Did Danny Devito Narrator Matilda?

But "Matilda," the funny new children's film directed by and starring Danny DeVito, takes that alter-family and creates a real-life fairy tale. The film has an omniscient narrator, also played by DeVito, who marks important transitions in the film as if he were reading a bedtime story.

Who is the narrator in the book Matilda?

Matilda (1996) - Danny DeVito as Mr. Wormwood, Narrator - IMDb.

Did Matilda mean to say Darles chickens?

Matilda, when describing her love of Charles Dickens to Miss Honey, accidentally mispronounces his name as "Darles Chickens." This is a nod to another novel by Roald Dahl, "The BFG," in which the title character continuously mispronounces Charles Dickens' name.