually suffer graphic, but very satisfying cumuppance. What's really amazing is that he wrote some of the most well-loved children's stories in the world, but non are truly childish. Instead, they present a scary adult world from the perspective of the small, underdog child (that every kid relates to on some level) and give them agency in the face of horrifying reality. Also, my mum had him come to her school very early in her teaching career to do a reading and the kids were being bratty, so he made them all cry.

[@champigranja1179]

A lot of characters in Dahl's books are based on people he met as a kid.

[@amylee8969]

@arielkmusic Sorry but this generation of adults have become so weak and spineless. To be fair, I was around 10 when I first saw Matilda and I saw it before my parents did. But by the time they watched it with me, they didn’t have an issue with their then 10/11 year old daughter (me) seeing it or reading the book. Point is, if I and many other former kids were tough enough to watch this and many other more intense movies, kids today should be able to watch it too. I showed this to my 4th grade class 2 years ago (with no shame lol) and it didn’t affect them negatively.

[@WeirdFloofyMess]

This should be pinned.. he can’t understand that’s what it’s about.. this movie is awesome and it isn’t bad like he makes it seem. The move has meaning.

[@tangibleterror2421]

​@@amylee8969enough of the whole "nowadays", "this generation" nonsense. It's absurd.

[@PlantagenetRose]

As a child I *adored* this movie. Honestly, I still do, it’s fantastic.

[@logan.saige5910]

omg same!! it was literally my favorite movie, i kind of forgot about it though but i still love it and i’m probably going to re watch it now 💀

[@ezelfrancisco1349]

I read the book before watching the movie. I love how respectful this movie is to the source material

[@Averagegirl985]

@@logan.saige5910 am I’m the only one who had a multiple nightmares after the tv broke and if you don’t know what I’m am talking about it is this 5:10

[@dash5573]

Yeah I loved this movie, I haven’t watched it in a long time but I remember it

[@dyanite_.4327]

man speaking fax real fax

[@francinev3971]

Matilda is a great way to help kids recognize red flags in their relationships throughout their life, and an empowerment that if it's for their own well-being it's okay to separate from biological "families". a lot of kids grow up into adults who fear their own parents so much that they get imprisoned in that relationship with that power dynamic.

[@aangitano]

This!! So many people feel like they have to stay in the abuse "because family", but F that noise. Family can be who you choose and blood can be severed when it harms you.

[@becuzMDsaidineededpersonality]

Yes to all of this.

[@minjeonglee3953]

@@aangitano I agree, you are not obliged to stay with family that hurt you and make you feel less than in any way. I love the way dahl incorporated this into the book, its an excellent message for young kids.

[@jboogie8995]

ya when i see some lady throwing kids outside the window ill use that as a red flag to skidadle

[@DCreed013]

You know, in the Matilda book, they explicitly explain that Matilda's powers are a result of her being a super genius but being mentally underchallenged her whole life. So all her 'super amazing brain power juice' just sat there and collected until she figured out how to use it. After Ms. Honey adopts her, she skips several grades to get put into courses that challenge her (if I remember right, they skipped her all the way to advanced high school classes, if not college). After she starts using her brain power on that, her super powers fade away. So the moral of the story is - never mentally challenge yourself. If you do it long enough, you too can develop super powers. P.S: Holy crap, what is with the resurgence of bots on KZbin lately? Every single reply in these comments is a freaking bot, and they're getting bold enough to make normal comments now.

[@lll-w]

how do we know you’re not a bot?

[@samueldavidbatistaruiz7510]

Exactly what a bot would say.

[@_JustMonika]

I just want to know where my superpowers are

[@filmfangirls9163]

In the musical she was given the powers by Ms Honey's murdered father. He sent her dreams of what happened to him and seeing children and his daughter in pain, he sought vengeance.

[@llawliet6262]

Ok so here is a story. This 21-year-old has unlimited supernatural magical powers, he can also create infinite amounts of money for himself and he also has the ability to time travel and travel to different universes and fictional universes and can create love potions. He even gave himself superpowers, those powers being Superman’s powers and The Flashes powers. He also has a Death Note which is a supernatural notebook that can kill people with their name but you have their name and face in your mind you can also write down and specify the name and time of Death. Our character already has these powers and he’s had these powers since he was 18. He wants to date much older women but he didn’t because society said he couldn’t. He’s now 21 and plans to date much older women that he always wanted and he doesn’t care who he has to hurt to get it. His crush is 36 and she’s married. He is very infatuated with her and wants to be with her. Being with her is his goal and he doesn’t care that he hurts to do it. In his words he “I’ve hurt people and I am going to hurt more to be with her”. He even gets a girlfriend to avoid suspicion but in reality, he was just using and manipulating her so he can achieve his goal. She got pregnant and he knew that this baby would get in the way of his goal so he wrote down in the Death Note that she got a disease and she died 4 weeks later. He hasn’t killed the husband. He has used the notebook and killed people like I said he’s like Light Yagami or Ghost from Power. He has a goal and doesn’t care about who has to hurt to get it. He is a very intelligent and cunning being. He doesn’t want to hurt innocent people but he will do what he has to do to achieve his goal. What do you think of this story? What are some plot holes you see? Please tell me your character analysis of this character.

[@allysoncashdollar1119]

My mom and I went to see Matilda in the theaters when I was little. We left halfway through because Trenchbull traumatized me. Years later I finally saw how it ended and I loved how Ms. Honey adopted her. What a hero

[@cocomunga]

I went to see it with my Mother and Grandmother. Movies like this were pretty common in the 80’s and 90’s. Lots of crazy stuff happening that would never happen in a Kid’s movie today. I do remember being afraid of the principal but my mother had shown me movies like Alien, so I had already seen much more terrifying figures, lol.

[@vbncvnhbcvbcvb5093]

how did trenchbull traumatize u its a movie lol

[@mrchrisbruh]

@@vbncvnhbcvbcvb5093 she was a little kid

[@coenfealy4731]

I was scared of her when I was little but now I think she’s kinda funny

[@waterbottle760]

I wasn’t scared as a kid watching it, I actually liked that she was intimidating

[@SocialExperiment232]

Somehow this movie hurts even more as an adult cause when you’re a kid you don’t know you’re being abused you just know you’re unhappy but once you grow up and think back and you see that little kid lost, alone, and suffering and you truly get a feeling for how sad the whole thing really was and how you never really had a childhood.

[@xthatxdetroitxgaymerx6108]

Can you make this a poster but start at "WHEN YOUR A KID... would be great to think back on how much that suffering although extremely unfortunate made you stronger and tenacious towards our coping. The best advice are passed on by the suffering and the survivors.

[@eagna546]

This is why I cry every time I see childhood pictures of me smiling because I know behind that smile was a vulnerable little girl who didn’t know she was being taken advantage of and abused

[@starsiadraws]

@@eagna546 I'm so sorry for your bad experiences and I hope you understand that nothing was ever your fault and you deserve a better life. I hope you are doing well now.

[@freshandzesty1111]

I absolutely despise my childhood pictures. I can't look at them without feeling sick.

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

I've since destroyed old school projects of mine that depicted my family in a positive light. cPTSD is no joke. Honestly, the worst part about non-physical abuse is that not even the adults around you can tell when it's happening. Even when there is physical abuse, it can be hidden too easily most times.

[@fournierman]

I loved that even before she gained her powers, Matilda still got even with her dad. She is the reason why the dad's hair is blond and why his hat had to be ripped off his head. In other words, everyone should check out this film.

[@hikariyagaza]

This film is awesome. Saw it first, but everything roald Dahl writes is so charmimg. There's a scene in the books involving a parrot being used to be a ghost. Great stuff

[@_nyx]

@@hikariyagaza Ironic that you consider what Roald Dahl wrote charming when he was a Nazi

[@jessicav931]

Yes, her values were in the right place and she took action. Most of the people, even with good values, don't dare to act on them.

