Film199786 min

The Borrowers

Name: The Borrowers
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1997
Duration: 86 min
Cast: John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, Celia Imrie, Tom Felton

Taste attributes: actionadventurecomedyfamilyfantasylegalfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questdeep rivalry

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"Little People. Big Trouble. Lots of fun."

Boxlist takeA wholesome comedy that is breakneck, polished and fantastical. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Taste details

Pace: very fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

5.9 /10

TMDB · 365 votes

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

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Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow

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Synopsis

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.

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