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On Rotten Tomatoes, Matilda has an approval rating of 92% based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Danny DeVito-directed version of Matilda is odd, charming, and while the movie diverges from Roald Dahl, it nonetheless captures the book's spirit". [20]
Cousteau received the Adult Film Association of America Best Actress award in 1978 for her performance in the movie. [3] [4] The success of the film spawned two sequels, both directed by de Renzy: Pretty Peaches 2 (1988) and Pretty Peaches and the Quest (1991) with Siobhan Hunter and Keisha in the title role of the 1988 and 1991 films ...
All versions of Matilda—the 1988 novel, the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito, the West End/Broadway stage film, and the 2022 Netflix movie musical—differ from each other in key ways.
Miss Agatha Trunchbull is the fictional headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary School (or Elementary School), and the main antagonist in Roald Dahl's 1988 novel Matilda and its adaptations: the 1996 film Matilda (played by Pam Ferris), the 2011 musical, and the 2022 musical film adaptation (played by Emma Thompson).
The movie ticket company Fandango is reaching the digital streaming market too with the Vudu app, a movie app that offers rentals, purchases and free movies for streaming. Powered by ads, Vudu ...
The 6th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN), took place on January 9, 1989, [1] at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino [2] in Paradise, Nevada.During the ceremony, AVN Awards were presented in 41 categories, plus several extra awards, honoring pornographic films released between January 1, 1988, and December 31, 1988.
Matilda is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Elliott Gould, Robert Mitchum and Lionel Stander. The screenplay by Timothy Galfas and Albert S. Ruddy is based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Paul Gallico .
David Cote, in Time Out New York, wondered whether the show was too English for Broadway tastes; he wrote, "Matilda is a kids' musical, not a musical that happens to be about a kid. As such, its attractions may be limited to younger spectators and die-hard Dahl fans. That would be a pity, since Matilda is wickedly smart and wildly fun". [119]