Elf (2003)
Buddy was raised as elf by Santa Clause, though he is a man of regular size. Eventually the truth is revealed and he finds out that he is not a real elf. As soon as he finds it out, he takes the decision to get back to New York, where he was born, to find his real parents.
29 March 1961, Endicott, New York, USA
22 June 1958, Wilmette, Illinois, USA
22 June 1941, Brooklyn, New York, USA
31 December 1969, Pensacola, Florida, USA
3 April 1955, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16 April 1971, New York City, New York, USA
28 October 1966, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
14 June 1968, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
19 July 1919, La Grande, Oregon, USA
13 October 1964, Chicago, Illinois, USA
19 October 1966, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
10 December 1958, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
17 May 1970, USA
26 October 1935, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
1971, Costa Mesa, California, USA
13 January 1974, Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
December 14, 2014
It was all very simple, but enough to remind me just what a generous and talented performer Will Ferrell truly is.
December 13, 2014
Elf is a Christmas comedy that's as sweet-natured and goofily amusing as its title character.
December 14, 2014
Raise a glass of cheer to Ferrell and Favreau. They might not have created a full-scale holiday classic here, but they've certainly given us a fresh, sparkly new bauble to hang on our perennial tree.
September 07, 2011
A disarmingly funny holiday comedy.
December 14, 2014
While his plotting may leave a little to be desired, Favreau directs with speed, humour and efficiency.
November 27, 2007
The film soon bogs down in fake hugs and a fakier climax involving Santa (Ed Asner) and his downed sled.
December 04, 2013
Sure, Elf feels a little too feel-good at the end, but what do you expect? It's a Christmas movie! Anything else would be the cinematic equivalent of finding coal in your stocking.
December 14, 2014
Will Ferrell has the ability to turn those wide eyes and that big body into a potent comic weapon, so Elf gets a good number of laughs from his complete, innocent abandonment to his role as a lummox-size elf.
December 04, 2013
The cast wrings laughs out of David Berenbaum's script as if it were a damp washcloth, but even they have trouble selling frenetic button-pushing as the Christmas spirit.
January 26, 2006
Some humour might sail over the heads of the very young, but there's a higher chuckle rate for the grown-ups than much dread 'family' fare.
December 14, 2014
Ferrell is a hoot. So is much of this witty holiday family entertainment, which, up until the end, when the "true spirit of Christmas" must be reaffirmed, happily favors slapstick over treacle.
