Matilda - Deluxe Edition product reviews

I was overjoyed when this came out on DVD and spent months trying to find it, so it's easy to say that this was a movie I loved as a child. I re-watched it with my own children and loved it just as much as I had when I was a child. My mum even watched it, she had never seen it when it first came out, and loved it as well. Matilda is such an endearing character. Kind, thoughtful, never mean and always optimistic.

The extras were also great and I loved seeing how some of the effects were done, such as when the book was flying there was actually a guy on a skateboard underneath it etc.

Great movie at any age.

Matilda is one of my all time favourite kid's movie adaptions of a Roald Dahl book. Danny DeVito gets this one so right. Mara Wilson makes a wonderful Matilda, full of moxie, intelligence and love.

Her family are just awful. Dahl knew how to write truly terrible adults, and DeVito and Rhea Perlman deliver these roles so well. Pam Ferris as Trunchbull is really terrifying and foul too.

My daughter loves this movie. She loves that Matilda is so clever. She loves the magic and Matilda's spirit. Its a funny and fun family movie. And there is plenty in here for adults too. I can watch this again and again, because the performances are good, and the story is such a classic.

Matilda is a stand out classic movie that fits just as easily into a few genres: comedy, family, fantasy.... and any way you label it, it's a great fun watch.

With lots of clever thinking and little bit of magic, Matilda is more than a match for the 'Trunchbowl' (school headmistress). And she has a plan to make some big changes...

Some scenes might be scary for very young children; although in my humble opinion I think the NZ classification* is a little over the top - personally, I am quite sure I would have enjoyed it immensely if I had seen it when I was 7 or 8, each to their own.

* Note this film is rated PG in NZ - parental guidance recommended for children under 15.

I loved Matilda as a child - one of the few films where I was fortunate enough to have read the book first and still enjoyed both versions. Mara Wilson (Matilda) is absolutely adorable, an intelligent, eternal optimist who discovers that she has magic powers and therefore the ability to get revenge for all the years of bullying by her family and her new headmistress.

Good, simple fun. I can't think of anything bad to say about this film. Even now (aged 21) I still love watching this movie. Appropriate for all ages, though a couple of scenes are slightly scary and may require parental supervision for very young children.