In finance, a Borrower is being referred to as the person or company which a person or company has lent financial funds (money) to (the Lender.) The relationship between a Borrower and a Lender is usually a loan agreement, which governs the duration of the lending and the terms under which the funds are being lent. Finance studies and addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses and organizations raise, allocate and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects. ...
The Borrowers -- the Clock family: father, Pod; mother, Homily; and daughter, Arrietty -- are first introduced to us through the eyes and ears of a young boy sent to convalesce at his great-aunt Sophy's manor in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire (site of Mary Norton's childhood home).
The close-knit community of borrowers also reflects much better the life and aspirations of the average man, making the story much more believable, and not fanciful dreams of incredibly beautiful princesses and impossibly heroic warrior-princes.
Her descriptions of borrower indoor living-quarters draw very much from the stage where she performed at different times in her life.
The special effects are neat and the Borrowers use of common items is fun too (dental floss for rope).
Actually, the whole premise of "borrowing" without asking permission is okay to watch in a movie, but not practice at home.
My wife and I went to see "the Borrowers", refreshed to actually be able to see a movie that had a positive review with nothing offensive reported...BUT...unfortunately the review failed to mention the one expletive, and more importantly the profaning of God's name.