THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MARTIL4D

Matilda’s dad and mom (Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough) are dimwits and cheats. Her college’s motto is “Bambinatum est magitum” — “Young children are maggots” — and its headmistress, Agatha Trunchbull (a go-for-broke Emma Thompson), is the kind of monster who will get launched chin hair initial, the camera then tiptoeing backw