Matilda

     

Matilda1996

Director: Danny DeVito
Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 102 minutes

First, the Iranian scholar Azar Nafisi of Johns Hopkins University discusses exile from her nation and teaching Western literature in Tehran after the revolution. Then, professor Harold Bloom of Yale University talks about Shakespeare's Hamlet. Last… more »


Matilda Wormwood:
Why don't you run away?

Miss Jennifer 'Jenny' Honey:
I've often thought about it, but... I can't abandon my children. And if I couldn't teach, I'd have nothing at all.

Matilda Wormwood:
You're very brave, Miss Honey.

Miss Jennifer 'Jenny' Honey:
Not as brave as you.

Matilda Wormwood:
I thought grown-ups weren't afraid of anything.

Miss Jennifer 'Jenny' Honey:
Quite the contrary. All grown-ups get scared, just like children.

Matilda Wormwood:
I wonder what Miss Trunchbull is afraid of.

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