Elf DVD Review

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Elf (DVD) Review

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442

Summary:
This Christmas, discover your inner
 elf… At least, that's the tagline
for Elf, one of the funniest films
of 2003. Packed with a cast of Holl
ywood all-star talent, Elf is guara
nteed to make you laugh. The touchi
ng story about an adopted elf who d
iscovers he's really a boy is sort
of a bizzaro-Pinocchio story that o
pened to such widespread critical a
cclaim that it unanimously swept ze
ro Oscars at the 2004 Academy Award
s ceremony! Nevertheless, Elf is wo
rth the price of admissio...


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elf dvd review


Article Body:
This Christmas, discover your inner
 elf… At least, that's the tagline
for Elf, one of the funniest films
of 2003. Packed with a cast of Holl
ywood all-star talent, Elf is guara
nteed to make you laugh. The touchi
ng story about an adopted elf who d
iscovers he's really a boy is sort
of a bizzaro-Pinocchio story that o
pened to such widespread critical a
cclaim that it unanimously swept ze
ro Oscars at the 2004 Academy Award
s ceremony! Nevertheless, Elf is wo
rth the price of admission. Althoug
h Christmas Vacation still holds th
e title as the top Christmas comedy
, Elf is still a great night's ente
rtainment…

Buddy (Will Ferrell) is an oversize
d elf working away at the North Pol
e. Always wearing a smile, he dwarf
s his comrades and never seems able
 to find his niche in the toy-makin
g arena. Eventually, Papa Elf (Bob
Newhart) is forced to reveal the tr
uth to Buddy. He's actually a human
. He's not really an elf at all. Th
e elves love buddy just the same, b
ut Buddy feels the need to strike o
ut on his own and try to find himse
lf - and maybe even his family too…

Scouring the streets of New York Ci
ty, Buddy must learn the urban rule
s of life. In due time, he manages
to track down his biological father
, a successful publishing executive
 named Walter (James Caan). But des
pite the prodding of his wife Emily
 (Mary Steenburgen), Walter is relu
ctant to start a relationship with
the over-eager grown-up child…

In the meantime, Buddy spends his d
ays working at Gimbel's department
store where he stars as a departmen
t store Santa's elf and a Christmas
 season decorator, creating a magic
al wonderland that thrills customer
s and employees alike. Striking up
a relationship with fellow employee
 Jovie (Zooey Deschanel), Buddy's l
ife is slowly transitioning from el
f to human… But will he be able to
survive in the big city? Will he be
 able to rekindle a relationship wi
th his father? Elf thoroughly enter
tains us while we find out…

With a great cast of writers, Elf m
anages to keep the laughs rolling t
hroughout the entirety of the film.
 Although lacking in some areas (it
's not one of the greatest comedies
 of all-time), Elf is a hilarious m
ovie in its own right. Will Ferrell
 turns in an amazing performance as
 Buddy. Like Tom Hanks in Big, he's
 actually believable as the innocen
t man-child roaming the streets of
New York City. It's this farcical i
nnocence that provides Elf with the
 charm necessary to keep the audien
ce involved in the story beginning
to end. Because of its laugh factor
, and the surprisingly small number
 of decent Christmas-themed movies,
 Elf is a definite must-see film… C
heck it out this Christmas!