---
title: 'Matilda (2022)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Matthew Warchus'
released: '2022-12-02'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/matilda-2022'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3447590/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Matilda (2022)

2022 · 117 min · Music, Comedy · United Kingdom, United States

Original title: Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

## Synopsis

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, or simply Matilda the Musical, is a 2022 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Matthew Warchus and written by Dennis Kelly. It is based on the stage musical by Tim Minchin and Kelly, which in turn was based on Matilda by Roald Dahl. The second film adaptation of the novel, after Matilda (1996), it stars Alisha Weir as the title character, with Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Sindhu Vee, and Emma Thompson. In the plot, Matilda Wormwood (Weir), neglected and mistreated by her parents, develops psychokinetic abilities to deal with the injustices of life, as well as Miss Trunchbull (Thompson), the ruthless and cruel headmistress of Crunchem Hall School.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Matthew Warchus](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-warchus)
- **Screenplay:** [Dennis Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-kelly)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tim Minchin](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-minchin)
- **Producer:** [Eric Fellner](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-fellner), [Tim Bevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-bevan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tat Radcliffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/tat-radcliffe)
- **Editor:** [Melanie Oliver](https://cinepixo.com/people/melanie-oliver)

## Cast

- [Emma Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-thompson) as Agatha Trunchbull
- [Lashana Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/lashana-lynch) as Jenny  Honey
- [Stephen Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-graham)
- [Alisha Weir](https://cinepixo.com/people/alisha-weir) as Tilda Wormwood
- [Sindhu Vee](https://cinepixo.com/people/sindhu-vee)
- [Andrea Riseborough](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-riseborough)

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