Video/DVD Review: The Borrowers
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What Parents Should Know
Parents need to know that this film has no inappropriate
content for kids, but there are some thrilling action-packed
scenes and a bit of comic-style violence.
Families can talk about what makes this film so fun, and
compare it to Mary Norton's book. There's a lot of imagination
here, and families can use this film as a jumping point to
create their own imaginary stories set in worlds where anything
is possible.
Based on Mary Norton's delightful book about the tiny people who live in houses and "borrow" foraged items (thus explaining why no one can ever find anything) THE BORROWERS follows the adventures of the Clock family, Pod, his wife Homily, and their children Arietty (played by the adorable newcomer Flora Newbigin) and Peagreen. They live in the home of the aptly named Lenders, until an unscrupulous lawyer named Ocious Potter (John Goodman) has them evicted so that he can tear down the house and build an apartment building. In 83 fast minutes the Clocks find a way to survive Potter and his exterminator, get separated and then reunited, meet up with long-lost friends, and, with the help of the Lenders' son, save the day for both families.
The Borrowersis lots of fun and well worth watching. Mary Norton's beloved children's book is charmingly translated to the screen here. The art direction is sublime and the performances are utterly engaging. Children will want to watch the movie a second time just to identify all of the items used by the Borrowers for clothes, furnishings, and equipment.
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