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Feb 13, 1998 · “The Borrowers” is a charming, whimsical family adventure about little people who live in the walls under the floors of big people’s houses and support themselves by stealing–excuse me, “borrowing”–the necessities of life.
When a crooked lawyer (John Goodman) takes over the Lender family's house, he's got to reckon with the borrowers therein, who launch a campaign to oust the invader and restore the home to its ...
- (28)
- Peter Hewitt
- PG
- John Goodman
Charming adaptation with constant (but funny) perils. Read Common Sense Media's The Borrowers review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Jim Broadbent, John Goodman, Mark Williams
- Peter Hewitt
- USA Films
The Borrowers: Directed by Peter Hewitt. With John Goodman, Mark Williams, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie. A secret family of four-inch people living inside the walls of a house must save their home from an evil real estate developer.
- (24K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Peter Hewitt
- 1998-02-13
The Borrowers movie is quirky, fun, and an enjoyable way to spend an afternoon with kids but it lacks the overall charm the books did. This was much better, and more accurately, captured by the 1992 BBC TV series than by this movie.
The Borrowers is a 1997 fantasy comedy film directed by Peter Hewitt and starring John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, Mark Williams, Hugh Laurie and Bradley Pierce. It is loosely based on the 1952 children's novel of the same name by author Mary Norton.
Directed by Peter Hewitt. Little People. Big Trouble. Lots of fun. 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.
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