Product Description: THIS HILARIOUS FILM TELLS THE TALE OF A YOUNG ORPHAN CHILD WHO MISTAKENLY CRAWLS INTO SANTA'S BAG OF GIFTS ON CHRISTMAS EVE & IS TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE NORTH POLE & RAISED AS AN ELF. YEARS LATER BUDDY LEARNS HE'S NOT REALLY AN ELF & GOES ON A JOURNEY TO NEW YORK CITY TO FIND HIS TRUE IDENTITY.
Amazon.com: Elf is genuinely good. Not just Saturday Night Live-movie good, when the movie has some funny bits but is basically an insult to humanity; Elf is a smartly written, skillfully directed, and deftly acted story of a human being adopted by Christmas elves who returns to the human world to find his father. And because the writing, directing, and acting are all genuinely good, Elf is also genuinely funny. Will Ferrell, as Buddy the adopted elf, is hysterically sincere. James Caan, as his rediscovered father, executes his surly dumbfoundedness with perfect aplomb. Zooey Deschanel, as a department store worker with whom Buddy falls in love, is adorably sardonic. Director Jon Favreau (Swingers) shepherds the movie through all the obligatory Christmas cliches and focuses on material that's sometimes subtle and consistently surprising. Frankly, Elf feels miraculous. Also featuring Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart, Peter Dinklage, and Ed Asner as Santa Claus. --Bret Fetzer
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: NEW LINE HOME VIDEO EAN: 9780780647749 Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0780647742 Item Dimensions:35 Label: New Line Home Entertainment Languages:EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundSpanishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundSpanishDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 Surround Manufacturer: New Line Home Entertainment MPN: DN7168D Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: New Line Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 16, 2004 Running Time: 97 minutes Studio: New Line Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: November 07, 2003
Customer Reviews
fun for laughs with the family: bring the hot choclate and popcorn
my husband taking the family to see this movie when it first came to the theathers. Our oldest child remember the movie and laughed with her dad so they both had headaches afterwards. years later an friend gave me the movie as present and it became one of our Hoilday movies to see during Christmas Vacation. Fun for laughs with the family.