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Elf

6.7/ 10

TMDB Rating

4,497

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2003

Release Year

97 min

Runtime

Comedy
Family
Fantasy

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.

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Keywords

elves
dwarf
holiday
adoption
santa claus
sarcasm
looking for birth parents
romance
fish out of water
orphan
north pole
christmas spirit
christmas
workshop
father son relationship
hilarious
whimsical
cheerful

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Reviews(5)

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Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

@narrator56

August 18, 2020

9
9/10

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 Ralphie role in

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Kamurai

Kamurai

December 10, 2020

7
7/10

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 of the most annoy

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Wuchak

Wuchak

December 28, 2020

7
7/10

_**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 Pole, where he'

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

November 19, 2022

7
7/10

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 height and isn't

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Andre Gonzales

Andre Gonzales

@SoSmooth1982

May 15, 2023

10
10/10

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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