6.8 overall rating is an absolute sin!

Rating: 10/10 (3 December 2011)

Elf is one of the all-time classic Christmas movies. Quite possibly the funniest Christmas movie of all-time, and you will see Elf Marathons on TV for the next 50 years. This will become our generations "A Christmas Story", even though "A Christmas Story" wasn't popular at the time of release, and didn't even really get a cult following until a decade later. Elf has been, and will always be a classic film. I can't understand the 6.8 overall rating here on IMDb. I was expecting upwards of an 8+ overall.
Will Ferrell is a character actor who did an absolutely brilliant portrayal of Buddy the Elf, a human that was raised in an Elf Village. His naivety in regards to how the real world works is absolutely hilarious and ridiculous, but believable, because Ferrell did such an amazing job.