Reviews & Ratings for
Elf (2003)

On Christmas Eve, an orphaned baby crawls into Santa Claus's sack at the sight of a teddy bear, and is unknowingly taken back to the North Pole from an orphanage. After the infant is discovered at the workshop, the elves name him Buddy after his diaper's brand label.

Buddy is accepted by the elf community and grows up to adulthood thinking he is an elf, but soon overhears he is a human. Papa Elf explains to him that he was born to Walter Hobbs and Susan Wells. She died shortly after giving him away for adoption without ever having told Walter about the pregnancy. Walter now is a children's book publisher at the Empire State Building in NYC. Santa reveals that Walter is on the Naughty List due to his selfishness, but suggests Buddy could help redeem him with some Christmas spirit.

I first saw Elf in 2005 and I have loved it ever since, Will Ferrell is not an actor I always enjoy but this is easily the best performance of his entire career, He is so charming and likeable as Buddy the elf and everything about his performance is brilliant. Elf is a film with many, many flaws and some of the jokes are way to silly for me but I still watch it every single Christmas and I have never not enjoyed it and laughed hysterically, John Favreau has directed some great films and Elf is definitely among his best its just so much fun to watch and sometimes that's enough not everything has to be perfect to make a great film. The film is not only hilarious but it is full of heart and the relationship between Buddy and his father is great. If you are one of the few people on earth who hasn't seen Elf go and watch it. I hope everyone had a nice Christmas this year and I hope everyone has an even better 2021.