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One of my favorite movies.It is hilarious and Will Ferrel is funny again in another great movie.This movie is on top of my comedy list.It is a great family movie for Christmas,and your gonna watch it again and again and again.It is an awesome movie.

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Posted jul 6, 2009 9:55 pm pt

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Great family movie. It's nice to see Will Ferrell do this kind of thing. It is a movie based on putting a pure ideal into the normal way of life. Very fun and very nice family message.

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Posted mar 1, 2009 5:24 am pt

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This is my favorite Christmas movie. It's very funny and i think it's for people of all ages. It's very cute and i think the whole cast did such a great job. This is one of those movies that just gets watched over and over again and not only just...
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This is my favorite Christmas movie. It's very funny and i think it's for people of all ages. It's very cute and i think the whole cast did such a great job. This is one of those movies that just gets watched over and over again and not only just at Christmas time. It's very good and i think everyone should watch it.

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Posted sep 1, 2008 10:03 am pt

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This movie is surprisingly not that childish. It's very funny, it has great jokes, Will Ferrel is hilarious. It's perfect as a Christmas family comedy.

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Posted jul 10, 2008 6:50 am pt

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The first time I was going to watch Elf, i thought "Oh, this is going to be death". When i walked out of the theater,though , I was thinking "What a great movie!". Will Ferrell is awesome as Buddy The Elf, although I don't feel...
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The first time I was going to watch Elf, i thought "Oh, this is going to be death". When i walked out of the theater,though , I was thinking "What a great movie!". Will Ferrell is awesome as Buddy The Elf, although I don't feel this is his best work.

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Posted oct 6, 2007 6:24 pm pt

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Elf is one of my favorite christmas movie. Will Farrel is so funny and I like to quote alot from this movie. It had a great storyline and I think the cast for this movie is perfect. I like the music and I also like the story about a Elf wants to...
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Elf is one of my favorite christmas movie. Will Farrel is so funny and I like to quote alot from this movie. It had a great storyline and I think the cast for this movie is perfect. I like the music and I also like the story about a Elf wants to be with his lost Dad. I give this movie 5 stars.

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Posted oct 4, 2007 4:18 am pt

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I have one word to describe this movie. cute. It wasn't spectacular, it wasn't terrible, just cute. The humor used was cute. The story was cute. Will Farell was cute. jk. Basically, it is a fun movie to watch around christmas time, but not...
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I have one word to describe this movie. cute. It wasn't spectacular, it wasn't terrible, just cute. The humor used was cute. The story was cute. Will Farell was cute. jk. Basically, it is a fun movie to watch around christmas time, but not much else.

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Posted oct 1, 2007 1:20 pm pt

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This is one of the few movies where I like Will Ferrell. This movie is very original, and very funny, my whole family loved it. He plays a childlike adult very well. Great for the holidays.

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Posted may 14, 2007 7:53 am pt

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A relly funny Christmas movie that is so funny the story is relly funny and good best Christmas movie since Christmas Vaction i give this movie a rating of 5 STARS.

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Posted mar 12, 2007 12:56 pm pt

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Its funny christmas movie.buddy is out to find his dad before christmas.I enjoyed watching it.

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Posted feb 10, 2007 9:18 am pt

• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  100
  It's a terrific movie, smart and funny enough to hold up at any time of year.

  by David Sterritt | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  83
  The disarming comedic tone -- silly and novel in its lack of cynicism -- is driven by the fearless, cheerful unself-consciousness of Will Ferrell, a big man last seen streaking (all too unself-consciously) through ''Old School.''

  by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Newsweek
  
  80
  Ferrell is a hoot. So is much of this witty holiday family entertainment, which, up until the end, when the “true spirit of Christmas” must be reaffirmed, happily favors slapstick over treacle.

  by David Ansen | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
  80
  While the words "instant holiday classic" might be pushing it, Elf is at the very least a breezily entertaining, perfectly cast family treat.

  by Michael Rechtshaffen | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  80
  Directed by Jon Favreau from a script by David Berenbaum, Elf returns to the hip but warm-hearted spirit of "Swingers," which Favreau both wrote and starred in. It brings sophisticated glee and a sense of innocent fun to what could have been a moribund traditional family film.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  80
  How many human beings among us are capable of making a comedy with wit and intelligence that also takes bold pleasure in unabashed silliness? I think this is what happens when you let an elf loose with a movie camera.

  by Stephanie Zacharek | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  78
  A movie that’s so profoundly ridiculous that it has to be admired, if for no other reason other than its sheer willingness to run with its premise and take it to the end of the line.

  by Marjorie Baumgarten | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  75
  This is one of those rare Christmas comedies that has a heart, a brain and a wicked sense of humor, and it charms the socks right off the mantelpiece. Even the unexpected casting is on the money.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  75
  A non-sappy and genuinely adorable confection. It wiped away the Scrooge in me for 90 enchanting minutes.

  by Jami Bernard | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  75
  Ferrell's manic, overgrown-kid energy sweeps all before it, announcing him - after his standout turn in "Old School" - as a major leading-man talent who can charm as well as amuse.

  by Megan Lehmann | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  Funny and intelligently made, a film for kids and adults that's both sweet and sardonic...Elf stays perfectly in balance, a pleasure throughout.

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  75
  Elf tries so hard to be a holiday classic, to be a sweet-natured, charming little piece of holiday gloss, it's tempting to declare it so and simply go with it.

  by Chris Kaltenbach | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
  75
  The movie sets Ferrell's assaultive and juvenile physical comedy in a less-combative playground, and the result might leave the Ferrell-intolerant exiting the theater on a high.

  by Wesley Morris | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  75
  Elf, formulaic but lovable, is essentially "Big" in pointy shoes.

  by Robert K. Elder | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  75
  Will Ferrell strides through Elf like a crazily cheerful wind-up toy: arms swinging, legs stiff, mouth fixed in an impossibly happy grin, eyes wide with wonder. He's the Christmas gift nobody thought to ask for but everybody will want to play with.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »