Great kids movie, although teens/adults might find it a little cheesy

Rating: Null/10 (27 December 2003)

This review contains spoilers.
This movie had it's ups and downs, it had some scenes which were really OTT and some unnesessary looonnngggg scenes that dragged on, but all in all i liked it, it's one of those movies that makes you feel full of life after watching it. I'm not a really a kids comedy/xmas movie kind of guy but some of the scenes with the elf had me laughing ie- worlds best coffee (OMG CONGRATS GUYS), the dwarf getting owned and the elf using the couch as a trampoline to get to the top of the tree, GOLD.
A couple things i didn't like were the relationship between the chick and the elf, i mean wtf he was waiting outside her shower, they had NOTHING in common and he acted like a complete retard, but they fell in love and had kids? o. k.
second/third things are related to the ending, the retarded nature of the 'central park rangers' was realllyyy stupid. "HEY MAN IM GOING TO KILL YOU CAUSE YOU WON'T GET ME STUFF FOR XMAS", it seemed kind of dumb but i ignored that and hoped for the best, another thing is - the whole xmas carol singing thing, i can't be bothered to go into detail so on the whole it was really stupid but it didn't ruin the movie.
I would have really liked to see more of the father's career, they kind of killed it off and it seemed like a last resort for the writer(s).
I would recommended this as a family/kids movie but if you are a dull person who is fixed on reality this isn't for you. 6/10 cause it doesn't appeal to everybody's taste, but it's cool none the less.