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| Director: John Favreau (2003) |
From director John Favreau comes Elf, a
Will Ferrell starring comedy about a man who thinks he’s an elf, leaving the Santa’s
workshop in the North Pole to search for his real father in New York. And while
Christmas and the big apple seem like an intoxicating and wonderful combination,
Elf falls flat for the majority of its short running time. Farrell tries hard
to make the humour work, but the script simply lacks any charm beyond its fish
out of water premise. James Caan and Zooey Deschanel co star as the titular
elf’s father and/co-worker, but don’t give performances that represent the
performances that they're both capable of doing. This mediocrity continues
until the finale, which puts Christmas charm and spirit to the forefront for
the first time, and the results are fantastic. It’s a shame that it’s too
little to late.
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