Matilda the Musical (Film)

[x_los]

I have seldom heard a worse recording of a musical. Either the sound-mixing is poor or the (fast) pacing and (high) pitch of the songs don't accommodate children's voices. The articulation is not crisp, so it's difficult to make out the lyrics. Badly staged G&S has this issue. Two of the children have quite well-defined voices, and whenever they came on I felt physical relief. I had a hard time even considering the story changes because I was so distracted by the mumblecore.

It's no DeVito Matilda.

Also I'm sorry, but the lead's 5head is disconcerting. It's surely just an awkward phase the poor girl's going through, but I would not want the weirder bits of my maturation captured on film. Also the film was very long for what it was, yet still felt rushed. I liked the theatrical presentation significantly more than this.

Katy also observes that none of the songs advance the plot.

Comments

[superborb]

Huh, I just listened to Revolting Children, and it's notably MUCH worse than the Broadway cast album and every single live recording I've heard. I'm voting for poor sound-mixing (or worse casting).