Question: Why would Matilda interfere with the FBI investigation? Wouldn't she want her father to go to jail?
MikeH
30th May 2020
Matilda (1996)
Answer: No. She didn't get along with her family, but she was a basically kind girl who still looked out for her father.
30th Aug 2018
Matilda (1996)
Question: Why didn't Miss Honey or any of the other teachers report Miss Trunchbull's abuse?
Answer: The "real world" answer is that it's a movie, and without Trunchbull, there's no villain at the school for Matilda to battle. Within the context of the film, everyone, including the staff, is afraid of her and fear if they speak up, she'll retaliate.
Answer: They would have been simply too afraid of the Trunchbull to report her.
2nd Feb 2015
Matilda (1996)
Question: Did Miss Trunchbull really kill Miss Honey's father? If she did, why was she never arrested for it?
Chosen answer: Yes she did. Whatever way she killed him she made it look like a suicide so that's what the police ruled it as. No reason to arrest her if they ruled it a suicide.
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Answer: At the end of the day, he's still her father, and she's a young child. It would be difficult for her to give the FBI the smoking gun.