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 ... Read review
The popular children's books by Mary Norton have been filmed before, but never with as ... more
much imagination and ingenuity as you'll find on display in this delightful fantasy film released to critical praise in 1998. The eponymousBorrowersare a family of ...
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The popular children's books by Mary Norton have been filmed before, but never with as ... more
much imagination and ingenuity as you'll find on display in this delightful fantasy film released to critical praise in 1998. The eponymousBorrowersare a family of ...
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The Borrowers follows the adventures of the dauntless tiny Clock family parents Pod (Jim ... more
Broadbent) Homily (Celia Imrie) and their kids Peagreen and Arrietty - a family of tiny four inch tall people who live under the floorboards of a big house surv...
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The Borrowers follows the adventures of the dauntless tiny Clock Family, parents Pod (Jim ... more
Broadbent), Homily (Celia Imrie) and their kids Peagreen and Arrietty a family of tiny four inch tall people who lived under the floorboards of a big house, survi...
Pod Clock is the head of a small family. They are that small they actually live under the ... more
floorboards of a Victorian mansion, getting by on the left overs of the 'Big People'.Their seemingly idyllic life is shattered when the matron's eight year old nephew learns of their existence - they must avoid capture or settle for being part of an exhibition!
Anyone who has ever entertained the notion of "little people" living furtively among us ... more
will adore this artfully spun classic. The Borrowers--a Carnegie Medal winner, a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award book, and an ALA Distinguished Book--has stolen the hearts of thousands of readers since its 1953 publication. Mary Norton (1903-1993) creates a make-believe world in which tiny people live hidden from humankind beneath the floorboards of a quiet country house in England.Pod, Homily and daughter Arrietty of the diminutive Clock family fit out their subterranean quarters with the titbits and trinkets they've "borrowed" from "human beans", employing matchboxes for storage and postage stamps for paintings. Readers will delight in the resourceful way the Borrowers recycle household objects. For example, "Homily had made her a small pair of Turkish bloomers from two glove fingers for 'knocking about in the mornings.'"The persistent pilfering goes undetected until a boy (with a ferret!) comes to live in the country house. Curiosity drives Arrietty to commit the worst mistake a Borrower can make: she allows herself to be seen. This engaging, sometimes hair-raisingly suspenseful adventure is recounted in the kind, eloquent voice of narrator Mrs May, whose brother might--just might--have seen an actual Borrower in the country house many years ago. (Ages 9 to 12)
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The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece ... more
inside the harpsichord under the kitchen clock. They own nothing borrow everything and think that human beings were invented just to do the dirty work. Arrietty's father Pod was an expert Borrower. He could scale curtains using a hatpin and bring back a doll's teacup without breaking it. Girls weren't supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty was an only child her father broke the rule and then something happened which changed their lives. She made friends with the human boy living in the house...
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In the second series of the Borrowers, Arrietty Clock and her parents Pod and Homily begin ... more
to find living with Homily's sister Lupy, rather a strain. With the return of cousins Ditchley and Ilrick getting up to their tricks, the Clock family decide to move and are on their travels once more. We meet up with Arrietty's friend Spiller again as he helps them out on their adventures. Can they survive the cruel tricks set by Ditchley and Ilrick and with the help of their human bean friend George, manage to avoid capture by that wicked giant Mrs Driver?First broadcast in 1993 this is the second series of this adaptation of the classic Mary Norton novels. This has all the wonder of the first series with further suspense and adventure, as the tiny Clock family once again search for a place to call home.
Advantages: Very funny and entertaining. Disadvantages: I wish I could be that small sometimes.
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 ... ...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 through devious actions.
Although Borrowers believe that all Beans will try to “Squish” them, they befriend the son of the real house family who helps them in their fight against evil.
The whole story is pure fantasy, but by the end of ... more
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 through devious actions.
Although Borrowers believe that all Beans will try to “Squish” them, they befriend the son of the real house family who helps them in their fight against evil.
The whole story is pure fantasy, but by the end of the film you would not be surprised at all if you saw a borrower in your own home as it is all made so believable. I think we must have sock Borrowers in our house, as that would explain why we are often left with odd socks.
