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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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Jumanji (1995)
7.1
PG
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Duration: 104min
Country: US
Plot: Alan Parrish and his friend Sarah Whittle are scared by the bats flying out of the board game called Jumanji. Accidentally, they stumble into the world of Jumanji. Because of the unfinished game, Alan and Sarah are stuck in the world of Jumanji. Twenty-six years later, Judy Shepherd and Peter Shepherd move into the house Alan lived before. Under the guidance of Jumanji's war drum, the sibling continues the unfinished game.
Cast: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, Bonnie Hunt, Jonathan Hyde
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Duration: 104min
Country: US
Plot: The people of Hu Gu are preparing for Christmas. But the "monster" that everyone dreads, the Grinch, resides in a rubbish mountain to the north of Hu Gu. He detests Valley and Christmas in particular. He met Cindy, a tiny girl, in a large Hugu village where he frequently pulls practical jokes on the locals. Grinch is invited by Cindy to a party in town, but after a misunderstanding, he storms out. After deciding to get revenge on the villagers, he sneaks into Hugu on Christmas Day with his dog Max, dressing up as Santa Claus and a reindeer.
Cast: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin
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Drillbit Taylor (2008)
5.7
PG-13
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Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 2008-03-20
Duration: 102min
Country: US
Cast: Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann, Nate Hartley, Troy Gentile, David Dorfman
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Garden State (2004)
7.4
R
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Duration: 102min
Country: US
Plot: Twenty-six For nine years, Andrew has struggled on his own in Los Angeles. Andrew receives a call from his long-lost New Jersey home. His years of taking antidepressants had made him numb to his surroundings. He runs across his father, a therapist, and some old pals in his hometown. Andrew went to the hospital for a long time, on his father's recommendation, to get a diagnosis and treatment for his headache. It was then that he met Saman, a gorgeous but somewhat neurotic girl, who altered his hopeless situation like water without a ripple.
Cast: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm, Peter Sarsgaard, Jean Smart
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Duration: 143min
Country: US
Plot: Lucy hid in the closet during a game of hide-and-seek with some other kids, but an amazing world with white snow and a lonely scene suddenly materialized in front of her. They discovered that an evil witch named Narnia governed the realm within. Narnia was permanently frozen and covered in snow as a result of the witch's enchantment. To break the freezing spell, preserve the realm of Narnia, and bring back the world of all seasons, four human children will battle the evil witch.
Cast: William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Liam Neeson
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Ice Age (2002)
7.5
PG
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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 Višnjić, Jack Black
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The Green Mile (1999)
8.6
R
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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.
Cast: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell
