The Borrowers (DVD)

I watched this film for the first time today with my two girls three and four and we all sat there engrossed and desperate to see what happened next. Borrowers at little people that live every where and survive by borrowing what ever they need from human beings or beans as they call them. The borrowers are not meant to be seen by people as they believe that they will squish them, but the daughter of the borrowers family get catch by the little boy of the family who live in the same house as the borrowers. Much to her amazement he does not squish her and they become friends. He human family have to move from the house because a man ...  Read the complete review

The Borrowers are little people who live everywhere and survive by borrowing anything they want from Beans, Human Beans that is! There are two types of Borrowers - the Innies, who live inside houses and the Outies, who don’t live in houses. Pod Clock was a worldly wise and rather wild Outie before he married Mrs Clock who persuaded him to become an Innie. Now with their two children Peagreen and Harryetti disaster looms as their home is about to be demolished. This is a wonderful film telling the story of the battle between the Clock family and the really, really bad man Ocious P. Potter who is trying to gain ownership of the house ...  Read the complete review

The Borrowers The Borrowers are a family of tiny people who live in the walls and under the floorboards in the homes of normal humans, they borrow the household items that they need , hence the name The Borrowers. The clock family lives, but when the aunt dies and evil realtor Ocious Potter wants to destroy the house to build luxury apartments on its place, and her will is stolen by John Goodman, the Clocks face eviction, so they have to do all they can to prevent this. This leads them to be discovered by the lawyer who relises that they could be valuable on their own if he can catch them so the mayhem begins. One of the best scenes was the chase ...  Read the complete review

The Borrowers! The film is classed as a "u" film, meaning that it is universal and suitable for all. It is a great family film, good for the rainy days. The film: Pod (Jim Broadbent), Homily (Celia Imrie), Peagreen (Tom Felton) and Arrietty (Flora Newbigin) otherwise known as the "clock family" being small isn't as easy as it sounds (or looks!) They are "The Borrowers" which are a family of four inch tall people who live under the floorboards of a big house which is owned by Victoria and Joe Lender and their mischievous son Pete. But trouble arises when the nasty local lawyer Ocious C Potter (John Goodman) threatens ...  Read the complete review