ThereIsNoSpoon
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It's the 1996 version with Mara Wilson, I used to watch it a lot when I was a kid... not fully understanding the messages until I watched it again as an adult on Netflix, LOL.
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Oh, I read about that before, very sad indeed.Want to hear something sad but sweet about that movie?
During the filming, the mother of Mara Wilson (Matilda actress) was dying of breast cancer.
The couple who played her awful parents, Danny Divito and Rhea Pearlman, adopted the young actress, Mara Wilson, as their goddaughter.
They even went to the hospital a short while before Mara's mother's death, and Mara, her mom, and the DiVito couple all watched Matilda together.
During Mara's mother's cancer battle, and after her death, the DiVitos took care of little Mara at their house quite often, and even took her on family vacations and road trips. They supported her all throughout her childhood.
They're good people. I respect them highly for this, and whenever I see them on a movie or TV, I get a little teary thinking about that. It's a big thing. Love in action.