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Matilda (1996)
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Duration: 98min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Director: Danny DeVito
Plot: Matilda is an intelligent, kind, and bookworm girl. Her brother and dad don't care about her and are cruel to her. She attends a school where Miss Trunchbull, the cruel administrator, utilizes physical force to discipline the students. She meets Miss Honey, a kind instructor who gives her encouragement. When she discovers she has abilities, she utilizes them to aid Miss Honey and foil Miss Trunchbull. The movie Matilda is wonderful and amusing.
Cast: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris
Keywords: based on novel or book, parents kids relationship, school, based on young adult novel, childhood trauma, teacher student relationship, telekinesis, child prodigy, difficult childhood, schoolmarm
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Garden State (2004)
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Duration: 102min
Country: US
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Duration: 143min
Country: US
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Ice Age (2002)
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Duration: 81min
Country: US
Plot: During the Ice Age 20,000 years ago, many places on Earth were covered with glaciers, and animals fled everywhere, hoping to find a place to settle down. Manny the Mammoth, Sid the Sloth, and Diego, the saber-toothed tiger, the three animals with very different personalities, gathered together to form a temporary escort team to help a human child return home and embark on a long journey to find their child.
Cast: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Goran Visnjic, Jack Black
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The Green Mile (1999)
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Duration: 189min
Country: US
Plot: In 1935. Cold Mountain Prison in the American South. There is a mile-long green area called "Green Lane". However, its residents are all on death row, and at the other end of the green space is the electric chair used for execution. Paul Atchcombe is the warden here. He was indifferent to death. But the arrival of the mysterious John Coughley changed everything. Coughley was sentenced to death for the murders of two young girls. He seems to elicit an involuntary sense of trust. This leaves Edgecombe in deep doubt about the truth of his crimes.
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Big Fish (2003)
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Duration: 125min
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Plot: When Edward was young, he loved telling his son about his legendary experiences. He claimed he had experienced many bizarre, magical, and absurd things. Will did not believe it and thought his father was vain and boastful. The relationship between father and son gradually became alienated. Until his father got cancer and died soon, the son decided to go back to see his father for the last time. When the son faced his father on the sickbed, his father began to talk about his legendary experiences in his early years. From his father's weak breath, Will seemed to understand feelings he had never had. When William, a reporter, began to investigate his father's story, he began to understand his father and his love of storytelling.
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter
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Duration: 97min
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Cast: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones