Raised by elves, one day, a man realises he belongs to the human world and goes to New York to find his real father.
Elf was a huge box-office Christmas success that offered a lot of smiles. The first leading role for Will Ferrell, who does what Will Ferrel does best in a comedy. To be fair, he is funny; it’s just Elf is not my cup of tea. I know that Christmas films are meant to be implausible, cliched, and “tacky”, but a man acting… the way he does, finding a girl like this, single, who falls in love with him, and with a dad like this, who manages to love him back… I know it’s a Christmas comedy/fantasy, but maybe not for my age or, simply, not for me.
Jon Favreau’s tributes to It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) are very obvious and understood – see, that’s an amazing Christmas film (the best of all time) – but I prefer other films of him from before and after the MCU or the Star Wars spinoff. Until Elf, he was a great indie director, yet he was unknown. At least, the film opened many doors for him, making him one of the biggest-grossing directors of all time. Admittedly, Zooey Deschanel, James Caan and Mary Steenburgen are very enjoyable, so it’s just maybe not particularly liking it.
By all means, please do enjoy it. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. We all need a good laugh these days. It’s been pretty miserable and depressing out there so Elf will do nothing but cheer you up with its silliness.
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It’s a toss up between this one and home alone for top spot in Christmas movie world. Although my two favourite classic Christmas movies are Its a wonderful life. ( James Stewart is amazing) or White Christmas. Beautiful films which always lead to tears.