Directed by: Jon Favreau
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, and Zooey
Deschanel
While out on
Christmas Eve delivering presents one year, Santa Claus (Ed Asner) accidentally
brings a human baby back with him to the North Pole. Papa Elf (Bob Newhart) volunteers to raise
the little baby boy and names him Buddy (Will Ferrell). When Buddy grows up and discovers that he’s
not really suited to a life in the North Pole, Papa Elf finally tells him that
he’s an adopted human being. He also
tells him of his biological father Walter Hobbs (James Caan) and where he lives in New
York City. His mother Susan Wells has
passed away at this time already. Buddy
decides to go to New York to find his father but finds that the customs of the
North Pole aren’t so customary in “the south”.
Elf is a modern day fairy tale with all the holiday cheer. Will Ferrell is in his prime in this flick
and delivers nonstop laughs. Only he
could play a man who convinces audiences that he genuinely believes he’s an
elf. It’s a future classic that you just
can’t miss. Check it out with a little
eggnog.