[@xthatxdetroitxgaymerx6108]

Nobody: Mrs Wormwood: whats with this hat?! *YANK* Mr Wormwood: OWOWOWOW!! OWOW URGH! OW! YOUR PULLIN THE SKIN! Mrs Wormwood: Your being such a baby! STOPIT!! Mr Wormwood: The fibers infused with the head!! Mrs Wormwood: fibers infused... what is that supposed to mean?! This exchange is so well acted! That karma was super effective! PLUS when mrs wormwould laughs at her husbands hair and frustration, it hits me as a friend laughin at you for slippin on ice. Delivered in such a wholesome way.

[@ztslovebird]

@@hikariyagaza His writing isn’t terrible, but I’ve noticed every single one of his books has One Pure Good Child and everybody else in his stories is an asshole who embodies one of Dahl’s pet peeves. Sometimes the kid is lucky and gets a Pure Good Guardian or two, but for the most part everyone but the protagonist is just horrible.

[@heavyfeather0100]

“WHY ARE ALL THESE WOMEN MARRIED” That’s my favorite line, so glad it was put in the video!

[@BumbleBee.28]

Mine too😂

[@Oueenazolatigressgina]

I think Trunchbull was jealous of those women cause all men would run for their lives if Trunchbull came around

[@aaronshrestha4238]

Mines”Moby WHAT!?”

[@javascriptsophie4958]

Uh....everyone has a crush on Jinx

[@teenagegirl43]

@@aaronshrestha4238 lmaooooo 🤣🤣

[@estellejohanna]

Fun Fact: Danny (the fathers actor, the narrator and the director of the film) is literally the sweetest man in real life going as far taken in Mara ( the actress playing Matilda) during the filming because her well father had to take her mother to get advance cancer treatments. The movie was still in production when her mother passed but Danny had a rough cut made so her mother could see it before she passed.

[@amylee8969]

Yeah I read about that too. It warmed by heart to know that the same actors playing the mean parents were the complete opposite in real life. 😍

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

So Danny DeVitto seems like the complete opposite of his Matilda character 😂

[@Hawlo]

Roald Dahl stories have juuuuust the right amount of uncanny/creepy to them.

[@carter_lovejoy]

He was like Dr. Suess on shrooms

[@andreawalker8343]

Charlie and the chocolate factory originally involved cannibalism. His publishers made him tone it down.

[@LowYummy]

@@andreawalker8343 oh my god

[@yitraboom]

@mr nobody I wish it were a rickroll

[@yitraboom]

For some reason everyone remembers the movies but I never see them talking about roald dahl

[@BurgerBoi1]

Love her or hate her, there's no denying Matilda was a savage. I mean, she was really carrying around adoption papers ready to ditch her family at any given oportunity😂

[@rtgunzboi]

Well ignore the bot above me lol but yeah fr she was hella waiting for the opportunity to dip out

[@AIM_vlogs]

She is the epitemy of Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girl boss or at least she will be when she grows up maybe lol

[@cataryad661]

Wait… people hate her? Like, as a character? People are weird…

[@_Dec]

FAX

[@Bluxhiie]

True 🤣

[@myeahonline]

Maybe Alex is just leaning into the comedy of his commentary, but Matilda is a very good allegory if you actually read between the lines and not take all the bizarreness at face value. A lot of great lessons can be taken from the movie, especially looking back at it now as an adult. It’s definitely packed with physical gags for kids to enjoy, because they are the main audience, but once you remove all the PG filters, the movie is 10x sadder and darker.

[@midnights349]

How is it sadder and darker

[@StarlightSkarlet10K]

Fr tho

[@StarlightSkarlet10K]

@@midnights349 just look past some of the funny stuff and think about some of the themes and scenes they portray. 0-0

[@Mia_M]

@@midnights349 she suffered from emotional, physical, and mental abuse, neglect from the day she was brought home. She raised herself and had to learn extremely early in life how to take care of herself. No one should be leaving their toddler home. Her mom would tell her to heat up a can of soup at 4. My parents didn't let me use the microwave until I was 7-8. Children can burn or injure themselves messing around in the kitchen. Her family and principal inflicted a lot of trauma on her in just 6 short years and it's remarkable that she turned out to be a decent human.

[@lethfuil]

@@midnights349 Because it's about massive child abuse, about being neglected and lonely, then there's the murder part ... what exactly isn't to understand?

[@sheepqueen101]

5:02 the part where the dad rips the library book gave me so much anxiety (in a wrong way) as a kid and even now as an adult. Mostly because of the lingering thought of how she is gonna have to tell the nice librarian about the incident or if she just never went back to the library because of that event.

[@selmabahy9027]

This movie is fantastic. I grew up in a household with a parent whose mannerisms were similar to Harry Wormwood. I always really identified with Matilda, especially the scene where she closes the door on her father while he threatened her. Overall the movie gave me a sense of hope and showed that not everyone grows up in a perfect household, and that standing up to adults is sometimes needed in order for you to grow and continue heading on the life path that is destined for you.

[@treasureobasuyi894]

Yeah but what if those adults have a belt.

[@MixedAfro]

So did I ! And my name is also Matilda lol!

[@katsarekoooool]

*HØPĔ* ?

[@maggiem3807]

I’d like to add a quick detail, in the movie, Ms. Honey’s house was a cozy little cottage. In the book, she lived in a tiny shack, she used boxes as tables and chairs and she slept on the floor. Just wanted to put that out there.

[@wandanemer2630]

Holy crap

[@ambershoba]

Yeah her life is worse in the book, she didn’t even have sugar when she invited Matilda for tea

[@whytheheckarewedoinginhere1886]

Wow, I'm glad they decided to do an cottage instead of an shack.

[@Oueenazolatigressgina]

Even then Miss Honey was so happy living in a horrible place, respect++++

[@bubblegum9826]

Yes and i believe she would eat half a marmalade sandwich a day for food!

[@cdb1034]

The more you watch Matilda, the more you realize it's a story about a girl escaping an abusive family rather than a girl with power.

[@aangitano]

Yup, yup!

[@javascriptsophie4958]

Poor Jinx :C

[@javascriptsophie4958]

@Kim Seungmin yup

[@aimun5255]

@Kim Seungmin neglect is abuse, verbal and emotional abuse is still abuse, it's almost more fucked up than physical abuse bc people will say oh well at least they don't hit you so you start to wish they actually did just to have physical proof of it

[@babajugjug995]

@Kim Seungmin neglect is abuse

[@bridgetveralidaine3761]

Matilda is actually a brilliant creation. It's written and filmed in a childlike larger-than-life perspective. It shows how to remain a gentle, compassionate person amidst cruelty, how to seek out the few who share the same values despite feeling alone and unheard. How to strive to make things better, utilize the power of the mind and intelligence...... it's not really about literal telekinesis or superpowers.... even the end of the movie, they say she didn't really use her "powers" anymore.... She crooks her finger to call a book over..... the books provided her with the mental and emotional escape she needed to survive the crappy family she was born into. This movie gave a lot of us hope, and let us know that we weren't alone.

[@amylee8969]

I just can’t believe school boards in certain conservative (probably Republican) states have the audacity to ban the book at schools along with Willy Wonka🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@GamuDaisukida]

This movie actually motivated me to read books again as a kid. And I never stopped. Even though the cake eating scene was so disturbing for me that I had to run into another room and come back when it was over. Still love this movie with my whole heart and I watch it at least once a year.

[@erylaria398]

I'm 31 years old and i can't watch the cake eating scene, i had to skip it in this video xD

[@xthatxdetroitxgaymerx6108]

The music that accompanies the cake eating was uncomfortably horrific with the pans of bruces smothered cake mouth. Although the most unsetting thing was when the entire assembly got after school detention for cheering on a cake thief. Matilda gets home deat ass at sunset. 6 hours of whatever trunchbells detention implied. (Scraping Asbestos with rulers and protractors from the basement ceilings or each kid getting 20 to 30 mins each n the Chokey.

