Legal Movie Review about the film "Matilda" (1996)

1. Write one paragraph describing ONLY the relevant facts of the movie. The relevant facts include a statement or so about the general premise of the movie, some minimal background facts (Provide some sort of setting. Do not just start writing without any introduction. Tell what the movie is about, who are the characters relevant to your topic AND the facts surrounding the legal issue you have identified).

2. Identify the legal issue triggered in your movie.

3. Find a web page that best defines/explains the law triggered in your movie.

4. In your own word state what the applicable law is regarding your legal issue.

5. Critical Analysis paragraph: Consider how the director/writers (Hollywood) applied the law to the facts in this movie. Based on the information you have learned about this area of law, is the Hollywood version an accurate application of the law to the facts, or were there some flaws?