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Jun 05, 2017Kayleb_Miekell_avarn10n rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
While it's not as good as the books ("The Borrowers" series by Mary Norton), and I wouldn't expect it to be, I enjoyed this movie a lot. I've always been fascinated by secret passages and the idea of tiny people who could do what the Borrowers do with the most ordinary objects, and the movie brought that along from the book quite well. Parts of it appealed to my sentimental side too. I also have a soft spot for the movie because one of the first times God spoke to me through someone else, He used a reference to a song from this movie's credits! The peace of the garden atmosphere that pervades much of the movie is a beautifully refreshing contrast to the action-packed, star-studded, dark-and-gritty, mind-blowing-CGI films "in theaters everywhere!" The only thing I really didn't like was the movie's portrayal of Spiller, who seems just like the stereotyped "Indians" from Disney's Peter Pan movie - not even remotely close to his character in the books. Fortunately, he is only a minor character in the movie.