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Elf (2003)

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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,... See Full Description
Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Holiday
Running Time: 1 hr. 37 min.
Release Date: November 7th, 2003 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG for mild language.
Distributors:
New Line Cinema
U.S. Box Office: $173,381,405
Cast and Credits
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Bob Newhart, Edward Asner
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Produced by: Jimmy Miller, Julie Darmody, Toby Emmerich
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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B   
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
"An instant Christmas classic." more...
A-
Boston Globe, Wesley Morris
"...a sincere piece of feel-good commercialism." more...
B
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"This is one of those rare Christmas comedies that has a heart, a brain and a wicked sense of humor, and it charms the socks right off the mantelpiece." more...
B
Chicago Tribune, Robert K. Elder
"...Ferrell...keeps us laughing even through some very obvious fish-out-of-water jokes." more...
B
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User Reviews Average Grade:  B   
Here's a well thought out review  by boduke9119 (11/7/2003)
324 out of 412 people found this review helpful
Having successfully demonstrated his big-screen comic chops with Old School, Will...Full Review
  B+
The Best Original Holiday Movie in Years  by januaril (11/8/2003)
138 out of 179 people found this review helpful
I must admit, the movies made for the Christmas season have not apealled to me...Full Review
  A-
Take it from a real reviewer  by trenttaylorfsu (11/8/2003)
101 out of 526 people found this review helpful
John Favreau’s Elf tells the story of an orphaned tot who accidentally crawls...Full Review
  C-
Read this and take a holiday note  by edphillipscds (11/8/2003)
204 out of 269 people found this review helpful
For those of you that thought Will Ferrell had only been lucky to dodge the...Full Review
  A-
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