Not Ferrell's Worst Film

Rating: 6/10 (20 November 2011)

After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole (Will Ferrell) is sent to New York in search of his true identity.
I am really hit and miss with Will Ferrell. I really enjoy some of his work (especially "Anchorman") while other things he does are just too silly and juvenile. This falls somewhere in the middle.
Hipsters are happy to see Zooey Deschanel in this movie. I am more concerned with why she and Will Ferrell are matched up. If it is not strange enough that she would fall for a seemingly psychotic homeless man, there is a thirteen year age difference. That is just slightly creepy (though not really unheard of).
After multiple viewings, I can see how the film is charming in its own way and there are even some subtle nods to Ray Harryhausen and Peter Billingsley. Any film that pays homage to these two has to be worth something.