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Here it is, guys! The movie that came second in the current Movie Poll! And it was an absolute joy from start to finish.

Once again... I had NO IDEA this would have anything 'supernatural' in it. XD Also, what I thought I knew about it was completely wrong (apart from Davito being in it).

PERFECTLY cast movie in every single role, and it flew by like it was only 20 minutes! So good, thank you so much for voting for it!

Hope you are all able to stay cool out there~

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Dani Phantom

WHAT A LOVELY SURPRISE! this is absolutely my favorite childhood movie and i JUST showed it to my girls for the first time a couple of weeks ago.

BeckyB00b

How would you feel about watching the musical movie version? While this movie is a classic, the musical version is so good, and I think portrays the message so much better. About how just because people constantly tell you that your voice doesn’t matter, you can and should stand up for what is right. It’s incredible, and the songs are so cleverly written (by Tim Minchin!) And it’s a British production too with faces you will absolutely recognise. Emma Thompson being one of them. Anyways, I’m excited to watch this reaction later :)

x_Rhi_x

Ooohhhh! hyped to watch this! Matilda is my favourote movie!

PumpkinSparks

The musical is so good! I haven't watched the movie yet, just the (bootlegged) stage version. But the songs are incredible! I mean, it's Tim Minchin, what do we expect? And the snippets I have seen look amazing and I only hear good things about it. And while I absolutely adore the 90s movie, to my understanding it's a bit more of a cleaned up version, while the musical is closer to the original allowing Mathilda and the kids to be way more scrappy.

PumpkinSparks

Well, I certainly know what I'll do tomorrow night! Hello nostalgia 🥰

BeckyB00b

The stage show is also amazing, but the film did a fantastic job. The musical really delves into how tragic Matilda’s life really is, and how she processes it. I think it’s such an important musical/movie to encourage kids to speak out and to not blindly trust adults or people in power.

krissy

Dani!? What are you doing here? lol

Dani Phantom

omg a reel one out in the wild 🤣

intrepiddragons

There is a musical production of the book that they made into another movie as well a couple years ago. I would love if you checked out Matilda (2022). While this version is my childhood, I absolutely adore the musical movie version as well. :)

Rebecca L-M

Definitely watch the original witches movie with angelica Huston - such a good Roald Dahl adaptation!!!

Rebecca L-M

James and the giant peach is also a good movie adaptation as well!

Margarita Pizza

Hi, Margarita here 👋 1. I loved this movie so much as a kid! I was a shy bookworm and the line about authors sending their books out, giving Matilda the comforting message that she is not alone... tears, every time. 2. Pam Ferris as the Trunchbull is right up there with most iconic villain performances of all time. She's clearly having so much fun with it! 3. Matilda and Miss Honey both love Charles Dickens because he wrote about mistreated children. 4. Have you seen Holes? If not, PLEASE add it to the poll! I think you'd love it.

Mary

This was a brilliant reaction Veggie! Such a nostalgic movie! I was waiting for you to realise while searching IMDB etc that Rhea Perlman and Danny Devito were married in real life. Also without saying too much there is a very sad story about the making of this movie… Danny Devito is amazing…

Louisa

Did you know that in real time Danny Devito married the mom in the movie from Mathilda? ❤️

Michael Short

The actress who plays the Trunchbull also plays Aunt Marge in Harry Potter

Steven

Yes you have to watch the witches (1990)! Up there as one of the best Roald Dahl movies

Garfnob

Wonka (surprised me how good it was).

Tiegan

During the dancing scene Mara Wilson (Matilda) was too embarrassed to dance by herself so Danny DeVito made everyone else on set dance with her behind the cameras 😊 he also looked after her while her mother was battling cancer and took an unfinished copy of the film to the hospital so that her mother could watch it before she passed 💙

Jabin (Aelic)

I guess it's not that surprising seeing reel review fans here too

Pauline Robertson

Pam Ferris is amazing! I feel her best known role would be Ma Larkin, with David Jason,from Darling Buds of May, Call The Midwife and Where the Heart is 🫶 My fav Danny Devito role is as Penguin in my fav Batman movie, Batman Forever. Where Pee Wee Herman actually played his father lol The other "boat salesman" was in the original Batman 1989. Embeth is also in Bridget Jones Diary. Phrases me and my 7yr old repeat from this movie: " oh a poem" in the accent lol "a bug a bug!" " Why are all these women married!?" " Your mommy, is a twit!" 😄

SapientButterfly

Absolutely love this movie. Definitely one of Pam Ferris' most iconic roles, she's amazing in it - though I think I love her most as Sister Angelina in Call the Midwife. For other Dahl movies absolutely check out the original Witches, and I always loved the James and the Giant Peach adaptation.

Jordan McLaren

Between this and Bicentennial Man, younger me fell absolutely head over heels for Embeth Davidzt (Miss Honey) lol ❤️ You should definitely check Bicentennial Man out if you haven't seen it! It's a Robin Williams film that makes me cry every time :)

Katie

I love this movie! I watched it so much growing up. I loved the book as well. I listened to the audiobook version all the time. I related to Matilda quite a lot because I was bullied by my teacher for years. I've seen the musical of Matilda at The West End and the movie adaptation of it is wonderful too. As for other Roald Dahl works, The Witches book is brilliant too. I'd say it's his best written. I've read all the classic Roald Dahl books to my son. I read The Twits to him again last week! He loves all the "horrible descriptions" 😁 Oh and the original The Witches movie from 1990 is fantastic too! I'd love to see you react to that!

