Obligatory:  Danny Devito and Rhea Pearlman (Matilda's parents) unofficially adopted Mara Wilson (Matilda) while her mother was hospitalized during filming, and when it became clear she wouldn't survive for the release, Devito conspired to release a cut of the movie so she could see it prior to her passing.

When the dad asked "are you in this family?" she's totally thinking about those adoption papers she already had printed out.

I think the actress* who played Matilda, her mother was very sick and she wanted her mom to see it before she goes and Danny Devido I think is his name, the narrator, and the dad was also the one in charge of the movie production released it to the mom so she could watch her daughter act one last time

So I actually read the book this movie is based on back when I was in school, and there's a few interesting changes they made, the biggest of which being that, in the book, Matilda looses her powers. Basically, once Ms. Honey took over the school, she let Matilda advance to a higher grade fitting her intelligence, but shortly thereafter, Matilda couldn't move things anymore. The conclusion the characters came to is that Matilda's powers were the result of her mind's access capabilities, and once her intelligence started facing actual challenges, it didn't have enough spare energy for the telekinesis anymore.

Before the scene when "Matilda" would dancing by herself, she told Danny Devito that she was nervous. So he told everybody to dance when that scene was shot so she would be more at ease

Fun fact: the actress who played Ms. Trunchbull also played Aunt Marge in Harry Potter. She’s really such a good actress that she’s unrecognizable between roles.
Also, the scene with Ms. Honey and Matilda in Trunchbull house was nightmare fuel for me as a small child.

There's a "chocolate cake" edition of the book where the cover smells like chocolate. I found this out where I work (we deal with books), and I smelled chocolate near me. I had to find where it was coming from, and when I did, the nostalgia of the movie hit me as I read the title. This movie was absolutely part of my childhood, and definitely a classic.

Fun fact: Pam Ferris, who played Miss Trunchbull, would remain in character even when off camera so that the children's reaction to her would be genuine.

As far as I'm concerned, this entire movie is just an alternate Harry Potter universe where Hermione was raised by the Dursleys.

Well you won’t like how the book ends in the book the only reason she had the powers was because she wasn’t being tested enough and when she was in a smart enough class they just went away

Matilda was my idol as a kid. She literally inspired me to as my mom for a library card of my own😂.
Love that you watched this, Welchy😁

Oh, yeah, Ms. Honey knew that Ms. Trunchbull killed her dad.  While in the house, Matilda says something like "I don't think your dad killed himself", and Ms. Honey replies with "Neither do I".

Trunchbull was pure evil, which was why she was so fun to watch. You can have a good story with a good main character, but what REALLY makes it is a good villain. And she was an incredible villain

11:38 This scene literally traumatized me as a child and I'm convinced that it caused me to forget the entire rest of the movie's plotline lmao. Great video as always :)

Matilda was my comfort movie as a child. I had to hide it behind the bookcase in my room so my parents wouldn't find it, because they hated the movie because of Matilda's "disrespect" towards authority. I was a lonely kid that loved to read kid with questionable parents, and I saw myself in that little girl.

Ms. Honey was the love of my life when I was a kid (still is ngl)

Roald Dahl wrote this as well as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches, and James and the Giant Peach.  The portrait of Miss Honey's father was actually one of Roald Dahl.

Here's basically the situation with Honey and the Trunchbull:

Trumchbull came to help raise her after Honeys mom died. Then the dad died, and it was ruled a suicide.

Then when Honey got her teaching job, Trunchbull said Honey had to start paying back every last penny Trunchbull ever spend on her, and she'd only get about a dollar a week. No joke.

My guess is Trunchbull murdered the father as a means of trying to claim his inheritance, but discovered that the will stated Honey got everything, and Trunchbull couldn't touch it, so she took Honeys money to make up for it.

In the book her powers go away once she skips to the 6th grade. Her telekenises was the unused brainpower which was now being used in school

I love that Pam Ferris, the lady that plays Trunchbull, was also Aunt Marge in Harry Potter 3. Perfect casting!