Advantages: Good Christmas Fun - Magical - Everyone will Love It! Disadvantages: None!
I'll never forget the time I went to see Elf at the cinema. My friend and I went to our local cinema , which is if I'm honest is very basis and nothing like Cineworld or the other 'big' cinemas. The reason I will never forget this trip to the cinema is because , the 'cinema' room we were put in was only a small one with only enough room to seat about twenty people. As the cinema was quite full when we arrived , my friend didn't have a seat and so had to sit on a stool , high above everyone else , throughout the whole movie! Oh we laughed!
We went to see this movie a couple of days into the new year , and so we were still fairly in the festive mood , although I would have preferred it even more if we had seen it during the countdown to Christmas , but nevertheless it didn't put me off the film.
Elf is and American Christmas comedy ...
xdonzx 18.12.2008
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Advantages: A splendiferous family film Disadvantages: A few swearwords creep in
of a loveable elf, lost in a world that doesn?t understand him. For adults, it?s a sly swipe at the commercialisation of Christmas and the sight of Will Ferrell in tights and a little pointy hat. And of course there are plenty of harsh slapstick moments for everyone to enjoy. Favreau has even managed to shoehorn in some exceedingly cute and cuddly, but quite shonky looking claymation characters and I have to admit that even I was smitten by the plasticine charms of Puffin, Seal (voiced by father of the stop-motion genre Ray Harryhausen) and Mr Narwhal. If ever there was a marketing ploy, they would be it. Thankfully, Favreau isn?t that crass and they are played for laughs.
The idea of a grown man playing a childlike elf is mildly disturbing in itself, but thanks to Will Ferrell?s vim and verve and obvious talent for slapstick comedy, Buddy comes ...
afy9mab 12.12.2003
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Advantages: Very funny; children will love it Disadvantages: PG cert; Lame fx at times
Someone once said that there are two certainties in life - death and taxes. When they worked this one out, they forgot to factor in the third certainty at Christmas time, the annual Yuletide children's movie. And so it was that I entered the auditorium, flanked by my children intent on sampling this year's latest celluloid offering.
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Principle cast:
Buddy ~ Will Ferrell
James Caan ~ Walter
Bob Newhart ~ Papa Elf
Edward Asner ~ Santa
Mary Steenburgen ~ Emily
Zooey Deschanuel ~ Jovie
Peter Dinklage ~ Mile Finch
Director: Jon Favreau
Writing credits: David Berenbaum
Running Time : 95 mins
Cert: PG
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Elf is this year's big studio offering from the New Line Cinema stable. The story opens ...
Marandina 06.12.2003 (23.12.2003)
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