One tale that she tells a friendly traveling librarian, Mrs. They ignore and resent their daughter, so she finds solace in novels and making up imaginary stories. Matilda Wormwood, played by the adorable Alisha Weir, is a brilliant mind and voracious reader who was born to two negligent idiot parents (Andrea Riseborough and Stephen Graham, not getting enough laughs). Alisha Weir plays Matilda Wormwood in “Matilda the Musical” on Netflix. Stage directors, by and large, are inept at making movies and yet we keep allowing them to make movies. The movie looks like every other Netflix show shot in Britain - “Sex Education,” “Heartstopper” - except that here children break into song on unremarkable cobblestone streets. The lesser film version, directed by Matthew Warchus who also helmed the live musical, is unfortunately absent of any invigorating aesthetic to rouse viewers. 25.Īustralian composer Tim Minchin’s show - whip-smart if somewhat frigid - ran on Broadway for four years and continues to play in London, and onstage the distinctive musical has a sickly, subversive, nuclear sludge-like atmosphere shrewdly broken up by the occasional sweet song sung by little kids.Īudiences love nothing more than watching a pack of perky preteens sing and dance. Rated PG (thematic elements, exaggerated bullying and some language).
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