The Borrowers
dir. Peter Hewitt
64
6 sourcesSynopsis
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.
Critics consensus
Rousing and inventive, The Borrowers is a delightfully spirited children's adventure.
Directed byPeter Hewitt
StarringJohn Goodman, Mark Williams, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, Flora Newbigin, Tom Felton
Written byGavin Scott, John Kamps
CinematographyTrevor Brooker
EditingDavid Freeman
MusicHarry Gregson-Williams
The Borrowers
1997 · PG · 1h 27m
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
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.
Our Verdict
64
Critics Consensus
Rousing and inventive, The Borrowers is a delightfully spirited children's adventure.
Letterboxd
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
IMDb
AlloCiné
Douban
FilmAffinity
Filmweb
Kinopoisk