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4.0 out of 5 stars
A fun 70's flick, November 10, 2000
A sickly eight year old boy (Dennis Larson) is sent to stay with his aunt in the countryside. Underneath the floorboards of her home resides a family of miniature people who refer to themselves as "Borrowers," considering they "borrow" small objects from humans to furnish their "apartment." When our little hero catches sight of one of them, the mother and father of the Borrowers family grow rather paranoid, knowing that human boys are curious creatures and fearing this one might expose them to the others who up until this moment did not know they existed. Yet, the twelve year old daughter (Karen Pearson) of the Borrowers family has no fear and ends up befriending the tyke. But what are they to do when the nasty maid catches on that mice-sized people have been stealing from her employer? A fun 70's flick that was originally made for television.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun, close to the book, July 8, 2005
This review is from: Borrowers [VHS] (VHS Tape)
When a sickly boy from Boston is sent to recuperate with his eccentric aunt in the country, he makes a startling discovery - there is a family of little people living under the floorboards, a family of Borrowers. The Borrowers who live in this spacious house are named the Clocks (father Pod, mother Homily and daughter Arrietty Clock), and they live by "borrowing" what they need from the "human beans" that share their house with them. But when the suspicious housekeeper catches sight of the Borrowers, she will stop at nothing to see them caught! [Color, released in 1973, with a running time of 1:21.]
This is a fun movie, which is remarkably close to Mary Norton's wonderful book, The Borrowers. Indeed, I am quite sad that they didn't go on to make sequels, which would have covered her other Borrower books. But, one must be grateful for what one does have.
Overall, I found this to be a fun and interesting movie that I could share with the whole family. The late Eddie Albert does an excellent job as Pod Clock, and even though the special effects are not that great, they are as well done as the existing technology allowed, and the wonderful story carries everything along. So, let me just say that I loved this movie, and highly recommend it to everyone with children, or who are just young at heart.
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