The Borrowers (1997)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

Little People. Big Trouble. Lots of fun.

The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.

• Released: 1997-12-05
• Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Family
• Runtime: 1h 27m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.1/10 from 543 votes

Directed by Peter Hewitt.

Top cast

• John Goodman as Ocious P. Potter
• Mark Williams as Exterminator Jeff
• Jim Broadbent as Pod Clock
• Celia Imrie as Homily Clock
• Flora Newbigin as Arrietty Clock
• Tom Felton as Peagreen Clock
• Raymond Pickard as Spiller
• Bradley Pierce as Pete Lender
• Aden Gillett as Joe Lender
• Doon Mackichan as Victoria Lender

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Borrowers

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Sky Go, Now TV Cinema; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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