Joseph_Darke7

cheerios are normally one colour, you might be thinking of the cereal 'Froot Loops'

Cari Ann

One of my favorite movies as a kid

PumpkinSparks

In later interviews (like 10-ish years ago) Mara said that they are still in contact and with all the difficulties of being a child star he really helped her and was a stable influence in her life and always had a ear for her troubles. He truly is a lovely man!

PumpkinSparks

Mara Wilson was a fixture in my childhood. She was in so many movies that we adored and watched a 1000 times. Her version of Miracle on 34th street was one of the must watches every christmas until I was like 16 or so - it's just so lovely and she is so charming and Richard Attenborough truly is Santa!

Alex Hopps

I enjoyed that so much had been nearly 15/20 years probably . I remembered alot of it. Divito is such a legend, the miracle on 34th kid was great too, but i don't think i ever gave aunt marge the credit she deserves. Amazing performance... also twins is a great movie lol

Esmeralda Joy

You kept thinking she was an orphan. Maybe you confused her with Madeline?

NightWolfNym

Matilda is a childhood favorite but I love Witches even more and I think you’d adore it too. Fun fact: Danny and Rhea are actually married in real life, which makes their scenes even more fun knowing that lol

Ziro the Hutt

Oh my god, I have to rewatch this Veggie to see what you think. Its a movie I've put off for years and years, but finally checked it out last year, after hearing its good; but that bit where the mighty Miss Trunchbull spins that child by her ponytails out of the school, had me in stitches - I about died laughing at it. I should check out the remake with Stephen Graham and Emma Thompson too that was done a few years ago. I'm sure you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Ziro the Hutt

Yeah she was in a few films back then and became somewhat of a child star; but I believe she tired of it quite quickly and is now an architect I think? Good luck to her anyway, it seems like she had a rough time of it, but had the likes of Danny DeVito and Jodie Foster to help her through some of it.

Ziro the Hutt

And was perfect for that role too after playing the mighty Miss Trunchbull here!

Ziro the Hutt

They were together for years before and decades after. Separated now though I believe, but I wonder if they are still in contact. I recently heard Rhea Perlman in Star Wars : Bad Batch playing a reptilian character, and they got her mannerisms and looks pretty close to what she actually looks like!

Danielle Lewis

I loved your reaction, it was so nice to see you genuinely loving the charm and craziness of this film, so nostalgic for me, I must have watched this over and over, back to back as a child.

PumpkinSparks

She still acts, but not for movies. According to interviews she realized that she hates film acting and stopped when she was like 15 or something. She now mainly does web series and voice acting, some small roles in television, some theater. And she is quite the prolific writer! She published 3 (?) books that were very well received, written articles for several magazines, and has her own blog. And she works with a lot of charities - she is quite vocal about mental health and living with physical disabilities Obviously we only know what she chooses to show and say in interviews, but she seems quite happy with the live she built for herself. Good on her!

James McCarthy

Woo glad you enjoyed. Roald Dahl was a genuis and besides being an author did lots of other fascinating things as well like helping to invent cerebral shunts for treating hydrocephalus truly an amazing man (although a little grumpy at times)

James McCarthy

I recommend you check out most of the adaptions for Roald Dahl's work they all are consitently spectacular writings since they perfectly balance chaotic whimsy with shockingly serious threats especially for children it made them compelling reading. Definitely watch *Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory (original, the johnny depp one is much weaker) *BFG animated original, amazing and the authors favourite adaption he gave it a standing ovation *James and the Giant Peach (Tim burton one) *The Witches (original, amazing though creepy) *The new Wonka prequel film is very good too. An original story taking elements from other books but they nailed the tone of a Roald Dahl story

James McCarthy

The casting is exceptional all round but Miss Trunchbull in particular was an amazing performance she has more presence and fear factor than any slasher film that house infiltration scene was brilliantly tense. A great part of these stories is the grounded reality with the whimsy, the threats are usually very real and extreme but Roald Dahl never was shy about including them in his stories. Even in the end Miss Trunchbull is a murderer who abused many children as well but escapes full justice though at least the kids and miss Honey were freed.

LouShirley

I always felt so satisfied by the comeuppance at the end because I think a lot of us as children have had an adult in our lives who treated us with varying levels of unfairness, to put it very vaguely. The performances by everyone in this movie were so incredible. This is definitely a movie that sticks with you

Son of Shadows

I may have cried once every 10 minutes watching this but they were manly tears I say

CR Ash

God this was my childhood, thank you so much for being you Veggie!! So excited to watch this film, I know you'll adore it and the humor!!

Logical Dreamer

I hope you watch the movie musical at some point, it's not the same, but it's good in its own way. The music is top tier

Chester

i was waiting so long for you to figure out that it was pam ferris and she’d played aunt marge. i honestly thought it would be instant for you! i reckon this role is what guaranteed her role as aunt marge.