Matilda

The anticipated movie stars the likes of Emma Thompson as the villainous headteacher Miss Trunchbull, as well as Alisha Weir as Matilda. Premiering last night ( ...

[The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/roald-dahls-matilda-the-musical-emma-thompson-netflix-1235233946/) said Matilda "manages to hit most of the right notes with this perky, peculiar adaptation", though noted the problematic nature of a story of child abuse set in a whimsical world. For that matter, so should nervous adults," they added. [Deadline](https://deadline.com/2022/10/roald-dahls-matilda-the-musical-review-london-film-festival-1235136020/), arguing that from the start "it is clear that [director Matthew] Warchus and the team have not merely adapted the theater musical but rethought it, top to bottom. They added: "Matilda is a tangy bit of entertainment, served up with gusto. [said](https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221005-matilda-review-traumatic-and-not-that-fun) the film is "only a couple of tweaks away from being the year's most disturbing gothic horror movie". [called](https://twitter.com/ian_sandwell/status/1577727822419955729) the movie "a fantastical and exuberant adaptation of the stage show", saying that "it smartly trims it down".

BFI CEO Ben Roberts reached out to young audience members: “We really want to make sure independent and classic film and TV are accessible as possible”

Fellner’s comment that the film would be released “only in cinemas in the UK” was met with rapturous applause. “I want to speak to our young guests – maybe some of you fancy being in the industry and want to make their own films,” said Roberts on stage at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. “It couldn’t feel more relevant,” she reflected on the Matilda story’s message.

Roald Dahl's story is a favourite — and it speaks to us very closely, say stars - as film premieres on LFF's opening night.

The festival, that opened with the premiere on Wednesday, will close with Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery starring Daniel Craig. I just can’t believe it, I don’t know when it will sink in but it’s mad to think that I’m Matilda.” The film’s 13-year-old star Alisha Weir, who takes the title role, said she learned on set by “watching everything” her more established co-stars did.

Forget the classic '90s version, Matthew Warchus' book-to-stage-to-film adaptation of 'Matilda' will warm your heart.

Unlike the book and previous film adaptation – as well as the stage play, where Trunchbull is always played by a man – Thompson dodges the cheaper comedy of sending her up as kind of butch-coded, bloke-hating villain. Matilda has already been transformed into an all-singing, all-dancing stage play before by Pride director Matthew Warchus – and he also helms this new film version of Matilda The Musical. As well as force-feeding an entire chocolate cake to Bruce Bogtrotter in front of the entire canteen and using Amanda Thripp’s pigtails to hurl her over the school gates, Trunchball has constructed a spiked cupboard known as ‘The Chokey’ especially for disciplining pupils.

Roald Dahl is coming to Netflix. The streamer's most expensive deal to date allows it to adapt the beloved works of the children's author, and first up is ...

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Arriving at the premiere of Matilda at the BFI London Film Festival, Irish newcomer Alisha Weir, who stars in the title role, said all of the big-name cast ...

I've seen the musical eight times because I have three kids, and I love the idea of being the librarian because there was a librarian in my life who let me read books instead of walk the playground and get bullied. Matilda The Musical speaks to me very, very closely." Talking about the moment she found out she had been cast as Matilda, the youngster said: "I was just so stunned. "And then this, to see Lashana, Alisha and what Matthew has done with this film... I just can't believe it, I don't know when it will sink in, but it's mad to think that I'm Matilda." Speaking on the red carpet in London, 13-year-old Alisha Weir, who hails from Knocklyon in Dublin, said: "It was my first ever big film.