Funny

Rating: 7/10 (21 November 2003)

I decided to see this movie instead of the overhyped Cat In The Hat. From what I read, I made a good choice. I though Will Ferrell was funny on SNL (it has suffered in his absence) and he is funny here too. I actually believed he was this oversized elf looking for his natural father. And it turns out to be Sonny Corleone (actually James Caan, the actor who played Sonny in The Godfather though that would be a movie worth seeing). Many people think Caan is miscast, but I don't agree. Caan is a perfect cynic to Ferrell's believer. The other interesting casting is Bob Newhart as an elf and Ed Asner as Santa Claus. It's interesting to see them in a movie like this. See this movie again and again. 7/10