Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022) poster
2022 · family · comedy · fantasy · music

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

Directed by Matthew Warchus1h 57m2022
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • inventive
  • redemptive
  • tender

An extraordinary young girl discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all odds, to help others change their stories, whilst also taking charge of her own destiny. Standing up for what's right, she's met with miraculous results.

Our read · Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive family · comedy · fantasy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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Alisha WeirEmma ThompsonLashana LynchStephen GrahamAndrea Riseborough
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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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