I always applaud Danny De Vito managing play an abusive parent figure so well while actually being such a good man irl especially during the filming of Matilda cause the girl who played Matilda's mum was sick during it so he took care of the little girl and made sure the mum got an early copy of the film so she could see it.

"All grownups get scared, just like children" I love that Matilda's take away wasn't just "oh so it's ok to be scared sometimes" but "So I can make adults feel fear".

This movie is top tier comfort film and top tier comfort characters, all in one.

The scene where Trunchbull is chasing them through her house always gave me such anxiety as a child though

Danny De Vito pulled tripled duty with this movie he played Matilda’s dad, Narrated, and Directed the movie

I loved how everything is exaggerated bc as a child it was the only way for me to notice the difference between a nice and healthy relationship and an abusive one. As an adult it might be too much but it is not for me, but for children to recognize where the line is

i hate that scene when matilda's father rips up the book while she reads it and forces her to watch TV, it's so uncomfortable and tense...

As a bookworm and kid with an abusive mother, Matilda is one of my ultimate comfort movies.

Wholesome fact: Mara Wilson (Matilda) and the girl who played Lavender are best friends to this day.

3:00 The book confirms that Matilda's speech was perfect by the age of 1 but that her parents just "called her a nosy chatterbox and told her that little girls should be seen and not heard".

The book explains that all the children tried to report the Trunchbull to their parents, but the punishments she gave were so extreme that the parents thought it was all lies. This actually occurs IRL in some places, where children are horrifically abused in such a way that their pleas for help are ignored.

Mara Wilson’s mother was sick with cancer during the production of the film, and since they knew she wouldn't be able to see the final product, Danny Devito took a copy of the half-finished film to the hospital so she could see it. When her mother passed away, Danny Devito & his wife Rea Perlman (who played Matilda's mom) took her in & adopted her. Despite playing her abusive parents, they're some of the sweetest people you'll ever meet in real life. 😭❤️❤️❤️

3:47 Her brother Michael doesn't bully her in the book, but he also never defends her from their parents or stands up for her or asks her if she's ok or talks to her or anything. In fact the only interaction between them is when he waves goodbye at the end. He doesn't seem to get or mind that what his dad is doing is illegal, just thinks it's cool what his dad is able to do. In the musical he barely moves out of the chair and only ever repeats the last word of what someone else has said - little worried about him in fact.

The message that even your parents can be abusive this movie has was so important to me as a child to recognize abusive behavior from adults.

Not sure if anyone has commented this yet, but on the scene around 20:48, Matilda's actress was actually embarassed to dance in front of the crew and while being recorded, so Danny got nearly the entire crew to dance offset with her so it felt more like they were all having fun. Just one of thr amazing things from behind the scenes of this movie. Everybody was so sweet.

listen, ms.honey was my gay awakening, but are we suprised?

Danny DeVito also directed this and he seems like such a wholesome guy. Apparently he asked every single person working behind the scenes to dance during the dancing/magic breakfast scene because Mara Wilson was embarrassed to be the only one dancing. I'm not crying, you're crying.

"If you ever want to feel untalented, watch a performance of Revolting Children" God this is so true.

I had a girl tell me I was like mrs honey once 🥺 best compliment ever

Matilda is actually very Intelligent, regardless of whether she reads advanced books at her age and knows things about mathematics, she understood that the principal had killed Miss Honey's father and knew how to scare her about it. It was brilliant

"You were born into a family that doesn't always appreciate you. But one day, things are going to be very different." This always makes me tear up.

To this day, the cake eating is still one the most intense scenes I've watched

Fun Facts: the actress that play Ms. Trunchbull also starred in Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban as Aunt Marge. The character that blew up like a balloon & floated away🎈🎈

Don't know if you caught it at the end, but you can hear police sirens when the parents are leaving Matilda. They definitely didn't make it to Guam.

