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Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical  (PG) |Close-Up Film Review
 Director Matthew Warchus’s award winning stage production of Matilda the Musical has been packing ‘em in since it opened in 2010. So not surprisingly the producers behind the film version have decided to put that too into Warchus’s skilled hands.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical  (PG) |Close-Up Film Review

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