The Borrowers (1997)
4/10
Very Silly
2 November 2023
I think this movie was meant for kids. There's no real texture to it for an adult. The entire thing is quite silly to the point it gets boring fast.

I really liked the concept of the movie. Little people who live in your house and borrow your things. It's very creative and the movie could have went into so many directions. Just the concept of seeing the world from a tiny persons point of view could have been fun. But unfortunately the cool concept was ruined.

The movie followed two kids trying to take down the bad guy and save the day. For starters I doubt the bad guy would have been able to see the small people most of the time. And it was ridiculous how much ground the little guys could cover. They were faster than normal sized folk. Also the movie kept repeating itself. The big human almost killing the small guys and failing. And the little people almost taking out the big guy but failing. It soon became exhausting as this same plot kept going on forever.

On top of it we never really got to know the characters. Who they were, how they got small or really anything about them. It would have been much more interesting to see the world from their point of view. And more about every day survival, or exploring the town or something.

The only character I really liked was the police man. He was so funny. Hugh Laurie is awesome.
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