Overview:
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.| Status: | Released (2003-10-09) |
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| Awards: | 2 wins & 7 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $178,053,220 |
| Screen: | David Berenbaum |
| Productions: | New Line Cinema, Guy Walks into a Bar Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 23659: Will Ferrell - Buddy
- 3085: James Caan - Walter
- 64930: Bob Newhart - Papa Elf
- 68812: Ed Asner - Santa
- 2453: Mary Steenburgen - Emily
- 11664: Zooey Deschanel - Jovie
- 27974: Daniel Tay - Michael
Crews
- 61397: Jimmy Miller - Executive Producer - Production
- 15277: Jon Favreau - Director - Directing
- 65702: Kent Alterman - Executive Producer - Production
- 17315: Cale Boyter - Executive Producer - Production
- 10830: Toby Emmerich - Executive Producer - Production
- 4500: John Debney - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 66822: Julie Darmody - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
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Okay, this is a fun movie, what I consider to be one of those classic Christmas movies I am willing to watch every year. And for me, that is a fairly short list, such as A Christmas Story and the ubiquitous It’s a Wonderful Life. (Interestingly, Peter Billingsley, who plays the lead ....
Continue reading ->Kamurai
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Good watch, will likely watch again, and can recommend. For all the good this movie has in it, there is a fair amount of annoying as well, which is what keeps it from being a great movie. A family reconnection trope, with a character out of his element trope, crossed with one o ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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_**Destined to be played on TV every Christmas the rest of your life**_ Released in 2003 and directed by Jon Favreau, "Elf" is a Christmas dramedy/fantasy starring Will Farrell as an orphaned infant who stows away on Santa Claus' sleigh and isn't discovered until he's at the North ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Whilst delivering toys to an orphanage, a curious baby crawls into Santa's sack. Back at the North Pole shortly after, this young lad makes his presence felt, is named "Buddy" and put in the care of "Papa Elf" (Bob Newhart). Years later, "Buddy" (Will Ferrell) has now grown to full h ....
Continue reading ->Andre Gonzales
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In my opinion this is the best Christmas movie ever made. Its so hilarious that you laugh throughout. If you havent seen this, i highly suggest that you do.
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