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📅 2003 ⏱ 1h 37min PG Released FHD / 4K

Elf

"Discover your inner elf."

ComedyFamilyFantasy

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.

🎬 DirectorJon Favreau

📅 Release2003-11-07

🌍 CountryUnited States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish

🏢 StudioNew Line Cinema, Guy Walks into a Bar Productions

🗳 Votes4,497

🔥 Popularity7

💰 Budget$32,000,000

💵 Revenue$228,500,000

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🎭 Cast

Will Ferrell

Buddy

James Caan

Walter

Bob Newhart

Papa Elf

Ed Asner

Santa

Mary Steenburgen

Emily

Zooey Deschanel

Jovie

Daniel Tay

Michael

Faizon Love

Gimbels Manager

Peter Dinklage

Miles Finch

Amy Sedaris

Deb

Michael Lerner

Fulton

Andy Richter

Morris

Kyle Gass

Eugene

Artie Lange

Gimbels Santa

Leon Redbone

Leon the Snowman (voice)

🎥 Crew

Director Jon Favreau

Executive Producer Cale Boyter

Executive Producer Kent Alterman

Executive Producer Julie Wixson Darmody

Executive Producer Toby Emmerich

Original Music Composer John Debney

Editor Dan Lebental

Executive Producer Jimmy Miller

Stunts Owen Walstrom

Stunt Coordinator G.A. Aguilar

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🏷 Keywords

elvesdwarfholidayadoptionsanta claussarcasmlooking for birth parentsromancefish out of waterorphannorth polechristmas spirit

💬 Reviews

Peter McGinn ⭐ 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 A Christmas Story, has an adult role in Elf.) The script goes over the top a bit sometimes, res…

Kamurai ⭐ 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 annoyingly positive characters of all time trope. Ultimately, it's a sweet, hear warming story that re…

Wuchak ⭐ 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's adopted by Papa Elf and named Buddy. After growing up as an elf, he travels to New York City to me…