10 Family Movies With Mind-Blowingly Questionable Morals

10. Matilda

600full-matilda-screenshot Roald Dahl wrote gloriously twisted tales for kids. Often the transition to film has only served to heighten the sense of moral ambiguity. Take Danny DeVito's 1996 version of Matilda. The similarities between this film and the Guantanamo Bay detention camp are astounding. The headteacher regularly submits children to enforced isolation where they cannot sit down for hours on end. Force feeding is turned into a spectator sport, and dimwitted children are even thrown out of the window by their hair. The truly shocking thing about Matilda though is the insolence of the children. Showing blatant disregard for her father's follicle well-being, Matilda (who is clearly practising witchcraft) puts super-glue on one of his hats. The result? A perfectly good hat ruined and a considerable amount of discomfort for poor Mr Wormwood. And does Matilda get her comeuppance in the end? Does she heck. Instead she is adopted by the possibly psychotic Miss Honey. Justice? Not in this world.
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Phil is a politics graduate interested in film, TV and tweeting Alan Partridge quotes to obscure British celebrities. He is currently reviewing every film he watches between Halloween 2013 and Halloween 2014 over on his blog - www.philfilmblog.blogspot.co.uk