Her father went to work selling used cars for unfair prices. Make money! And her mother took off to play bingo.
6 seconds sound clip from the Matilda (1996) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:03:15.429 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- You're supposed to eat the spinach.
- Babies! You're better off raising tomatoes.
- As time went by, she developed a sense of style.
- Every morning, Matilda's older brother, Michael, went to school. Come on, get out of here.
- Soup's on the stove. Heat it up if you get hungry.
- Matilda was left alone. That was how she liked it.
- By the time she was 4, Matilda had read every magazine in the house.
- One night, she got up her courage and asked her father for something she desperately wanted.
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