Cute *May Contain Spoilers*

Rating: 6/10 (8 December 2003)

Elf by my usual standards was not what I would call a good movie. Do not
interpret that the wrong way. I enjoyed watching it very much, and I have found myself quoting lines from it for days afterward. It just didn't have the substance that movie needs for me to classify it as good.
Will Ferell was great as Buddy the Elf. While I watched this movie I found myself wishing I could be as carefree and innocent as the character Buddy is in this movie. Granted he didn't know any better, but that's part of the humor. I think everyone wishes they could be more like Buddy to a degree, and that's what
makes this movie so charming.
The length of this movie was rather short, but that's probably a good thing.
Charming and cute though this movie was, any longer than 95 minutes and I
would've made up an excuse to leave.
Overall I think it might become a Christmas classic, but maybe not one to watch every year.
7 out of 10 stars