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The Borrowers
“Little People. Big Trouble. Lots of fun.”
6.0 / 10• 1997• 1h 27m•PG• English
AdventureFantasyActionComedyFamily
Storyline
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.
Cast & Crew
John Goodman
Ocious P. Potter
Lead
Mark Williams
Exterminator Jeff
Jim Broadbent
Pod Clock
Celia Imrie
Homily Clock
Flora Newbigin
Arrietty Clock
Tom Felton
Peagreen Clock
RP
Raymond Pickard
Spiller
Bradley Pierce
Pete Lender
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Hewitt's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Borrowers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