Matilda is an absolute masterpiece and I have seen it a million times! I’m jealous you can watch it for the first time ever

fun fact the woman who played matilda's mum was the actual wife of danny devito

Matilda: *explodes the tv* Sophia: oh yesss. NOW DO IT WITH THEIR HEADS!!!! I died of laughter 😂😂😂😂

This film will always be a great example that kids films do not have to be stupid or provide “childish” humour for it to be “for kids”. I absolutely love this film, have since I was a kid and it will be a staple of the films I show kids

5:27 He thinks it keeps his hair looking strong and shiny - in the book we hear about the vigorous scalp massage he gives himself with that tonic every morning, always accompanied by constant heaving breathing, loud grunting and shouting "Ah, that's the stuff! Rub it right into the roots!" which Matilda can hear from her room across the hall.

This movie made me who I am as a kid. It let me know that I deserve respect as a kid, and that adults aren’t always right. It was revolutionary

This movie was dedicated to Mara Wilson's (Matilda) mother, who passed way from breast cancer during production. Before she died though, Danny DeVito made sure she got to view the final recording for the movie so she can see Mara 's performance.

The reason why Matilda’s dad was questioning Mrs. Honey was because he was illegally fixing the cars and he was scared she knew something about that

I absolutely love this movie!! I remember having a phase in my childhood where I thought was Matilda and had telekinetic powers 🤡

I went to a cake shop and bought the most chocolatiest cake they had and yet it was nothing compared to the cake scene in Matilda. Idc if that lady doesn't looks like she follow any sanitary measurements, I need her cake

This film is so wholesome but the most wholesome thing about it is how much of an angel Danny devito was behind the scenes- Google it- the stuff that man did to make the kids feel comfortable on screen and how he basically cared for the actress that played matilda as if she was his own child is so heart warming

I never liked children and for that very reason I could never understand why Trunchbull worked at a school of all places. I just don't get people who clearly don't like kids and then go on to work on areas where they will have to regularly interact with kids or go on to have them themselves. Like she had enough money to do something else if she wanted.

I felt you at 15:47 lmao. I don't really liiiike children, tbh most of times I find them annoying, but I would never say I hate them or treat them badly. I actually worked as a babysitter through college for many of my mom and sister's coworkers because I was so good with children. Children can't really help being who they are, their personality is forming and they need both freedom and guidance to do it well and that's on their caretakers. Kids, like them or not, deserve all the care and happiness.

Pam Ferris who played Trunchbull was better known in the UK for playing Ma Larkin in the Darling Buds of May - a role that couldn't be further from this one. She was a loving mother, who baked huge cakes with cream and strawberries and made jam and pies etc and wore summer dresses.

this should've been titled "Sophia being appalled by the treatment of Matilda for 25 minutes straight"

I didn't grow up with Matilda but I wish I had. While I was fortunate enough to have a decent home life I knew what it was like to be friendless and feel powerless to change it, except when I escaped into fantasy worlds (Whether through reading or just mentally). I knew how it felt to have adults condescend to you and treat you below your age. So I was struck dumb by how encouraging and altogether lovely Matilda was when I discovered it in my teens. Definitely something I intend to show my soon-to-be niece or nephew when they're old enough. :)

I've seen Matilda before, but somehow seeing all those clips of the movie again has just made me realize how much Harry Potter stole from this story!

Reading the book as a child and rereading it as an adult hits so different...

Knowing that she already had the adoption papers earlier when her dad asked her if she's in their family and she just stares into the distance is so tragic yet hilarious.

Fun fact: Even though Danny Devito acted like the abusive father, he ended up adopting Mara Wilson (the actress of Matilda) since she was passing through really rough living for conditions

"Is she gonna adopt Matilda by the end" YEA SHE IS AND THEY'RE GONNA DO MATH AND READ TOGETHER

My nan used to have a video shop and when I was I kid I was OBSESSED with Matilda so I used to nick the video from her shop, so many times that in the end she just gave me the video saying I'm the only one who wants to watch it anyway 😂

My 70+ yr old military vet Dad, who normally only watches action, sci-fi, etc absolutely loves this movie. It's a family favorite! 🥰❤

You NEED to do a reaction to the Matilda reunion they did a few years ago. It was for the blu ray, they had a tea party and all the kids come back as adults, talk to Danny Devito about their roles and re-enact scenes from the movie. It’s so much fun. It’s on youtube too 😁

Imagine what could have happened if the wormwoods were a loving family and Matilda joined the crime section. Rich and untraceable. That would be their motto. Love your children

I still think the mother of matilda was still upsut bc she always wanted a daughter but matilda dindt was what she wanted sadly

Matilda was one of the first movies my dad let me stay up late to watch. I couldn’t have been older than 7 or 8, and I was so entranced with the movie that I didn’t go to bed until almost 11pm.

