Roald Dahl's Matilda: the Musical

"A good-humored, humane and appropriately accommodating update of a story that, now to a few generations of readers and viewers, feels very much like their own" 

"With lush, fun cinematography, creative staging, and some true powerhouse music and dance numbers, the strengths of 'Matilda' more than make up for its weaknesses" 

"As close to Stephen King as it is to Dahl, it's only a couple of tweaks away from being the year's most disturbing gothic horror movie (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"With Minchin’s lyric lines as arabesques around the scenes, the constant surprises in his rhyming and the explosions of orchestration that give the big numbers such impact, it is something else" 

"Bettering the original film was always going to prove a lofty challenge, but by capturing all the anarchy and joy of its theatre production instead, [it] offers something just as entertaining, and a little different (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Strictly for theater fans (...) [It] loses sight of the original spikiness of Dahl’s book in favor of a cleaner, more harmonized portrait" 

"Amusing, exhilarating and the tiniest bit exhausting (...) Matilda is a tangy bit of entertainment, served up with gusto2 (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"