[@thespiderstation9790]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the cake eating scene is tormenting

[@reannagordon]

Have you ever read the twits by Roald Dahl or the BFG?

[@solus8685]

It wasn't really disturbing for me, just really gross. And pretty awkward to watch with my parents

[@lacrossestick132]

Nothing resonated with me more than “I’m smart, you’re dumb. I’m big, you’re little. I’m right, you’re wrong” as it was the kind of fun thing I always heard when adults wanted to shut me down as a kid.

[@aangitano]

I remember that line so much too

[@BlackGirlLovesAnime6]

My sisters dad would never say these things verbatim but he embodied them and tried to project them onto me. Maybe that’s why i love this movie so much

[@nuraortoma1820]

Yeah me too

[@PoppasGirl1]

Lol…like saying “stay in a child’s place or when you get grown you can do grown things.” I loved how it just showed the adults don’t have it altogether either. It definitely encouraged me to keep my head in a book. You can always learn something.

[@faria_syed]

Try Guys fans unite iykyk

[@aimun5255]

when you realise BOTH Matilda and miss honey were abused kids trying to run from their families, miss honey was literally in a Brittany spears kind of situation where she had no power over money, her own heritage, her job etc

[@startygernebulla2088]

One thing I really loved about this movie is that none of the kids decided to bully Matilda because they all understood that they were all under the same threat (Trunchbull) and they saw no point in picking on anybody just because they don't know her all that well. In fact, Matilda makes some pretty fast friends this way. Even Bruce from the cake scene! Also the fact that Matilda was fully ready to get adopted by a better family this entire time XD

[@mcwyman7928]

As a little kid who watched this movie, there are few scenes more terrifying than the scene where Matilda and Miss Honey are trying to escape Miss Trunchbull's house. Like, that's some real horror movie stuff right there. Edit: Thanks for the likes!

[@Chi_Me]

I love how they made those scenes so suspenseful, Ms. Trunchbull was unstoppable! But then it suddenly get cartoonishly whimsical when Maltida just hides under the table like she's Spiderman

[@ericamborsky3230]

I only saw this movie once but I remember a moment where Miss Trunchbull shouts out something along the lines of "Who's in my house?" then vaults over a bannister on the second floor and slams down onto the first floor, then looks from side to side.

[@Chi_Me]

@@ericamborsky3230 Yeah, and they made it look like the entire house shook after her jump! The memorable line for me during that suspense part was "Some rats are gonna die today!" Ha! No fear at all, for all she knew that could've been a serial killer in her house

[@angus_m]

I think that's where my anxiety first started

[@Melont06]

Every time I watch it, I get so scared that she's gonna find them even though I know what happens 😭

[@soolvia8058]

I love Alex's reviews, but this clearly shows that he doesn't come from a broken home :") I've always resonated with Matilda, the idea isn't that reading books is her only personality, but that it was her only way of escape. The parents are slight caricatures, obviously, but that's pretty much how kids like me see their parents when small.

[@91137732]

Wait, i´m new in the channel, i thought Alex was purposefully a movie troller

[@jordaine1469]

@@91137732 HE IS... people just get in their feels sometimes...

[@soolvia8058]

@@jordaine1469 im always in my feels 🤓

[@cryforhelp7270]

Yeah, usually they don't annoy me- even with movies I like but... For this one it was a little ugh

[@RachelAnnPotter]

@@cryforhelp7270 yeah, don't mess with our gurl Matilda!

[@CosmicKangaroo]

It's really wholesome to know that Pam Ferris to played The Trunchbull was super gentle and sweet to her child co-stars on set behind the scenes. She tried to come off as scary but all the children really loved her and would come up to her and hold her hand.

[@migaish_]

Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman (Mr & Mrs Wormwood) were the exact same to the child actors. I remember hearing that they practically became second parents to Mara Wilson (Matilda) Edit: Zinnia is Mrs Wormwoods name in the books, not the actresses 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@choryllis6646]

@@migaish_ Yup! They cared for Mara Wilson while her while her mother was hospitalized.

[@krazykaye8843]

@@migaish_ who is Zinnia? I thought his wife Rhea Pearlman played his wife in the movie.

[@migaish_]

@@krazykaye8843 sorry you're right, it is Rhea Perlman I got mixed up lol 😂

[@krazykaye8843]

@@atomato7699 Ah, okay. I have to admit that I never read the book and it's been years since I saw the movie.😄

[@StevieDecks]

I so related to this movie and the book by Roald Dahl as a child. My dad was always yelling at me to “quit being a hermit” and to get my face out of the books I was reading. I was the oldest of five children. My parents were very loving but also super authoritarian. I was an introvert as a kid and was always desperately trying to get time to myself. Even now Matilda still speaks to my inner child every time I watch it.

[@pimmyjair6396]

I loved this movie as a kid i remember going into the kitchen trying to lift the water with my mind😂

[@saraj.lovell8867]

Same

[@adarey6560]

lol

[@trinaq]

Me too, this movie made me believe in telekinesis!

[@finkahata5663]

Only for fans over 18 years old Aishite.Tokyo/shizumi 💋🔥 mañas no se la Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter Asi con toy y sus mañas no se la lease que escriba bien mamon hay nomas pa ra reirse un rato y no estar triste y estresado.por la vida dura que se vive hoy . Köz karaş: ''Taŋ kaldım'' Erinder: ''Sezimdüü'' Jılmayuu: ''Tattuuraak'' Dene: ''Muzdak'' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu gana taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. ''Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt'' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu.#垃圾 Son unos de los mejores conciertos , no puede ir pero de tan solo verlos desde pantalla, se que estuvo sorprendente 💗❤️💌💘

[@AngelDreamZzZ]

That would be hilarious to see. All that brain power being unfortunately wasted because humans cannot move objects with there minds.

[@Netherwolf6100]

The fact that Alex has no nostilgic attachment to this movie..... bothers me on a deeply fundamental level. We're almost the same age and I loved the heck outta this film as a kid.

[@Katielovegood44]

Thank god I'm not the only one thinking this!

[@Isukatsmsh]

Honestly, seeing all of the comments here affirmed my belief that Matilda is the textbook example of this one Cesar A. Cruz quote: “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”

[@indiecrowarts]

I never thought I’d find such a gem of a quote in the comment section of a KZbin video, but here I am - it’s going in my list of memorable lines now thank you ☺️

[@cerisecerezacherry]

Such a good quote thanks for sharing

[@MysteryBounty]

....that quote gave me chills 😶

[@PinkGoldAbby]

Alex must be super comfortable then lmao

[@vaishnavisingh9244]

@{𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝒾𝓁𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝑀𝑜𝑜𝓃} no? It doesn't have to be horror, commentary generally makes people uncomfortable.

[@jarehelt]

Miss Trunchbull was an epic villain! Her absurd strength, the welch accent, and the way she could litterally catch the sent of a child was absolutely terrifying.

[@wildcutecosplay]

It's based on a Roald Dahl book (the guy who wrote charlie and the chocolate factory, and the BFG among others) , and his work has quite scary moments in despite being aimed at a young audience. I actually consider this to be the best adaptations of his work and you can see the love for the source material in the movie which I'm not sure is there for some of the more recent adaptations.

[@laraschroeder5195]

Oh my god yeH. I remember watching the animated BFG movie and one scene is where we see this kids dreams after the BFG visits him and right after, we see one of the bad giants grab the kid and the scene changes just as the giant supposedly eats the kid.

[@JeskidoYT]

So why on earth did Disney decided to adopt BFG????

[@wildcutecosplay]

I guess for the same reason they have james and the giant peach? (Another one of Dahl's works that has been adapted for the screen) Because the book is still pretty popular and they thought it would make money. also it's shocking how much you can get away with in middle grade fiction

[@jessn.3851]

I think The Witches turned out okay. But Matilda is definitely the best and I still love it.

[@bluecleo14]

I feel like among adaptations of his work Matilda and the BFG stand out to me as some of the best or at least the most enjoyable to watch. I like that they aren’t as satanised as kids media now, it meant my parents could watch it constantly without going mental and I think not treating children like fine China is better for them overall. If you shield kids from even mildly scary stuff they’re not going to fare very well as adults where there is disturbing stuff all over the place (cough cough the internet cough cough.) Kids aren’t stupid and need to have some exposure to scarier stuff (not out right terrifying but the BFG original movie is a good example) in a kid appropriate way. It’s certainly not damaging to watch this kind of thing, they won’t really understand it till they’re older and will appreciate it more later in life.

[@lovealbion]

As a kid, I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT MATILDA. It was great escapism from mundane life, how she pranks her dad, dances with the living room, how nice the classroom looks, the chase scene in Trunchbull's house... amazing movie

[@SimoraCheeks1]

YES! Agreed. Matilda had no equal!

[@SzilviNet]

Actually, her telekinetic abilities have nothing to do with "because she reads books". 😆 She, by the end of the movie, learns to channel her feelings triggered by her father's and others' abuse, anger, mistreatment into moving objects. This is what we can see in the important latter scenes! :) Starting from "Daddy, yell at me" she finds a meaning of constant domestic abuse she had to suffer so far.

[@Hugealligator254]

So basically her magic comes from her wisdom stat?

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

@@Hugealligator254 lol, so rolls only D-6's

[@Stettafire]

​@@Hugealligator254 Kinda like a magical barbarian. But when she rages she casts spells instead of getting an extra attack roll

[@Super_Mia]

Unhappily this is free created, then after all times i was get angry and learn things, i dont get powers : D But its an, interessting idea to show this imagination

[@dansmith1661]

She harnesses the Dark Side.

[@pepepecaspicapapas4726]

Fun fact: that boy hates chocolate in real life and had to spit, and sometimes puke, the cake in between takes. The agony and pain he shows is real.

[@Hyunjins_vercace]

Why did they make it chocolate!!? 😭

[@Groundhog27]

Poor boy , that's horrible that he had go through that

[@lofi-lila]

Matilda is the blueprint for children's book film adaptations. For older, more mature fans, it expands on the darker themes present in the original (like child abuse and familial trauma) while remaining a fun film for kids to watch. If only Netflix would take the hint that not every retelling has to be Riverdale 🙄

[@allisonbergh4429]

The musical, if that’s what you’re referring to, isn’t based on the movie at all. The people who wrote it didn’t even watch the movie. And the musical is fantastic in its own right, set records for awards won, and is still playing on the West End.

[@lofi-lila]

@@allisonbergh4429 I wasn't trying to insult the musical at all- I've watched it myself and I absolutely loved it. The point I was trying to make is that modern/more mature retellings of children's media (Netflix's reboots of Winx Club, Sabrina The Teenage Witch etc.) should focus on maintaining what fans loved about the original, while adding the more mature themes for an older audience.

[@crypticcryptid4702]

@yo mama Maybe not that mature.

[@Ldawg42069]

@@allisonbergh4429 they said film adaptations, not stage adaptations lmao, very obviously not talking about the musical. film adaptation: book -> movie. stage adaptation: book -> musical or play.

[@allisonbergh4429]

@@Ldawg42069 Netflix is making a film of the musical. LMAO.

[@only1one1me]

I adored this movie as a child. My parents growing up were controlling and just a bit...odd? Wasn't allowed to watch Pokemon (evil apparently) or anything with talking animals (because that's witchcraft or whatever. Lol) Sugar was banned from our house (unhealthy) so candy of any sort was off the table. They were highly selective of who was around me. So, they were the opposite of the absent parents Matilda's were, but I still felt connected to her. I was a lonely, bright kid who could write before I hit kindergarten. I breathed books. Plus, I looked a helluva lot like her as a kid. But yeah, I had to hide this movie behind a shelf so my parents wouldn't find it, and I'd watch it in secret when they were gone. I definitely was caught with it a few times and punished for it. It was my greatest treasure. My parents hated it because they said her powers were witchcraft, and they didn't like that she wasn't "respectful" to the principal and her parents.

[@cedricromero5082]

I will never understand this kind of parenting

[@dishitayadav3972]

@@cedricromero5082 Same

[@Gaut420]

If your parents think the principal deserves respect, they ere prob nazis or sum

[@fuknames7929]

Helicopter parenting at its finest

[@adararelgnel2695]

My parents didnt let me watch pokemon either. Same reason. Also no spongebob because it was too nonsensicle. No harry potter ofcourse cuz which craft lol. Honestly I never really cared. Didnt know what I was missing. I went to a religious school where ALOT of kids had no access to TV or movies at all so its not like I was left out or anything.

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

Despite how Danny Devitos’s character was in the film, I always love hearing the story of he took care of the actress playing Mathilda when her mom (i believe) was in the hospital. Both he and his wife (Danny’s wife in the movie and real life) took care of her and were known as two of the sweetest people.

[@matthewelerick648]

Really?

[@tonyacosta4574]

Ya

[@Park501]

wait she is his wife in real life? Edit: oh wow, yeah she is, real name Rhea Perlman, still married to him, makes me love the film even more now

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

@@Park501 i know right.

[@Pepper9873]

I also heard somewhere he arranged for a special screening so her mom could see the movie before she passed, which just hits you right in the feels.

[@mariyahaq3492]

WHY ARE ALL THESE WOMAN MARRIED! that hit hard

[@sweetnsournugget2609]

It did!

[@rebellyanmagic6409]

What I like about the movie is how sinister it is underneath. Like yeah Trunchbull is a caricature of a school marm but it's heavily implied she murdered Jen's parents to steal her inheritance and one dialogue confirming that she was physically abused as well. (There's also a moment near the climax where Ms. Honey starts openly defending her students, then Trunchbull grabs her arm, smiles and says "If I can break your arm once, I can do it again.")

[@RealBadGaming52]

oh shit yes that bit,She still was controlling to ms honey even as an adukt, Maybe thats why miss honey ran away, my dad is like miss truchbull , not abusive but still treats me as kid , im 32 and live at home

[@Stettafire]

It's more then implied, MrsHoney outright says it and Matilda believes it. That's not implied, that's pretty black and white

[@tyronbrewer141]

Woah

[@JJRedy]

because this movie teaches some extremely important lessons. Children's media has no reason to be all rainbows & butterflies. And this movie isn't nearly as ''disturbing'' as people try to make it seem. It is a story of a neglected girl, who after all the emotional trauma she endures from hateful adults on power trips, she snaps and gains telekinesis as a means to regain control over her life, while in the meantime discovering that she can choose her family. It is a sweet story, and calling it disturbing kinda blurs the message.

[@Tweetyresm]

It's really just the iron maiden part that's disturbing...

[@rinxmacaroni2085]

iron maidens not disturbin you.. or miss trenchbull herself?

[@absolutelydegenerate1900]

It what kind of message is it teaching? “It will only get better if you get super powers and you can make it better”? That doesn’t sound like a great message to be teaching kids. It’s like saying the Mulan remake is as empowering to girls as the other one when they literally give her “super powers” that she didn’t have in the old movie but it’s what really helps her do all the stuff she needs to.

[@lethfuil]

@@absolutelydegenerate1900 The massege is, that you can overcome abuse, that there is hope, that nothing is wrong with you just because others do you wrong and that everyone has some kind of inner strength that they can find. And also that it's not always the blood relatives you have to stick to, if they're abusive.

[@Mia_M]

@@absolutelydegenerate1900 it’s message is also about found families. Matilda’s bio family was abusive and she discovered she could make her own family.

[@itsfreerealestate15]

As someone that grew up in an estranged family this movie was really comforting and encouraged me to love books. I find myself to be weird but I think that just helped me enjoy Matilda !

