You sit on a throne of lies!
The Story:
Buddy (Will Ferrell) crawled into Santa's (Edward Asner) bag during a visit to an orphanage. Raised in the North Pole by Papa Elf (Bob Newhart), Buddy has never realized that he's not an Elf...he's human! In fact, he's the son of Walter (James Caan), who works at a publishing company in New York, and unfortunately has landed on Santa's naughty list. Buddy sets off to New York to meet his dad, and along the way finds a girl, Jovie (Zooey Deschanel) and becomes smitten. Then, on Christmas Eve... all of these storylines come to a head as Christmas is about to be cancelled forever due to the lack of Christmas Spirit. Can one lone Elf save the day?
Count on it!
It's been 10 years since Elf arrived in theaters.
In that decade, the movie has become a classic.
Or if not a classic, a staple of the holiday season.
There is "The Holy Trinity" of funny Christmas movies. Scrooged. Christmas Vacation. Elf.
We can discuss and debate which is the best of those movies all season long.
At this house, the holidays don't officially begin until at least one of those movies has played.
Normally, that happens sometime between the first of November and Thanksgiving.
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This movie wears its heart on its sleeve, happily. You cannot watch this movie and not smile.
Yes, even those out there that hate Will Ferrell, watch this movie and not be impressed with the childlike wonder he brings to the role of Buddy.
Surrounded by a great cast, this is Ferrell's best performance, hands down.
Directed by Jon Favreau, he proves equally adept at comedy as he does with action (Iron Man).
It doesn't get much sweeter, or funnier, than this.
Final Grade: A+
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Infinitely. Love this film.
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