Elf

Elf

Theatrical - Wide 2003-11-07

Cast Will Ferrell James Caan Bob Newhart Ed Asner Mary Steenburgen
Directed by Jon Favreau
Written by Jon Favreau

Box Office Gross: $228,500,000

Running Time: 97 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: New Line Cinema, Guy Walks into a Bar Productions

Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy

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7/10

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... See more doesn’t belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.

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