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MATILDA Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman (1996, Columbia TriStar, PG, priced for rental) This comic fable's fortune stands on a singular misfortune: that all too many children will identify with a girl who suffers the cruel cowardice that often masquerades as ''discipline.'' The eponymous heroine (Wilson) of this tale by James and the Giant Peach author Roald Dahl, who knew a few things about cruelty, is belittled by her TV-swilling, know-nothing parents (director DeVito and wife Perlman). When she arrives at a school run by a Teutonic harridan (Pam Ferris), her anger transforms into avenging powers, making this an ideal rental for the legions of kids looking for a film in which they triumph at last. B+
Posted Dec 20, 1996
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