Matilda is a brilliant child with a magical mind.

But her parents have decided she`s just a nuisance who wastes too much time on reading and stories.

And her headmistress Miss Trunchbull is a terrible bully, who thinks children are rotten and awful and should be locked up.

Now it`s time for Matilda to find the power to change her story, and show them just how extraordinary children can be . . .