HELPING THE OTHERS REALIZE THE ADVANTAGES OF MARTIL4D

Matilda’s dad and mom (Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough) are dimwits and cheats. Her university’s motto is “Bambinatum est magitum” — “Children are maggots” — and its headmistress, Agatha Trunchbull (a go-for-broke Emma Thompson), is the sort of monster who will get launched chin hair first, the digicam then tiptoeing backward