The props used by the little people are brilliantly made and the mixed shots between the Borrowers and real people are seamless and excellently made.
In the shots outside the house the whole town looks like a painting by Lowry and it has a wonderful surreal feeling about it which adds to the magic of the whole film.
There is a malicious rumour going around that this is a children’s film. Don’t believe it! Although it is OK to let children watch the film this, make sure they quietly in the corner so us adults can really enjoy this very funny, very well made film.
Advantages: It is a really good film Disadvantages: None
Today I watched the Borrowers with my daughter on BBC1 She didn't get to see it in 1997 so we decided to watch it today. Very different to the book but a lot better. The story is about a group of people called the Borrowers they live in the floorboards of a family house. They are called Borrowers because they go on expeditions and borrow things such as batteries, candles, needles etc. Everything is huge to them they even use thimbles as saucepans. ... ...this could be dangerous for the Borrowers. Borrowers can never be seen heard or captured or even found out by humans. Unfortunately one of the borrowers is seen by the boy from the family and he captures her. He was fascinated and just wanted to help her and the family. When it came to moving day the boy put all four borrowers in a box with a walkie talkie this was my favourite bit. I won't say all the story everwise it will spoil your enjoyment. ...
Mikew79 28.12.2000 (26.12.2000)
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Advantages: Good things come in small packages! ! Disadvantages: none
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 ... ...But trouble arises when the nasty local lawyer Ocious C Potter (John Goodman) threatens to have the house demolished...... "what will they do now?!!!" Well the borrowers find themselves thrown headfirst into a big bad world of adventure and fun fun fun! ! ! The theme of the film is Fantasy action drama!
There's NO bad language
No sex or nudity scenes
However there's some very mild fantasy violence.
I would recommend this film to all age groups ...
mystical_muppet 28.09.2001
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Advantages: Short Episode format Disadvantages: Only 2 series were made
have been 'green' screen work are plain to see, some of the definition and quality is lost in comparison to modern film. The Borrowers did however walk away with 2 BAFTA's, one of which was for best photography (the other for best Children's series).
The storytelling is lovely and each episode ends with a cliff hanger that makes you nervous for the family (I won't spoil any of the story). The series is compelling viewing and something I would recommend for families of all ages. If you have seen the Hollywood film of the Borrowers you will be amazed how different (and better) the BBC series is. You will certainly not be disappointed.
The Borrowers does stand up to the test of time and has been released on DVD under the BBC Children's Classics although those of you with Telewest will be able to catch it on Teleport TV. ...
Advantages: Teaches poker for beginners Disadvantages: Can be confusing at first and got no subtitles
Bought this for a friend of mine, who is deaf like myself and we both were annoyed to find it does not have subtitles, therefore making it useless for him.
Althought another friend, who is hearing, borrowed the DVD and said to have found it useful after watching it several times with practice.
Covers pretty much everything you can expect with poker games, even tips to recoignise if the players are bluffing.
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Advantages: Sandler's acting Disadvantages: totally unmemorable, not really a storyline. Zohan character was too weird
I'm a huge fan of Adam Sandler to be fair this film just freaked me out. Sandlers acting was great but the character in itself just was way to sex-obsessed and some of the things he said and/or did just didn't make sense and was way to crude for an Adam Sandler film.
I only watched the film as I borrowed the DVD from a friend but I didn't like it at all and I'm all into different and alternative style and culture but safe to say that I won't be watching the film again.
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A family of four inch high people live under the stairs of a family home occupied by, to them at least, giant sized people. Based on the books by Mary Morton.
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"...Charming....This visually witty film is perfectly up to date in its technological ambitions..." (New York Times, p.E28, 13/02/1998)
"...A marvel of visual magic....Their hidden miniature world is a clever mosaic..." (USA Today, p.3D, 13/02/1998)
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Children's author Mary Norton's storybook creations, the four-inch-tall family of "borrowers" who live among humans and co-opt their possessions, get a first-rate big-screen translation. When a crooked lawyer (a gleefully over-the-top 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 rightful tenants.
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