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Elf [VHS] [2003]

VHS ~ Will Ferrell

5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Actors: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Edward Asner, Mary Steenburgen
Directors: Jon Favreau
Format: PAL
Classification: PG
Studio: Entertainment in Video
VHS Release Date: 7 Nov 2005
Run Time: 95 minutes

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

ASIN: B000621OX4
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,739 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Will Ferrell makes yet another memorable splash on the big screen in Jon Favreau's sweet and hilarious Christmas fable. Ferrell is Buddy, an innocent figure who was raised as an elf in the North Pole by his adoptive father, Papa Elf (Bob Newhart). When Buddy discovers that he's actually a human being, he heads to New York City to reunite with his biological father. The trouble is that his dad, Walter (James Caan), is a publishing executive who doesn't have time for anything other than work. Buddy moves in with Walter and his family, and proceeds to teach them a lesson or two about what being a family really means. Meanwhile, he also falls head over heels in love with the incredibly cute department store clerk, Jovie (Zooey Deschanel). By the time Christmas Eve rolls around, the general lack of spirit in the air threatens to ground Santa for the big night. He must rely on Buddy's expertise and overall enthusiasm to ensure that Christmas will be saved once again. Favreau's film is family entertainment at its finest, featuring a performance by Ferrell that is at once innocent, tender, and laugh-out-loud funny. A stellar supporting cast--including Caan, Deschanel, Newhart, and Faizon Love--adds to the film's already overabundant charm.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Please excuse me for being childish, 26 Oct 2005

By	Hannah :D "automaticjoy" (Near Liverpool) - See all my reviews

I actually watched this when my (bonkers)GCSE music teacher decided we should see it as a class on our last lesson before Christmas...I was not impressed. Having seen the advert countless times, I'd decided it was immature, over heavy on toilet humour and used too much try-too-hard slapstick. I didn't want to watch it.
But how glad am I that I did!

This film is brilliant. It is laugh out loud pure genius (and made me want to believe in Santa again). Basically, a baby from an orphanage snuck into Santas sack on Christmas Eve and was taken back to the North Pole, where he was adopted by the elves and named Buddy. Buddy grew much taller than everyone else, couldn't make toys, was rejected by the other elves and all that tragedy stuff, and couldn't figure it out...until Papa Elf told him of his real father. So, naturally, Buddy decides to go to New York to find his real father and "make ginger bread houses, and eat cookie dough, and go ice skating, and maybe even hold hands" with him.

Of course, not all goes to plan, and Buddy finds himself working in Gimbles after being thrown out of the Empire State Building (where his father is). There he meets Jovie *cue awww-ing*. Jovie is fantastic, in my view. She's sullen, she's bitter and she has no Christmas cheer. Oh, and she'll only sing in the shower.
Then, after some hilarious misguidedness on Buddys part (eating gum off the street, giving his dad some kinky lingerie because it was labelled to "that special someone", and going into the girls shower room to sing along with Jovie not realising that she'd be naked) Buddy finally goes to live with his dad and causes merry mayhem...

I won't ruin the ending, but I'll tell you this - I am the most cynical of the cynical people, and this film filled me with Christmas cheer. I loved it, very unexpectedly, and think everyone should give it a chance.

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