The Borrowers

Seamless special effects and clever production design compare favourably to those in far bigger budgeted American family extravaganzas, with witty,timeless sets successfully creating a world in which the transatlantic cast come together...

The film is wisely modest in its scope: It sets up the situation, involves us, has fun with the special effects and the cliffhanging adventures, and is over in 83 minutes.

The Borrowers has everything you could ask for in a children's film...

Younger children should get a kick out of the fanciful action -- Peagreen's adventures in a milk-bottling factory are especially imaginative...