P546 CEEFAX 1 546 Wed 25 Dec 19:44/11 O 1/2 MATILDA (PG) 72mins ——————————————————————————————————————— Director: Danny De Vito Cast: Danny De Vito, Rhea Perlman Matilda is a prodigy who, at four, is reading Dickens, while hit horrendous family is glued to the telly. At first she accepts hit parents' verbal abuse phlegmatically but when she meets a teachjt who ttiats hit with understanding, she finally rebels. She proceeds to use her intellect and telekinetic powers to wreak vengeance. Biz 557 Now Showing 551 Video 549 Sport 301 Front Page 100 News 101 TopFilm TV/Radio TV Views Main MenuP546 CEEFAX 1 546 Wed 25 Dec 19:45/34 O 2/2 MATILDA is vjty nicely done and nicely played with De Vito and Petlman coming on like the Ugly Sisters in a panto. The young, I think, will like it a lot, but there's food for thought, too, for parents who fob kids off with video games instead of books for Christmas. "What do you want a book for," asks the crass De Vito, "when you got the television?" De Vito wisely gives the cruelty of Roald Dahl's story a cartoon quality which should make it more approachable. Biz 557 Now Showing 551 Video 549 Sport 301 Front Page 100 News 101 TopFilm TV/Radio TV Views Main Menu