Netflix premieres ‘Matilda, by Roald Dahl: The Musical’, a new version of the immortal tale with fun and unexpected differences from the original.
we review the most unexpected and curious differences between ‘Matilda’ (Danny DeVito, 1996) and ‘Matilda, by Roald Dahl: The Musical’ (Matthew Warchus, 2022)the new version of the tale that comes to the Netflix movie catalog to become one of the best Christmas movies to watch on Netflix.
And it doesn’t matter how much time passes, Roald Dahl is still wonderful, and luckily for everyone, the movie industry has taken notice of it.. Many of his texts have been taken to the big screen and, with better or worse luck, the unmistakable style of the British continues to bewitch generations of children around the world and, now, may have been responsible for one of those recent musicals for reconcile with gender.
Since the premiere of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ (Ken Hughes, 1968) and ‘A World of Fantasy’ (Mel Stuart, 1971) it was clear the author’s ability to take us to impossible, fanciful and always somewhat acid worlds, just enough to make the little ones enjoy without being treated like fools. We also owe him gems such as ‘The Curse of the Witches’ (Nicolas Roeg, 1990), ‘James and the Giant Peach’ (Henry Selick, 1996), ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ (Wes Anderson, 2009) and ‘My friend the giant’ (Steven Spielberg, 2016), but today it’s time to focus on that 90s milestone directed by the always interesting Danny DeVito and discover the differences with the new version, do you sign up for the trip?
To sing!
The main difference is obvious: ‘Matilda, by Roald Dahl: The Musical’ (Matthew Warchus, 2022) is a musical.
The film by Matthew Warchus, acclaimed responsible for ‘Pride (Pride)’ (2014), not only has Dahl’s work as a base, but also the Tim Minchin’s hit musical that caused a sensation in London’s West-End and is now being adapted for the screen by Dennis Kellyresponsible for the scripts for the series ‘Utopia’ and ‘Black Sea: Dark Sea’ (Kevin Macdonald, 2014).
Thus, in ‘Matilda, by Roald Dahl: The Musical’ we find great jewels already adored by fans who attended a live show by the Royal Shakespeare Company such as ‘Naughty’, ‘When I Grow Up’ and the well-known ‘Revolting Children’ . Of course, one of Netflix’s musical movies to sing and dance.
back to uk
Danny DeVito and his screenwriter, Robin Swicord, took Matilda to the United States, thus exposing the rottenness of certain suburbs of supposedly brilliant California.
This time we stay in the United Kingdom and, with the return, several of the cultural references of the film change, again completely English.
The Trunchbull, played this time by Emma Thompson, is still scary. Don’t worry about that.
more powers than ever
Let’s remember that Matilda is a very special girl because, in addition to being intelligent and curious, he has telekinetic powers that he uses to help others and, why not, to take revenge on evil people.
On this occasion, in addition to not wearing a bow in her hair and wearing a uniform outfit, she is not satisfied with making pencils fly and tidying up her room while dancing, but rather is able to explode objects and builds huge monsters out of chains. Direct to our list with the strangest superheroes in cinema.
Worst parents (if that was possible)
Mara Wilson had to put up with some (deliciously) insufferable Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman but, in this new version, Alisha Weir won’t have it any easier in her relationship with Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough.
All interaction with her mother, however slight, has disappeared. while maintaining the contempt he gets from his father. Her sense of abandonment is greater, and with it, her satisfactions when he begins to take the upper hand.
The escapist and the acrobat
Those who only have the 90s version of the story in mind will suddenly run into the tale of the escape artist and the acrobat, a story told by Matilda about two circus performers in love.
We’ll avoid major spoilers without saying too much, but let’s just say that as the story progresses, this will have some impact on the main plot of the movie. Will these changes manage to give us one of the best musicals in film history?
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Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
