Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Neil Welch The Clock family are Borrowers - small people living in hiding and borrowing full size human stuff for their homes. Dad Pod Clock has kept his family at home, so daughter Arietty and son Peagreen have no idea of a wider world, they only know that the first rule of being a Borrower is not to be seen by the big people. But Arietty is not only seen but captured by young Pete Lender, which coincides with the lenders being forcibly (and illegally) evicted by wicked property developer Potter so that he can demolish their home.This film has an air about it of using the original idea (I have not read the source material, so I don't know) and then doing its own thing with it: if so, it's not bad. The story fairly whizzes along, with John Goodman's Potter a suitably cartoon villain (just as well, given the Wile E. Coyote-type retributions he suffers for his wickedness). Production design is intriguing: the Borrowers world is nicely realised, and the larger world is based on 1950s Britain, but with many stylistic weirdnesses: heavy urban industrialisation, driving on the right, everybody in Morris Minors, mobile phones and monochrome TVs, and a colour palette comprising saturated secondary colours.The cast is good, and it is interesting to see a very young Tom Felton, unrecognisable under corkscrew ginger wig and huge false gap teeth. Only Flora Newbigin as Arietty disappoints, with some line readings which ring false.

lisakathleen First, I need to say that I have high standards. I think kids movies SHOULD be meaningful and intelligent. Our kids are learning about how the world works, after all, and the stuff they are exposed to helps them formulate their view of the world. This movie is just another "little people beat up big people" movie, giving our kids the idea that that's how the world is - good guys/bad guys, just plain mean for no reason, and you "win" when you beat up the bad guy. Sigh. The actual book has texture, color, charm, and a real story line none of which have anything to do with this movie. I am looking forward to finding a version of this charming book which focuses on the STORY, not the battle.

coolfemale The Borrowers movie is quirky, fun, and an enjoyable way to spend an afternoon with kids but it lacks the overall charm the books did. This was much better, and more accurately, captured by the 1992 BBC TV series than by this movie.The plot of this story is okay but it only takes bear elements from the books, inventing new characters and altering the setting - I'm not sure why but I have to admit as a fan of the books I did feel somewhat alienated by this. I understand that books often don't match their on-screen adaptions exactly but this felt to me so drastically different that it was far more jarring than the excellent Harry Potter and Narnia adaptions.Where did Peagreen come from? Arietty is not supposed to have a brother, let alone a one as whiny as Peagreen. Why to all the humans (save one or two) have American accents and all the Borrowers British? Why was this set in some werid quasi-'50s/'90s alternate reality rather than simply setting it in the original time of the books? (Although I admit there was some appeal in the quirkiness of this setting I did feel confused by it).I did enjoy this movie but it isn't fantastic, it isn't horrible but I look to the BBC series as much more charming adaption.

Jackson Booth-Millard I like many adventure films, and also the idea of big and small being good and bad, depending on which you are. You've seen how some great filmmakers created a giant world in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, well this is exactly the same good creation. Basically the Lenders, mother Victoria (Doon Mackichan) and father Joe (Aden Gillett) have been lied to by mean lawyer Ocious P. Potter (John Goodman) that there is no will to keep their house, so that he can build apartments. Meanwhile, in their house also live tiny people that they (and many others in the world) never knew about, The Borrowers. They are the Clock family, father Pod (Jim Broadbent), mother Homily (Celia Imrie) and the kids Arietty (Flora Newbigin) and Peagreen (Harry Potter's Malfoy, Tom Felton). Being caught by the Lender son Pete 'Petey' (Jumanji's Bradley Pierce), he is kind enough to help them travel secretly to the new house, but they are split up even before they set off. Arietty and Peagreen are now trying to find their parents, and vice versa, while Potter has found this will he said didn't exist. Of course he realises an infestation in the house, and with the help of Exterminator Jeff (The Fast Show's Mark Williams) he is trying to catch and kill these "pests", and along the way, Arietty discovers she and her family are not the only Borrowers in existence. Also starring Hugh Laurie as Police Officer Steady, Raymond Pickard as Spud Spiller and Ruby Wax as Town Hall Clerk. It was nominated the BAFTAs for the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film and Best Special Effects. Worth watching!