Elf

This has became a classic in our family, one that we will watch many times around Christmas every year.

Silly fun. Good family night movie.

I seem to collect movies on DVD form. Elf happens to be one of my all-time favorite classic movies it makes you happy, it has it’s very sad moments and it has a heroes ending. Will Ferrell does a magnificent job as elf and the rest of the cast are some of our best actors and actresses. I have my grandkids and great grandkids visit me and no matter what time of year it is Elf is always worth watching.

We loved this movie!!

There is something brilliant about seeing a giant man in a bright green elf costume, acting like an absolute child, in the middle of the hard streets of NYC. This movie has a lot of love crafted into it. You can tell just from the beginning, with the stop-motion animations a clear call-back to the classic Christmas animations of Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, etc.. The dedication to using old-school forced perspective to make the elves smaller than the humans, rather than resorting to CGI that would look dated in 5 years. The use of a dull background and bright costumes made the Workshop pop and have surreal story-book feeling to it, very clever. You can feel the heart and effort those who made the movie put into this, so much so that even at the climax with the usual cheesy power of Christmas, that instead of rolling the eyes, you get kind of swept up in it, and bam, youre a child again that still believes in Santa and magic and a world of wonder and joy. There are a lot of Christmas movies out there, but this one is unique in being light but also heavy. It has some heavy meaty stuff that hooks you in, but it is light enough that you are not intimidated to dip your toes into the movie for a re-watch every Christmas. The only case I wouldnt recommend this is if you really, really dislike the star of the movie. Cause he is front and center and carries it. He went ham on channeling his inner child and sells it. Man is brave, especially when the film crew let him loose in NYC interacting with normal non-actors. Man coulda gotten punched in the face, just sayin. But some people just dont like certain actors, which I can respect, so if Will isnt your cup of tea, dont feel obligated to watch.

My son and I watched this from thanksgiving through Christmas! We laugh so hard at many parts. Love Will Ferrell, Zoey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen and Hames Caan, may he Rest In Peace. A timeless classic!

If you havnt seen it you should

Christmas essential

Watch it every year and it never disappoints!

This is a fun movie to watch for Christmas. My whole family loves this movie.