When you described the believability of the nice characters in Matilda, and Danny DeVito's performance as a terrible parent but still putting in a charming performance, it reminded me of Death to Smoochy. It has a great balance of both and the tone is similar to Matilda. Very underwatched, but truly a great Danny DeVito joint.

Danny DeVito was perfect to direct, matching the darkly comedic near horror of Roald Dahl, and the casting is perfect for each character. He must have been over the moon when Pam Ferris came in to audition for the Trunchbull.

I'm pretty sure the hospital gave Matilda to the wrong parents, her personality is too different.

This movie was my literal childhood and I can't comprehend why you've never seen it before

Interesting fact: Danny DeVito's wife in the movie was his actual wife. Before they divorced a few years later after the film. It's sweet and a bit sad

I was _shook_ when I realized that the actress who plays Ms. Honey was acted in _Schindler's List._ GODAMN SCHINDLER'S LIST OF ALL FILMS

I grew up being called Matilda because I read every book in my path in elementary school and I looked JUST like her. But as I got older, I became more like miss Honey. Not the tragic backstory but personality wise. Ive adored this movie for as long as I can remember and something amazing about it is it's evolved in it's meaning with me over time.

Hey I was too when I was 10 yrs old Matilda fuggin rocks period. Easily the best kids movie of the 90's.

The musical is also really amazing though, I definitely recommend looking for a bootleg on KZfaq if you're interested. The wordplay is wonderful and the practical effects onstage are REALLY effective. They even swing Amanda Thripp around by her pigtails and throw her in the air.

This movie really a helped me as a kid, but also highlighted my toxic and abusive parents so I connected with Matilda. My childhood was much different/more dangerous, but seeing the differences between a loving parent figure and obviously abusive parents, showed me that my childhood wasn't healthy. or normal. On top of that, Ms. Honey awakened my lesbian fantasies early on. HUGE CRUSH. Even beyond what I've already mentioned, watching it helped me grow my imagination. Before (and now that im older and more depressed), my imagination was stunted by the harsh realities, but it helped me imagine things like flying, being telekenis, etc. which in return helped me cope.

Chisa Yukizome and Ms. Honey are top tier comfort characters. Basically any good teacher is my comfort character.

matilda is one of my comfort movies for sure! i'm so happy you uploaded this today

childhood classic for sure, made a kid feel like you could do anything despite your situation.

Omg I’m so happy your doing this movie 🎥 and I love your channel so much you seem like a really nice and genuine person

The actress for Miss Trunchbull is Pam Ferris who also played Aunt Marge in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

That outfit suits you really well, i like how you dress accordingly to the type/theme of the movies you react to

As someone who's seen the musical live on Broadway and been in a production of it, Revolting Children is indeed something that just really makes you aware of your ability in theater lmao. My voice always hurt after singing it, but it was so much fun.

I watched Matilda when I was 4 and I still watch it years later, its so GOOD!!

as a kid a lot of the things matilda faced at home were pretty familiar to me, and i didnt really think that they were that awful bc it just seemed... normal? the fact that matilda would pull pranks on them but never really wanted to be as bad to them as they were to her is real too, as a child, even if someone is only mean to you, you arent able to understand why that is or that you should just "be mean back" specially if they are your parents, because it only makes sense that they love you no matter what, thats how many peoples perspectives of love get corrupted. its just really sad that people can be so unecessarily mean or evil to beings who arent at fault if they lack skills or understanding or discipline, you know? the ending is just so satisfactory

When Sophia laughs when a child is flying... 💖

Sophia is so gentle and nice, I want her to be a teacher in my middle school.

Road Dahl books and movies just hit different. This is every british kid's childhood.

You should totally react to The Road to El Dorado from DreamWorks. It's so underrated

Read all the books as a kid This is my fav adaptation. The book and the movie are my comfort place ❤️😭 ALSO SOUNDTRACK IS KILLER 👌🏾✨

I remember that my sister loved this movie so much that she watched it so many times she had the whole script memorized.

