Director: Jon Favreau (Zathura) Starring: Will Ferrell (Old School, Anchorman) James Caan (The Godfather, Misery) Zoeey Deschanel (Failure to Launch, Hitchhikers Guide) Production Year: 2003 Running Time: 97 minutes Certificate: PG Plot: Buddy the Elf isn't like the other Elves - He is 6 feet tall, and is distinctly lacking in the toy making skills of all the others. So one day he is told by his father than he is in fact a human, who crawled into Santa's sack and ended up staying at the North Pole being raised by the elves. Buddy also learns that his real mother had died and ...  Read the complete review

I recently wrote a review on a film called Bad Santa and someone commented that they though Elf was better. So in Hmv I happened to stumble across it and the fact that someone mentioned it pinged into my head and I thought hmmm I'm gonna try watching this! So who thinks reviewing don't work eh!?! lol The Plot.... Buddy is a baby who is in an orphanage when Santa pops by to deliver the presents. Buddy being a baby spots toys in a sack and unable to resist a nosey climbs in ending up in the Elf's workshop where no 'human' has been before! A guy who later becomes 'Papa Elf' takes on the wee baby having missed out on being a dad and ...  Read the complete review

As far as christmas films go, we've seen some truly awful ones. I'm not one for Bah Humbug but sometimes the overly 'feel good' sense in christmas films really begins to grate on my nerves. It was with great derision that I arrived at the cinema with my young nephew to see this one. For those of you who haven't heard about this film, you need to open your eyes once in a while. It's had more hype than the Matrix, and its no surprise really. The film knocked the Matrix from the top of the US movie chart as it stormed its way to the highest takings spot. Raking in over $100million in the US may not seem much, but bear in mind that over ...  Read the complete review

* FILM ONLY REVIEW * I adore Christmas movies, finding that they help invoke some 'Christmas Cheer' in my household in the run up to the festive season. I particularly like Christmas movies in the Comedy genre, but have found that many of them are very lame, or are overly cheesy and so become more of an annoyance than anything. "Elf", a 2003 movie starring Will Ferrell as 'Buddy' who is a Christmas elf working for Santa Claus in the North Pole, is a rare exception to this in my opinion, instead delivering laugh after laugh during its 90 or so minutes. The film begins by showing us a story book, being read aloud by a small ...  Read the complete review

Elf is a christmas movie released in 2003 and starring Will Ferrell and James Caan in the lead roles. Will Ferrell is a great comedy actor in my opinion and is normally good in most of the roles he undertakes. I've seen it a number of times and think it's great fun for adults and children alike. Will Ferrell plays 'Buddy' who is no normal elf. For one, he's about 7 foot tall and at the start of the movie we are told how he came to be living with the other elves in Santa's workshop in the North Pole. He was unfortunately abandoned when he was young and sent to an orphanage. He never knew who his real parents were. He crawled into Santa's sack one day and was ...  Read the complete review