[@DistantLoner]

Around 1987, my mom had a really mean teacher who thought it was 1897. Imagine being 7 and only having a short amount of time to flip to a specific page of a book and read it or you'll get smacked by a hard ruler and be forced to where a dunce hat. And you'd especially get picked on if you seemed too foreign to the teacher! My mom was able to change her accent, but I can't imagine what happened to people who weren't white! You can't change your race! Also, it was the 80's, so if you tried to tell a trusted adult that your teacher beats you up with a long metal stick with numbers on it because she wasn't good enough at teaching you numbers, they wouldn't believe you. I really hope that it didn't take too long after that year for that teacher to get fired!

[@sawanna508]

My father told me once one of his aunts had a teacher exactly like Trunchbull but that was back in the 1920s or 30s..

[@Melon-k1e]

@@sawanna508Well,wouldn’t that mean that the teacher was born during the 1800’s or smth?

[@lofi-lila]

If you ever feel unloved, remember that signing the adoption papers was literally the most loving thing Matilda's parents actually did

[@Tuoyo3005]

I wonder if I would have been better off with this outcome? Instead I was sent to boarding school abroad. They didn't even want me in the same country 😪

[@sarahxo2317]

I wonder why they never put her up for adoption to begin with if they hated their daughter so much.

[@hamilcat1138]

@@sarahxo2317 They wanted a kid to clean the house and pick up packages, they basically wanted free child labor

[@irondragonmaiden]

@@hamilcat1138 Nah, they basically ignored Matilda. The things she did to her own space was her own way of remaining clean. The parents were oblivious to it all.

[@hamilcat1138]

@@irondragonmaiden no I meant how her dad had said that if she went to school who would sign for the packages. I agree that they were mostly oblivious to their daughters existence I just mean that when they did acknowledge her it was almost always for personal gain

[@MissMiseryGloom]

I was severely abused and Matilda was a character I identified with greatly. I read the book multiple times to my rabbit and always begged to rent the movie when we went to the video rental stores. Books were my escape, too. So this movie was really important to me. I definitely had nightmares about the chokey, though, and closed my eyes when Matilda got locked in.

[@wildfire7140]

Is everything okay now?

[@ninawth]

Same. I dreamt of meeting a nice teacher who could adopt me. As an adult, I can't read it anymore, because I find it too upsetting.

[@1Lanavis1]

Same. I always hoped a teacher or librarian could help save me the way Ms. Honey did for Matilda.

[@cristlewrite7944]

aww you read it to your rabbit? That's so adorable, your a real-life snow white :)

[@MissMiseryGloom]

@@wildfire7140 Getting there. Thanks for asking.

[@danielle5487]

I actually really loved Matilda as a child because it was the closest thing I could find to my abuse and coping mechanisms in media. She is able to keep bettering herself and hold hersefl together until she meets someone who is able to support her. Once she knows Ms. Honey is a place to turn, she uses her own power and knowledge to escape her abusers and find a happy loving home. It really shaped my hope for a future free of abuse as a child and got me to adulthood.

[@marissawilson4644]

I am happy that this movie helped you.

[@magicalgrim3471]

I hope you’re doing better now

[@danielle5487]

@@magicalgrim3471 I am, thank you. I'm in an extremely loving marriage and have wonderful friends who won't let anyone hurt me ❤️

[@magicalgrim3471]

@@danielle5487 🎉💛👏🏼

[@RubiksRonaldo]

14:21 my favorite part was when Matilda glued her dad's hat to his head and then he couldn't take it off at the restaurant 🤣

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

Honestly, tho, this movie contributed to my realization and acceptance of the fact I'd been abused most of my life. Sure, it took some time to really set in (and I needed a psychologist to get the ball rolling), but it still mattered. Abuse isn't just physical. There's several types. Surviving any type of abuse is tough, and it doesn't matter if other types are 'worse'. What Matilda went through absolutely mattered, and any trauma response she bears either at the time or later on is completely valid. Abuse is abuse. Period. Don't listen to anyone who dismisses what you went through as 'not bad enough'; untrained people have no right to make that determination for you.

[@rahbeeuh]

There's a KZbinr Willow Hope I think is her name who made a video reacting to her comments and she could've really used these words of encouragement bc people were just minimizing her trauma left and right. It was disgusting

[@Lamante331]

dnc bozo can't relate

[@GenerationNextNextNext]

I still need therapy and a psyrchologist from abuse. I can't afford it.

[@Lamante331]

@@GenerationNextNextNext can't relate + spelling issue + dnc

[@sierraa.bryant9322]

What you think of as "abuse" was not bad enough

[@TerrinX]

It's all about trauma and child abuse/neglect, the reason it's so dark and weird is because children who grow up in these kinds of environments experiences are dark and weird. Quality Culture's Matilda: A Story of Chosen Families video really explains how truly impactful and meaningful this movie is. For those who bond deeply with the story could possibly trauma bonding without realizing

[@nono7120]

Yeah I was a child that was abused and seeing Matilda stand up to her parents and stuff kinda gave me some sort of empowerment cause I relate to her, I admired her. Now that I'm older I realize how messed up that was 💀 I still love the movie but damn fjsjjdfhdhhdhd

[@ahsjdjsx]

So…we’re not going to discuss the fact that Matilda literally went “you can adopt me!” to her literal only teacher and her parents hopped in the car and yelled, “NO TAKE BACKS!”

[@diamondbentley7469]

Matilda was ready to ditch her abusive and neglectful family. Miss Honey just so happened to be the only adult in her life (Besides the Liberian) that was actually kind and caring towards her.

[@snowflakekiller6905]

America for you

[@Bunny_queen143]

Omg yess 😂😂

[@editor1087]

Goofy ahh long sentence 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JohnPerry27]

@@snowflakekiller6905 The original book was in England and the parents were even worse in that one (not by much but in the movie the mom and dad display these almost human qualities).

[@killuanatsume]

Because it's GOOD I watched it over and over again as a child. I am 31 now I still LOVE it.

[@EduardoMartinez-rs3bu]

When I was a kid I obviously didn't know how the whole having kids worked, so I always wondered why Matilda's parents picked her up from the baby factory at the beginning of the movie if they didn't want her

[@leafq]

Ok now that's adorable.

[@LdangerB]

Hahaha. Cute

[@honeypeaches7736]

That's adorable 😂

[@mariavivas2955]

Omg me too! And I didn’t understand why they chose her if they didn’t like her

[@aubreysky9489]

Omg i thought the same 🤣

[@Katiers24]

I have no idea why but as a kid I became so attached to this movie (it's still my comfort movie now) to the point that I can and will recite the entire script of it word for word.

[@whiskeyvixen9221]

I found my tribe cuz- same. I'm a whole ass 30 year old woman and to this day its my favourite childhood movie of all time.

[@Katiers24]

@@whiskeyvixen9221 yess literally, I've watched it hundreds of times and will probably watch it hundreds more

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

If that's the case, it may be time to look back at your childhood. For some, attachment to this movie is a sign of childhood trauma and abuse. There's a lot of us out here, sadly, but at least we have something to rally around.

[@MegaRamp]

I’m so happy to see people feel this way as I do

[@RaiKing42]

Same, I just wasn't allowed to watch it so it was just something that lived in the back of my head

[@stellarose3884]

This was absolutely my comfort movie as a kid. Seeing another kid who was neglected and being told I wasn’t alone, and that I’d find someone who loved and takes care of me someday was something I needed to hear as a kid. Sometimes the people who are supposed to take care of you don’t. Sometimes the people in charge have rules that benefit themselves instead of those who follow them. And sometimes the nicest people are those who have been through the most pain. I love this movie, and always will.

[@amylee8969]

@stellarose3884 Sorry about your experience. I loved this movie growing up too. It has a lot of funny and memorable scenes despite the child neglect stuff.

