'Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical' review: How Netflix's West End adaptation compares to the beloved 1996 movie

Dec 25 2022 by Mashable

 

Tim Minchin's smash hit Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical has grown up — or rather, grown into a movie musical of the same name, featuring revolting children, a certain forbidden chocolate cake, and fiction's most formidable headmaster.

Describing the new movie musical is almost as wordy as Minchin's spectacularly smart lyrics. Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical is a Netflix film adapted from his Olivier-winning West End musical, which was based on Roald Dahl's 1988 children's book....

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