Matilda
Movie • 1996 • Comedy
ReportAn extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.
This movie contains 25 potentially triggering events.
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Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Daylsa
matilda is forgotten in the car by her parents the first day she is brought home from the hospital. she’s fine in the next scene!
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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Most people said no but the cops sit outside her fathers house and just watch constantly
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oreoicecrem
Matilda's parents are abusive and miss honey was abused as a child
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Trying2Help
Matilda’s brother is also treated poorly by his parents. He bullies Matilda in a few scenes (although not to an abusive level)
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tikolanesla
Matilda is abused by her family, the students are all abused by Miss Trunchbull, as was Miss Honey in her childhood.
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Addiction
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julesunddasmeer
The biological parents consume alcohol.
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Animal
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Are animals abused?
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Phoebe
Miss Trunchball kicks a cat
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Does a cat die?
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Trying2Help
A cat is kicked and flies in the air after scaring a character. Played for comedic effect and cat is not seen after
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Are there snakes?
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oreoicecrem
muss trunchbull is afraid of a newt and she thinks it's a snake. she kept saying "its a snake! its a snake!"
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Are there bugs?
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Phoebe
There’s a newt
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Assault
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Jenky
A hat is glued to someone's head and has to be cut off.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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jmkraemer14
Principal locks children in a room called the chokey, where it appears to be hard to breathe somewhat
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Mulu
Comedic fainting.
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Does someone break a bone?
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jamieblazej
The Trunchbull references breaking Miss Honey’s arm when she was nine but it’s never shown or mentioned again
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Is someone tortured?
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KnightWhoSaysNi
Children are locked in a small box that's too narrow for them to sit down in and has broken glass and nails sticking out of the sides of it. Two characters are shown being put in it and one is shown being rescued from it, but the moments are brief.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Someone trips down cluttered stairs while running away from villain
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Does someone fall to their death?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
No, but several characters are hurled and/or defenstrated
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Is there excessive gore?
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jamieblazej
No gore
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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passerby
No. A child is unfortunately adopted by a caretaker who does not have her best interest in mind. The narrative implies this caretaker killed the child’s father.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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passerby
No, however, a child is adopted by a caretaker who clearly has no intent to take care of her. The narrative implies that this caretaker killed the child’s father to take his home (and money)
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Does a parent die?
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charcolor
One character has a dead father, but he died before the events of the movie and no sort of flashback is shown on screen.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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oreoicecrem
Matilda's dad tears her books up when she won't watch tv with the family
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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jamieblazej
Matilda jumps out to scare Miss Honey but it’s not played as a jumpscare for the audience
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Are there ghosts?
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jamieblazej
Matilda uses her powers to make Miss Trunchbull think she’s being haunted, but there are no actual ghosts.
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Does someone vomit?
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Jenky
No one vomits, but a kid is forced to eat an entire cake and almost vomits. Another kid comments that "he's going to vomit."
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Does someone spit?
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jmkraemer14
Ms trunchbull spits
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Trying2Help
Film was released in the 1990s
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Trying2Help
Cops are shown as being incompetent
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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jamieblazej
The beginning of the movie takes place in the nursery of a hospital
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Trying2Help
No, but direct discussions of a characters death by suicide between an adult and a child.
Small spoiler:
Characters later suggest that it was falsely framed as a suicide.
Small spoiler:
Characters later suggest that it was falsely framed as a suicide.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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oreoicecrem
miss trunchbull locks kids in the "chokey" to punish them, the chokey is a very small room with nails and glass in the walls
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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RowanOakley
No, but a child is forced to eat an entire cake and is visibly sick.
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tikolanesla
Miss Honey's father is ruled to have died by suicide, but it's speculated that this wasn't the case.
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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sillylittleshilo
There is a slight bit of language, although it is mild—for example, Ms. Trunchbull calling Matilda a "pissworm."
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Jenky
Lights flicker and blinds open and close rapidly
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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nyancatspunksibling
A narrator is present who speaks to the audience directly but it’s not malicious in any sense
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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jamieblazej
Matilda’s birth is very briefly mentioned in the beginning and is described as painful, but there’s no childbirth on screen.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
At the very beginning Matilda is shown as a baby in the hospital nursery
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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There’s the cake scene, and this isn’t really a fat joke but as kids are laughing Mrs. trenchbull says something along the lines of, “why are you laughing? I love jokes just as much as the next fat person”
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jmkraemer14
A child calls ms.trunchbull sir
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Trying2Help
The whole film is very subtlety fatphobic (stereotypes and villains, and any character that is supposed to be laughed at)
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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AliceBell
Happy ending!
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Vehicular
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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IoriSylvor
Lots of unsafe driving. The movie starts with a head-on POV of a car as it's parking. Lot's of engine revving and sputtering. Lots of tire screeching.
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Violence
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