not funny but shallow entertainment for kids

Rating: Null/10 (19 December 2003)

I was disappointed in this movie simply because it wasn't a comedy. It was just a simple kid/family movie about a naïve if not slightly retarded man who thinks he's an elf. Even in a movie about Santa, the leaps that Cann's character and Elf's girlfriend made by the end of the movie were unbelievable. Why would a pretty blonde like that even talk to an elfin retard who can't figure out an escalator? If you're going to throw the sap around, at least make it somewhat believable. This disappointing movie contains exactly TWO laughs. The first occurs early when they explain that elves can only do three jobs (shoe repair, cookie maker, Santa worker) and shows the hazards of putting an oven in an oak tree. The second, is when elf tries to top the tree with a star using a couch as a trampoline. Other then this, the movie is just shallow entertainment for kids under the age of ten. Don't go in to this movie looking for a comedy.