[@BrandyTexas214]

Haha yeah mrs. Doubtfire for the first time made me feel normal because I didn’t know anyone growing up whose parents were divorced. We watched that movie in school and none of my classmates were divorced kids but the end made me feel normal for the first time

[@blumist4332]

5:32 “Can you service me?” “In a way yes” I’m dead

[@wasellc8888]

The shadow doesn't help either.😅😂

[@ASoberBear]

As someone that was abused worse than in this movie as a kid while no one was there to help me, movies like this helped me cope that things would get better. They did. 👍

[@screech7664]

:))))) Sorry idk what to say-

[@ssimplyrask]

Did your own Miss Honey adopt you

[@LillyishereByrd-wc6yu]

Good for you ❤❤❤❤

[@johnnythewalrus]

"I just want attention"

[@joshylee200]

Sure

[@thisismyusername3277]

Matilda will always be my favorite childhood/comfort movie …Also, the mom of Mara Wilson (The actress who played Matilda) had cancer when this was being filmed and Danny Devito and his wife (Matilda’s mom and dad in the movie) would take care of Mara. Danny Devito , who not only starred in the movie but also produced and directed it, made sure that Mara’s mom was able to see the movie before she passed, which was right at the end of filming.

[@Natalie-gm5po]

aww :(

[@anonymouscausewhynot]

That is such a heartbreaking yet wholesome fact. I’m glad Ms.Wilson got to see her daughter’s brilliant acting before passing, and that Ms.Mara herself had the emotional support she needed at the time.

[@WilliamWizer]

it saddens me the premature death of her mother but I'm sure she died proud of what her lovely daughter had acomplished.

[@stardust1815]

I always appreciated how Roald Dahl discussed serious issues in his books (such as child abuse and poverty for example) in ways that were palatable to children but not talking down to them. Though it's been a while since I've read any of his books so I could be remembering wrong.

[@ren._227]

matilda hated her parents sm that she walked around carrying adoption papers 😂

[@watchingthebees]

As a very bookish little girl living in an extremely abusive family, I was so in love with this movie, and I still am tbh, I still feel for my child self when I see Matilda’s childhood

[@thedragonofcanada6659]

my condolences to hear that, you're ok now though, stranger person?

[@Jasmine-zd3dm]

Same, I hope your doing better now

[@skippysandwich]

I was a bookish little boy who used to watch this movie all the time because of how much I related to Matilda. Our situations weren't 1:1, obviously, but the similarities were very much there. I was expected to entertain my little stepsister and cater to her every whim, it was my fault if she beat me up for wanting to read instead. I remember my stepmother giving me a book she thought I'd like, only to take it away and never give it back because I didn't say good morning to her because I was busy reading. She also threw away a book I'd brought from my mom's house, and my dad had to dig through the trash for it. I'm glad I got out of there.

[@Ornithorhynchus.]

@@skippysandwich i hope you and the person who wrote the original comment are doing good now!

[@johntaranto29]

Well you heard Alex, you should have never been permitted to watch the film until 18. Honestly this crybaby sentiment from this channel is ridiculous. It only makes me realize how much cooler the 90's were. Lets rate Matilda R restricted, Jesus give me a break.

[@PolloRataShow]

When Miss Honey says “doll with a china face”, she means china as in porcelain; a porcelain doll. I had many porcelain dolls growing up. I guess you don’t really see them in stores much anymore.

[@themimsy]

He knows he was just making a joke

[@dragonmaster3030]

@@themimsy how do you that as a fact though, not everyone knows everything

[@Kbear-xt9mh]

Because they’re creepy af...

[@arikalamari19]

they are more expensive i guess than plastic

[@ashleygibson2342]

My daughter is 7 and she collects them. Lol, she has maybe 7 or 8 of them now.

[@ComicalRealm]

Fun fact: In Matilda (1996), Miss Honey, as a child, had a doll named Liccy Doll. One of the producers of the film is author Roald Dahl's widow, Liccy Dahl.

[@finkahata5663]

Only for fans over 18 years old Aishite.Tokyo/shizumi 💋🔥 mañas no se la Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter Asi con toy y sus mañas no se la lease que escriba bien mamon hay nomas pa ra reirse un rato y no estar triste y estresado.por la vida dura que se vive hoy . Köz karaş: ''Taŋ kaldım'' Erinder: ''Sezimdüü'' Jılmayuu: ''Tattuuraak'' Dene: ''Muzdak'' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu gana taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. ''Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt'' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu.#垃圾 Son unos de los mejores conciertos , no puede ir pero de tan solo verlos desde pantalla, se que estuvo sorprendente 💗❤️💌💘

[@ayeilak5]

Oh wow that's beautiful ❤️

[@trinaq]

Neat, that's a beautiful shout out, thank you for sharing it with us!

[@singularity___]

Matilda was my favorite childhood movie, and is still a favorite. The story definitely changed the way that I saw the world and has an impact on me throughout my life in small ways as I've reflected on it over the years, it is absolutely a story about a girl escaping an abusive family. I was inspired by the way that Matilda stood up for herself, but also by her sense of curiosity and her desire to learn. Weirdly, it was a comfort movie for me, although I knew even at the time it was a bit jarring in parts and definitely 'went there' more than you'd expect from something that appears to be a childhood movie. Still would highly recommend tbh

[@MIGUELDELLVALLE06-jv1sw]

I used to watch it on VHS back in day it's still one of my childhood favorites.

[@idontknow1356]

i used to love roald dahl books as a child. upon re-reading them when older, i’m realising there’s a perfect pinch of creepy i missed in most of the books; it’s fascinating. the only one i was outright scared in was ‘the witches’, i remember not being able to sleep properly for days out of fear when i was around seven :’)

[@Nella_nova]

Witches is my favorite Roald Dahl book and I read it somewhere around 7 or 8. Good book. Also I saw Matilda when I was five staying at my cousins` house. I remembered the movie as soon as I read the book.

[@heyits_joanna]

Also “the twits” is scary!!

[@joemagill4041]

I had the an audio book of the witches on tape that was absolutely, certifiably, fucking terrifying. I have absolutely no shame in admitting to the fact I was 17 before I managed to make it the whole way to the end.

[@leg_co]

bro the witches terrified me as a kid, like I was the biggest Roald Dahl fan out there and I could not finish that book for the life of me

[@xoderota]

Yeah same, I was so surprised to find out he was a horror writer, I found some of his stories in mom's room and I read them because I was like "he wrote Matilda and all the other books so all his stories have to be appropriate for kids" I was like nine

[@youknowsahara]

I don't even come from a broken home and I love Matilda; my absolute favorite movie! I first watched it as a kid and never looked back. I relate most to Matilda's love for reading, liking school more than her own home(for the most part), and the way her parents don't understand her. And I am so grateful she found people like Lavender and Miss Honey at the right time, or she could have gone through a dark path.

[@christinaglahn8036]

She might have gone all Carrie-at-the-Senior Prom.

[@Chi_Me]

I was surprised when he said Maltilda was a girl movie.. but then again, back in the day I guess everyone thought that way. It was acceptable/encouraged for girls to watch movies with boy protagonists but boys don't want to or aren't allowed watch movies with girl protagonist. Like I was so surprised in elementary school when the boys in our school didn't watch Kim Possible or Lizzie McGuire Soo glad that in college though, when I met guys who watched (and loved) Totally Spies!

[@idislikemints]

Totally Spies was the bomb though. Sad people missed out on it due to stupid reasons.

[@TheJuicyJediJester]

Because 99% of girls series are ass.

[@PyroOfZen]

@@TheJuicyJediJester Spoken like a true adolescent.

[@xblade149]

I never thought Matilda was just a girls movie. I mean this is coming from the dude who grew up with Kim possible and sailormoon

[@jessn.3851]

I didn't like Lizzy Maguire even as a girl but Kim Possible was okay. I can see why boys weren't into it at the time, because even though Kim was great, Ron wasn't exactly cool, neither was the bad guy. The coolest characters were girls.

