The read
Scores higher than 89% of the 2,359 2000s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic66/100
4,673 audience votes
Key crew
- John DebneyOriginal Music Composer
- Jon FavreauDirector
- David BerenbaumWriter
- Jon FavreauScreenplay
Cast
- Will FerrellBuddy
- James CaanWalter
- Bob NewhartPapa Elf
- Ed AsnerSanta
- Mary SteenburgenEmily
- Zooey DeschanelJovie
- Daniel TayMichael
- Faizon LoveGimbels Manager
- Peter DinklageMiles Finch
- Amy SedarisDeb
- Michael LernerFulton
- Andy RichterMorris
Stills
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Themes
elvesdwarfholidayadoptionsanta claussarcasmlooking for birth parentsromancefish out of waterorphannorth polechristmas spirit
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