that new Matilda Netflix remake is utterly bizarre...

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[spacedoyster]

The thing about Matilda punishing her dad in the movie, and the book, I think, is that he said "When a person is bad, that person deserves to be punished." So, Matilda concluded that since her parents are people, and they were bad, then by her dad's own logic, he deserved to be punished.

[catarinaoliveira]

i feel like the weak point of the musical is the relationship between Matilda and Miss Honey, which is one of the most important parts os the original movie. Here, when Miss Honey adopts Matilda i was like "why? they barely know each other", but in the original movie it makes a lot of sense because the script makes a priority to sell to the audience that they had a real connection from the beggining.

[judayers]

Fun fact:there's a scene in both movies. They're missing a scene from the book, which is the parrot prank where matilda borrows her friends talking pet parrot where she pretends there's a ghost in the house to scare her parents

[Schmkie]

For the cake scene, in the live musical they can’t have an actor eat a gigantic cake on stage so they have to have a distracting fast pace song so they can have the cake and by the end of the song the cake is gone. They probably just wanted to keep that aspect in it.

[mahilagoncam]

I feel taking away her brother in the new film makes her seem just angry at her parents but in the first film you could see how she felt like she didn't belong with her family as a whole

[CadoAstrum]

I love how in the original, pivotal scenes like being thrown by your pigtails, or being yelled at by your dad, the camera mirrors Matilda’s eye level, really resonating with the young audience and making sure you FEEL that scene on a different level. It does more than just show parents this is how your kid feels, it FORCES you to feel it.

[PrincessDini]

“Because everyone thinks I hate everything, which to be fair is true.”

MOST RELATABLE THING EVER OML

[Thurston]

12:30 When I was a kid, I would always fast forward this scene because it scared the hell out of me and I could never explain why.

[kierenmcgowan]

1996 Matilda is an angel child that gets into a bit of mischief but only wants what's best for her favourite teacher.
2022 Matilda will gladly commit arson if you piss her off.

[sammaloo]

One of my favorite scenes in the original film is when her mom is about to sign the adoption papers she sympathetically admits she wish she could've bonded with her daughter. Like, even the horrible parents have dimension to them. Her saying those lines legitimately pull at my heart.

[TheDawnofVanlife]

To be fair, stage musicals (upon which this is based, not the 90s movie) can have little to no dialogue. It is a series of songs sometimes vaguely connected by a few spoke sentences to get from one song to another. It’s why you can buy the original cast recordings of most Broadway stage musicals and know the whole story just from the songs. Stage Musicals are about the the songs. And in honor of it’s stage musical origins, it would make sense that the performances are a bit larger then life.

[annefelicitas]

I agree, in this rendition of Matilda, the story was too focused on the subplot about Miss Honey's backstory. You hardly even get to see Matilda develop her powers and use them. She uses them twice in this movie and then that was it. Also, this Matilda is giving me The Orphan vibes. 😂

[loriegabidel]

I have no nostalgia for the original movie because I didn't watch when I was young, but I have such a soft spot for it after hearing how Danny Devito and Rhea Perlman were like second parents to Mara Wilson when her mom died.

[Anonymous_Gambito]

5:56 No, "When I Grow Up" is not just about "kids wanting to eat candy". It's about children who are having a terrible childhood dreaming of being free and happy. The idea that someday they'll be strong enough to protect themselves and others and smart enough to find a way out of problems they're facing.

[robertwiley]

The US movie of Matilda was based on the book. The English Stage Production was also based on the book (NOT the US movie). The Netflix Musical is based on the Stage Production. Different interpretations of the same source material. I like them both.

[haengihorsetheonewhocancoo]

If I were to be honest, I love the part in PE where Matilda started singing (another song 🙃) about how everyone is yelling and how everything is loud and her rage grows but then it’s quiet, because I relate with it so much, my parents fought a lot and it was mostly because of me, I never knew that a childrens musical remake would make me cry.

[rosie]

Okay but my favorite line from the original movie doesn’t get recognized enough. When Amanda is spelling difficulty and trunchbull’s response is “Why are all of these women married??”

[margaretrousseau]

I think its worth noting that the director (who directed both the stage and movie musical), didn't watch the original movie so its purely based off the book. Anything choice made that is different/the same in the two movies is because they're based off the same book, but the musical is not based off the movie.

[AMY]

Personally I interpreted the revolting song as the children not being afraid to misbehave anymore and finally being allowed to be kids

[yourkamiboo]

i felt like the pig tail throwing scene made sense, because it shows her desire to be right about everything, it reminds me of a teacher I once knew