[@UnsungHero_85]

“Chew your food, your an animal!” Gets me everytime😂

[@shay7821]

As someone who grew up in a mentally physically abusive household I love this movie so much and yeah it was weird and sometimes triggering but I’m glad they didn’t sugar coat anything. And the humor of the bizarre way adults treat kids sometimes is genius. 😉

[@kylieko2918]

The fact that Alex said "its 2021" in the sponsor read shows how long it takes to edit his videos 😂

[@comicsandanimation5531]

nah he records the sponsor part and reuses it a lot , like many of his videos have the same sponsor so he uses that original clips instead of making new ones everytime

[@jenh101]

@@comicsandanimation5531 that’s what I assumed.

[@xthatxdetroitxgaymerx6108]

oof very perceptive. Props and nods of approval :)

[@carakohler5242]

Love you Alex but this has to be one of the only videos I can’t agree with. Matilda was amazing. She read bc she was abused not bc she was “quirky”

[@GoldenArmorYeah]

That’s the point. He was talking about as a kid with all the expectations back when he was a kid made him feel like he couldn’t watch it

[@dracocrusher]

Yeah, it's way more that she doesn't want to be like her crazy insane family. She had to grow up fast to take care of herself and quickly decided she wanted to be better than them... you know, in a good way. She wants to be educated and live a good honest life unlike her stupid sleezy uncaring parents. It's a bit over the top, but it's a kid's film, so it makes sense to go that far with the exaggeration.

[@sakhik.b5178]

The 'where were you when Thanos attacked, I didn't see you in the superhero lineup' cut to Matilda with the endgame shot😂😂😂

[@shinybearevidra]

I hope that the tone is sarcastic and I'm just missing it, because this movie is about a girl escaping her abusive parents, a woman regaining what was once her family's, a murderer paying for their actions (it's heavily implied that miss Honey's father was killed by miss Trunchbull). It shows that family isn't always the one you're born with, that there can be an happy ending to every situation and that somehow, someway, criminals will be punished (Matilda's parents have to run away and miss Trunchbull loses job, house and reputation.)

[@Skipskully]

It’s a video calm down y’all taking it to hearts

[@shinybearevidra]

@@Skipskully i am calm... Can't i write my thoughts?

[@Skipskully]

@@shinybearevidra who?

[@shinybearevidra]

@@Skipskully me and whoever wants to voice their thoughts.

[@giselaricotti]

@@shinybearevidra ignore him, if you say anything negative about the video he tells you is just a video, he is done it to other commentors who have a brain to criticize it.

[@warningdeadinside2537]

I feel like this movie really flew over Alex's head. I usually enjoy watching his videos but I actually struggled a bit to get through this one

[@dencocreations1701]

Agreed, I mean has he seen most 80s Italian movies where they’re killin kids on screen left and right lmao

[@rinxmacaroni2085]

I didn't knew Alex and I find it cringe like the sticky money scene lol

[@ozkroca9003]

I think his serious and insightful comments were reserved for his closing diatribes, but he seems to have gotten rid of them. Don't know why, they were really fun to listen to.

[@rinxmacaroni2085]

@@ozkroca9003 what and what?

[@iCanbEYOURrUKIA]

I think he's just being silly

[@AshDub86]

As a 35 year old adult human, I still periodically will stop whatever I'm doing to focus and try to move things with my brain, just to check in case I've finally gained the skill of telekinesis.

[@secretlyadragon4723]

Same.

[@samueldavidbatistaruiz7510]

Same

[@beachbum3225]

haha me too

[@SyFy412]

“As a 35 year old adult human” that’s just what a nonhuman would say

[@kyle1758]

Hello there, fellow human!

[@erincosta565]

I love Matilda. The movie is based on the book by Roald Dahl, who had a dark side, for sure, but also had a way of extracting important growing-up lessons. This was also the movie that brought together Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman--they've been married ever since. Furthermore, Mara Wilson, who plays Matilda, was filming this movie while her mother was dying in the hospital. Danny DeVito brought the uncut movie to her so she could see her daughter onscreen. *Pauses to wipe away a tear* Also, the kids' movies of today have almost no substance to them. Bunch of sissies.

[@Ldawg42069]

nah cause Matilda was a character i could relate to and so could a lot of young girls with shared experiences to Matilda wether that’s being neglected, or emotionally manipulated and abused. This was an empowering movie for me to stand up to adults doing unjust things even when it’s hard. However i do understand an outsiders view on this movie may be a bit different than my own lmao

[@juliannehannes11]

The charmed life they must lead to find this movie too traumatizing

[@solus8685]

@@juliannehannes11 it's not traumatizing, it's just kinda weird.. and a little forced, humor-wise

[@torirakes]

Amen

[@juliannehannes11]

@@solus8685 Because it's from the fantastical POV of a very imaginative and traumatized 6yrold girl who obsessively reads so of course her story is going to be embellished as a Grimm fairytale, kids that age tell stories exactly like this, half true and half absurd nonsense, whatever they can't maturely understand and emotionally process they fill in with made up fantasy and magic.

[@juliannehannes11]

@@solus8685 I suggest watching The Fall starring Lee Pace, you'll like that better, Road Dahl isn't for everyone

[@JellyJessYT]

Just realising I think this movie traumatised me to never wear pigtail braids when I was younger

[@francescaperron2003]

But my mommy thinks, they're sweet

[@xthatxdetroitxgaymerx6108]

Thought the Wendys girl did LAWL

[@Jess_eeeee]

That scene haunted me

[@sicilyfranklin3157]

This movie actually motivated me to wear pigtails. I think my child brain correlated the pigtails with flying? IDK.

[@zaidensmith1525]

Hmmmm.....I feel like I've seen you somewhere...HMMMMMM

[@dalishrogue3621]

Matilda was the only thing that got me through my childhood. Even though I never "punished" my parents like she did, she gave me hope that I could find my real family when I'm older and that just because everyone in your family tells you there's something wrong with you/your a bad person, it doesn't mean it's true. Sometimes it's your family that's bad. She taught me that the person who has the power to make myself happy *is* me. Courage the cowardly dog was kinda the same. It doesn't matter that you're scared, you can still find ways to make a better outcome. Also the perfect barracuda is in all of my college planners for when I'm afraid of failing.

[@magicalgrim3471]

I wish you luck on finding your true family or if you already are with your found family then I’m happy for you and I hope it gets better for you.

[@wandanemer2630]

You know, I really need to print a perfect barracuda for my emotional support.

[@frosted_glaceon5513]

9:19 I laughed so hard, I thought he was gonna say "I want you to go fast" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheSuperNats]

I saw this as a kid, I am 30 now and I’m still haunted by the chocolate cake scene 🤢

[@finkahata5663]

Only for fans over 18 years old Aishite.Tokyo/shizumi 💋🔥 mañas no se la Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter Asi con toy y sus mañas no se la lease que escriba bien mamon hay nomas pa ra reirse un rato y no estar triste y estresado.por la vida dura que se vive hoy . Köz karaş: ''Taŋ kaldım'' Erinder: ''Sezimdüü'' Jılmayuu: ''Tattuuraak'' Dene: ''Muzdak'' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu gana taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. ''Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt'' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu.#垃圾 Son unos de los mejores conciertos , no puede ir pero de tan solo verlos desde pantalla, se que estuvo sorprendente 💗❤️💌💘

[@suzannax]

Brucey Bogtrotter was a legend

[@nathansaintus9927]

@@suzannax for real haha

[@javiergonzalez.6150]

It was really creepy, but I still love that scene

[@emilian7052]

It was so gross

[@lu_bujan25]

As a kid I loved Matilda, it was like the master piece of cinema of the time. But watching the movie now, I realize that it is actually really DARK and weird.

