The Borrowers

TV Movie
19731973
UnratedUnrated
1h 21m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

354

YOUR RATING

Family Fantasy

An eight-year-old boy discovers a family of tiny people, only a few inches tall, living beneath the floorboards of a Victorian country home.An eight-year-old boy discovers a family of tiny people, only a few inches tall, living beneath the floorboards of a Victorian country home.An eight-year-old boy discovers a family of tiny people, only a few inches tall, living beneath the floorboards of a Victorian country home.

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

354

YOUR RATING

Director
- Walter C. Miller
Writers
- Mary Norton(novel)
- Jay Presson Allen
Stars

See production, box office & company info

See more at IMDbPro

Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

Soundtracks
Isn't It Something
Written by Rod McKuen
Performed by Rod McKuen

User reviews8

Review

Featured review

Very nicely done indeed

Saw this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation growing up, don't know if it's available on video but it absolutely should be. Fine performances all round, with a nice tight script that does full justice to the really important things in the book: the details of how the Clock family live, the amusing relationships between Pod and Aunt Sophy and Arietty and the boy.

Definitely one of the better films for children of the past 30 years. Literate and never condescends. And never falls into the trap of making any of the characters too cute.

helpful•14