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Matilda (1996)
Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, don’t agree. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a sadistic headmistress. As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.
Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, don’t agree. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a sadistic headmistress. As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.
The film's central conflict critiques authoritarianism, child neglect, and materialism, championing intellectualism, empathy, and the empowerment of the vulnerable individual against oppressive systems, which aligns with progressive values.
The film features a predominantly traditional cast with no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative, however, explicitly portrays several white, traditionally identified characters as antagonists, while the protagonists are also white. The core themes revolve around a child's struggle against abuse and neglect, rather than explicit modern DEI themes.
Matilda is a fantasy-comedy film about a gifted young girl who uses her telekinetic powers to overcome her neglectful family and tyrannical principal. The story focuses on themes of family, education, and empowerment, without incorporating any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or related themes.
The film "Matilda" (1996) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative is entirely focused on other aspects, resulting in no depiction relevant to the evaluation criteria.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1996 film "Matilda" is a direct adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel. All major and named characters, including Matilda, the Wormwoods, Miss Honey, and Miss Trunchbull, retain their established genders from the source material.
The 1996 film "Matilda" is an adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel. All major characters, including Matilda, Miss Honey, and the Wormwood family, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with the established depictions in the source material. No instances of a character canonically established as one race being portrayed as a different race were identified.
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