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.
Directed by Peter Hewitt
dwarf
household
lawyer
based on children's book
little people
child's point of view
real estate
Rank
#86 in 1997·#6561 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.0 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
John Goodman
Ocious P. Potter
Mark Williams
Exterminator Jeff
Jim Broadbent
Pod Clock
Celia Imrie
Homily Clock
Flora Newbigin
Arrietty Clock
Tom Felton
Peagreen Clock
Bradley Pierce
Pete Lender
Aden Gillett
Joe Lender
Doon Mackichan
Victoria Lender
Hugh Laurie
Officer Steady
Ruby Wax
Town Hall Clerk
George Antoni
Chauffeur
Crew
Peter Hewitt
Director
Gavin Scott
Screenplay
John Kamps
Screenplay
Harry Gregson-Williams
Original Music Composer
David Freeman
Editor
Rachel Talalay
Producer
Eric Fellner
Producer
Tim Bevan
Producer
Liza Chasin
Co-Producer
Debra Hayward
Co-Producer
Nina Gold
Casting
Greg Powell
Stunts
Popular Reviews
103 reviews
James Brent
8.0★ · 03/02/26
oh wow! this is one of the missing pieces of my childhood.
oh wow! this is one of the missing pieces of my childhood.
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Connor W
6.0★ · 05/03/26
Watching this over and over on VHS was a peak childhood experience.
Watching this over and over on VHS was a peak childhood experience.
Eden
7.0★ · 12/29/25
Banger film watched round nans Hannibal in the morning and The Borrowers in the afternoon 🔥
Banger film watched round nans Hannibal in the morning and The Borrowers in the afternoon 🔥
mgixlvs
6.0★ · 12/26/25
horace slughorn, arthur weasley, draco malfoy… HOLY GUACAMOLE DR HOUSE??????
horace slughorn, arthur weasley, draco malfoy… HOLY GUACAMOLE DR HOUSE??????