I just saw a behind the scenes video about the girl with braids, Danny Devito said she was like a real life Matilda, she read the whole time she was on set, even while she was in the harness about to get thrown out the window.

This was one of my favorite films to watch as a kid, and it is still one of my favorites to this day. Danny Devito is a gem.

i love watching her videos she is so positive, keep up the good work.

I still watch this movie to this day; it's really nostalgic. Also Danny DeVito was the director as well!

OMG MATILDA READ THE HOBBIT. I love her even more now

As an aside, both Binging with Babish and EmmymadeinJapan made the chocolate cake. You know, if you want to make it yourself.

Matilda is truly one of my favorite films. Ms. Honey is a wonderful teacher in the way she loves her children.

Matilda is my favorite movie. I first saw it on a snow day staying at my uncle's house. He was such a sweetheart and a teddy bear so this movie reminds me of him.

MY TOP 5 FAV CHILDHOOD MOVIE! (Besides Annie, Sherly Temple, Anastasia...) Lavender and Ms. Honey are my fav characters besides Matilda. 🥰 19:35 I've ALWAYS wanted to do that but is not flexable enough and my table is not stable enough for that.😅

YESSSSS, Matilda is so good with her intelligence.💕Fancy~

Matilda was my favourite book growing up. I fell in love with reading when I read Matilda and I’ve read the story cover to cover probably more than 20 times. It’s still a favourite 12 years later.

Even just watching the parts you included here - have so many feelings! One of the saddest is Miss Honey saying "oh I grew up & got away" but then still having that mindset where her immediate reaction to Matilda's suggestion with the chocolate was "Oh I can't - she'd know." Oh - you didn't really get away. Not psychologically or emotionally - heck, not even physically considering it's a similar power dyanamic with their 'jobs' at the school. And the acting moment that totally deserves an Oscar in my mind is Mara Wilson by Matilday being like "oh you were the kid in the story!" and then realizing that this one adult/person who's really noticed & tried to help her (even more than the librarian) went through this, is related to the Trunchbull, is still suffering under the Trunchbull. Just the sheer talent with that horrified "No." as the camera's on her facial realization is epic.

This movie taught me that just because you’re related to someone, doesn’t mean they are worthy of forgiveness, especially abusive ones

girl!! you NEED to react to The Prince of Egypt! it’s an animated dreamworks film. it’s so good and super underrated! you should definitely check it out. it has beautiful imagery and the songs are just *CHEFS KISS.* highly recommend it!

this is my favorite movie of all time. the scene where matilda is dancing is so cute because mara wilson was nervous dancing by herself so danny de vito had everyone on set dance with her so she wouldn't be alone.

And as a possible redemption sequel bit - I loved the mom scene at the end, but also Mikey's rather nice offer to Miss Honey of a beer? Just "Oh, you want one?" and she's "Oh - no thank you" gives the idea if he also was around better role models, he could be a fine citizen. (Similar to Dudley & Harry from the Hogwarts universe, the difference of 12 year old Dudley from 17-18 year old Dudley).

As a growing KZfaqr I have to admit it is crazy how she manages to edit all of this in a week just crazy! Edit:I've reached the highest milestone ever. A female has hearted me. But seriously how tf do you do it man? Edit 2: oh shi-

This is my comfort movie

Loved your reaction! When it came out, I was 18, and had already been a daycare teacher for 2 years... 20 + years later I still am teaching, and Miss Honey is still my inspiration!

ive watched matilda hundreds of times and i STILL love it

It so horrid to think about how traumatised miss Honey is and seeing her abuser and the murderer of her father every day, how that would make you feel. The feel of her hands would be so disturbing, she does it gor the kids though, she's so good.

Omg, why aren't more people reacting to this gem of a movie. Loved this!!!

My family must have watched this movie a billion times when I was growing up. It was an entire generation's comfort movie, and Ms Honey was a cultural icon.

When this movie came out, I was in third grade and my teacher looked exactly like Ms. Honey. She was also a super sweet teacher who would read stories to us all the time. Especially books that had movies based on them or ones coming out in theaters soon, so we would know the original stories before seeing them in theaters.