[@jovanka---------3022]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------💜 >>👉 NUDE.SNAPGIRLS.DATE/alexa Gaze: "Amazed" Lips: "Sensual" Smile: "Sweeter" Body: "Colder" Life's story is a short journey so have fun before you sleeping forever #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾 #ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). . !💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾

[@TerrinX]

It's all about trauma and child abuse/neglect, the reason it's so dark and weird is because children who grow up in these kinds of environments experiences are dark and weird. Quality Culture's Matilda: A Story of Chosen Families video really explains how truly impactful and meaningful this movie is. For those who bond deeply with the story could possibly trauma bonding without realizing it.

[@jessn.3851]

That's what I love about it. Matilda was always my favorite Roald Dahl book.

[@tini_ceh]

I wish we saw more movies like this now with the protagonist leaving their abusive/neglectful family and finding a new one rather than the theme of "They're family and family sticks together no matter what." Cause sometimes things just don't work out and it's ok to let go of toxic people (even family) if your life is made worse with them.

[@mewesquirrel6720]

There has never been movies where family sticks together no matter what

[@heyits_joanna]

@@mewesquirrel6720 literally every childrens family movie has that moral

[@tini_ceh]

@@mewesquirrel6720 There may not be movies where the parents are this abusive but there are a lot where the message is "family sticks together" the most recent example is Encanto, while I do like that they realized the problem and fixed it in that movie there aren't a lot where the protagonist realizes things aren't going to change and leaves. Same with Lilo and Stitch, Frozen, Brave, The Croods, and a lot of other kids movies, while the message of changing to get along with your family isn't bad, I think they should show the other side more where the family doesn't change their behaviour and how it's ok to leave situations like that.

[@mewesquirrel6720]

@@heyits_joanna never seen them🤷

[@jessiehills9764]

@@tini_ceh Families fixing the problem and moving forward is just as rare as people leaving problematic families. usually, the character "learns to appreciate" their family the way they are, or some shit

[@willowsblues]

see i've never realized that the cake assembly scene legit planted the seed of eating disorders until this video. as fucked up as it sounds this video caused an EXTREME break through in therapy :) so thank you very much alex you've legit improved my mental health :) LOVE YA!!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

The fact that you slept on ‘Matilda’ as a child is sad. The book is cool and Danny DeVito adapted it brilliantly and the cast is brilliant!

[@jovanka---------3022]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------💜 >>👉 NUDE.SNAPGIRLS.DATE/alexa Gaze: "Amazed" Lips: "Sensual" Smile: "Sweeter" Body: "Colder" Life's story is a short journey so have fun before you sleeping forever #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾 #ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). . !💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾

[@candycane1744]

@Garfa,,,, 👇❤ Omg you are everywhere

[@kasandywich]

as someone who loved matilda as a child, i still go back and watch this movie sometimes because of how heartwarming it is to me. its a comfort movie for me, even if some scenes were pretty absurd, but i absolutely loved how matilda was able to find her own family through miss honey and escape the abuse her other family put her through.

[@Panda_Roll]

This brings back memories. I saw Matilda in the theater and didn't notice that my 6 year old brother was so into it that when the scene of them throwing things at the principle came up he actually stood on his chair and chanted "Kill her! Kill her! Kill her!" right there in the crowded cinema. 😅

[@thatsly_jaymer]

Watching this when I was around 8 years old, it was and still now is one of my favorite movies. I’m glad to see people defending it

[@pompeiiunicorn]

I was OBSESSED with this movie when I was little. Despite loving my parents, my childhood was a lot like Matilda's, and I had to learn many things by myself. Its amazing how a 90's comedy movie helped many Kids to identify with a character who's powerful despite their messed up life.

[@MxNEWCASTLE]

Okay, you just made me realize why this movie stuck with me a lot when I was younger. I have delightful parents and at the time I was not having issues with my brother, so I've wondered why I connected with this movie. But I guess that the whole idea that she's strong even though bad things happen to her was very comforting. I went through some really tough times when I was a preteen and I think this movie spoke to me because of that. I had to grow up really fast to figure out how to be stable, and Matilda overcoming her circumstances with knowledge and friendship parallels the way I saved myself. Also, the whole idea that people treated her unfairly, but that it was definitely not her fault was a message I was learning at the time. (also, the school setting, because I was having difficulty with a teacher back then).

[@katiekati3138]

So glad to see that so many people are defending this wonderful movie!

[@Stuffies2022]

Mans out here sounding like a 🤓 lol

[@danielleyale15]

This was honestly one of the first movies that made me cry as a kid. As someone who grew up in a abusive household, I used to think it would never get better, and the end of this movie always made me hopeful.

[@rkivelover]

7:26 I mean, it’s a Roald Dahl book… what exactly were you expecting

[@TheVillainousSoul]

I usually like this content but I feel some of the stuff said about this movie in particular is a bit odd. This is a movie about abuse from adults (not just family but principles and teachers as well) that affect children. Matilda doesn't read books because she's quirky and that's her only personality, she reads them as escapism. Another weird thing was cutting out the context for her powers, she didn't gain them from reading, she gained them because she was abused. The narrator at the end explains that she looses her powers at the end because she was no longer in an abusive situation, she was safe and happy with her new mom. I don't mind making fun of some of the stuff in this movie despite the subject, just think making up stuff about the character doesn't seem that fair with this movie. Edit: I seem to have remembered something incorrectly. But regardless, point still stands. She didn't need to use them anymore because she was no longer in an abusive situation. Weird that I remembered it that wrong. Idk. Just felt like correcting since I got a lot of comments about it.

[@Metzli]

Damn, I wish I had superpowers when I was bullied in middle school...

[@primolla4609]

True. This movie was my suport system for years

[@juicebox7372]

She didn't lose her powers she just didn't use them much anymore

[@nerdalotdulac8552]

@@juicebox7372 She loses her powers in the book, I think OP must have misremembered. And although I agree with the main comment, I think Alex was just being funny 😅

[@themimsy]

The video ain’t that deep pal

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

Matilda is NOT “not like other girls,” she’s reading books because they’re all she has! Her parents are abusive and neglectful, and she has no friends outside of school. Once she’s in school, she doesn’t think she’s better than everyone, she just wants friends and a normal life. Just because you don’t like books doesn’t mean everyone who does is a pretentious asshole.

[@cottoncandye]

TY! my friends called me quirky bc i actually care about education 🙄 thank god i ditched them with my actual decent friend who also cares about education

[@k.v.7681]

YES. And beyond the whole "cultivating your mind", "education", "culture" yada yada... it's also an escape. I read a lot as a child because it was better for me to be alone in my room with a pile of books exploring new places rather than interacting toxic relatives. Because going to the library allowed me to interact with positive adults.

[@josephang9927]

Intellectuals are often responsible for the most disgusting modern ideas thag srill hunt us and yet they still ditch any responsibility. They think they own knlwledge or wisdom but most are just are coping with being losers in real life, and will never contribute to anything they read.

[@sazzaless]

Yeah the whole "quirky girl" thing is getting old for me now. Let people have things they enjoy.

[@destrocore50]

Bro it's a sarcastic movie review. It's intended to be sarcastic to be funny. Don't get all worked up

[@HelloXrancidkitteh]

that's sad you just assumed it was a girl movie just because the main character is a girl. the story is pretty well rounded enough for anyone to relate to on one level or another. plus she has superpowers with her mind, that's awesome. its one of my most favorite movies from childhood that still brings me joy.

[@RealBadGaming52]

its a bit more than a chick flick ffs, as a Young Boy of 8 i loved it back in 1997 so there.

[@themimsy]

That’s the point. He was talking about as a kid with all the expectations back when he was a kid made him feel like he couldn’t watch it the

[@doGInVain]

@@themimsy bingo!

[@Mia_M]

@@themimsy that’s still stupid

[@themimsy]

@@Mia_M that’s the POINT. Alex now realizes that anyone can watch anything like this. Societal norms and expectations were different thirty years ago.

[@yuki-gg7zo]

''please sonic ,....hit me with a brick'' got me rolling on the floor🤣