Film

Elf 2003

Directed by Jon Favreau

  • Comedy, Family, Fantasy
  • 97 min
  • PG

Discover your inner elf.

When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.

ComedyFamilyFantasyelvesdwarfholidayadoptionsanta claussarcasmlooking for birth parentsromancefish out of waterorphannorth polechristmas spirit

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Effortless, resolved, classical in form and warm.

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  • resolvedopen-ended
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