: Danny DeVito used wide-angle lenses and low camera angles to make adults like Miss Trunchbull appear unusually large and intimidating to the child characters.
The story follows Matilda Wormwood , a child prodigy with an extraordinary mind and a deep love for reading. Despite her brilliance, she is neglected and bullied by her dishonest car-salesman father and bingo-obsessed mother.
: Unlike the original novel where Matilda loses her powers once she is intellectually challenged, the film allows her to keep and control her abilities until the end.