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28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawMatilda is a tangy bit of entertainment, served up with gusto.
- 80The IndependentClarisse LoughreyThe IndependentClarisse LoughreyThis is the rare musical that actually allows its performances room to breathe. There’s an inherent theatricality in the staging and a complexity in the choreography.
- 80Screen DailyNikki BaughanScreen DailyNikki BaughanThis …Matilda is not just a big movie about a little girl finding her voice, but about the need to speak up against injustice, wherever its found, and to find people who believe in you enough to lend their support.
- 80Time OutTime OutWhether for little kids or very big ones, this Matilda is fantastically fun. Great songs, great performances and plenty of baddies to boo.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe team manages to hit most of the right notes with this perky, peculiar adaptation. Or maybe the film has just enough bright shiny objects and tightly synchronized dancing-child chorus lines to stop anyone from caring about all that problematic whatnot. In any case, it mostly works.
- 60Total FilmNeil SmithTotal FilmNeil SmithA serviceable translation of a theatrical success whose weaker elements are found wherever it veers too widely from its source.
- 60EmpireHelen O'HaraEmpireHelen O'HaraA sugar-fuelled thrill, this boasts a fine young cast and pleasantly pantomime adult roles. It may be too long for younger kids, but tweens are going to love it.