The Borrowers
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Movie Reviews of The Borrowers
Movie Review: movie version of "The Borrowers"
Summary: 3 Stars
Fun for our granddaughter, but not true to the book. I prefer the books.Movie Review: For kids only
Summary: 2 Stars
The movie is very loosely based upon a book by Mary Norton about the Clock family, small people (about six inches tall) who live underneath the floorboards of a house, surviving by borrowing things from humans "beans". When they are discovered, they are forced to move.
I was very disappointed with this movie. The only way to enjoy this film is if you haven't read the books. The acting was good, if over the top, but that was the kind of acting needed in a film like this, which seemed to be a combination of "Home Alone" and "Mouse Hunt". But the direction was very odd. The movie seemed to be set in the 1950's, yet characters in the movie used a remote for the (black and white) TV and a cellular phone. The costuming was also odd. Yes, they had to make do with what they could "borrow" to make clothes, but their outfits, and the really odd hairdos, made them look like creatures from another planet. Also, have the cast was British and half was American, which added to the confusion about what world the movie was set in.
On the other hand, the special effects were quite good. The best part of the DVD is the sequence that shows how the special effects were done. It was very interesting, but it used too many clips from the movie and not enough clips of how they did the special affects. There are also interviews with the cast, with the exception of John Goodman.
Little kids will like this movie, but adults should stay away.
Movie Review: Big Studio Borrowed An Idea, Then Lost It
Summary: 1 Stars
If you've read the books, as I did (have you read them recently?) this film will disappoint you. It starts out all right, filmed in an amber glow, in a house full of mid-century appliances and kitch, and great sets of life on a miniature scale lived between the walls and out of sight. Then, just as you are settling in, Hollywood rips out the rug, throws out the book, and reverts to a standard action plot: Big bad guy steals the house and the good (little) people have to make it right! Hoo Ya!
Not really.
Even the heroic music, pounding its way through the action, driving the viewer forward lest he fall asleep or try to hold an independent thought, fails the film. In the end, almost all the movie is out in the big world, with tired old stunts and Hollywood acting as if more will make it better.
It doesn't.
Of course, there are always the books. Read the books.
Movie Review: Disappointed
Summary: 1 Stars
I had read The Borrowers in a magazine installment with my Great Grandmother. Then, I could hardly wait for the next month's magazine installment to arrive. I then reread the books with my daughter [who is now 32 years old] when she was about 12 years old. We wanted to share this DVD of The Borrowers with her son, my 4 year old grandson. That is why I purchased this item. We FORCED ourselves to watch almost half of the DVD, and then we all said, "Yes, let's shut it off." And we haven't watched any more of it. This new version is very contrived, with not much connection to the original story! I would like to perhaps buy a copy of the old original version sometime, but this version has soured me for a while on The Borrowers.Movie Review: The Borrowers
Summary: 1 Stars
I really liked this movie. I thought it was very funny. It also had 2 cast members who where later in the 2nd Harry Potter movie. Tom Felton (a very young Tom) and the guy who played Mr. Weasley. He was the exterminator. There was one part that I thought was falling down funny. I won't say what it was but it had to do with Tom Felton. He must have been about 7 or 8 years old in this movie. His name was Peagreen Clock.