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Studio: New Line Cinema
Release Date: Nov 7, 2003
Running Time: 97 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
As a baby, Buddy crawls into Santa’s toy bag and is whisked off to the North Pole, where he is raised as an elf. A misfit who grows to be three times the size of his elf family, Buddy ultimately heads to his birthplace of New York City to seek out his roots. Unfortunately, they turn out to be a "Scrooge"-like father and a cynical ten-year-old stepbrother who doesn’t believe in Santa. Worst of all, everyone seems to have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas. But using his simple elf ways, Buddy sets out to single-handedly win over his family and save Christmas in New York, hoping to at last find his true place in the world.
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Walter
Jovie
Papa Elf
Santa
Emily
Michael
Miles Finch
Deb
Morris
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reviews
With a wacky concept and a great cast, it's a shame director Jon Favreau (Made) never fully exploits Elf's potential; Like Santa's reindeer-guided sleigh, the movie launches with an encouraging start in the North Pole but sputters and eventually nose-dives in the heart of Central Park. Elf's opening North Pole sequence are by far the film's best, with the lofty Buddy, somewhere in his 30s, still not fully comprehending that he is not an elf. The tiny, snowcapped sets create a truly funny… 
November 3, 2003
Even a PG rating can't constrict Ferrell: He's an early Xmas treat it's a family-friendly comedy about a human baby who crawls into Santa's sleigh and winds up being raised by elves. Will Ferrell plays the grown-up doofus who must travel from the North Pole to Manhattan to find his real father (James Caan), a hard-ass publisher of children's books, and teach him the true meaning of Christmas. OK, yuk. But Ferrell makes the damn thing work. Even though he can't get naked or use naughty words,…
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