Good old fashioned fun

Rating: 8/10 (11 December 2004)

I rented this movie thinking that it probably showed all of it's funniest parts in the trailer, like so many do. Well, I was wrong. This movie was just plain funny almost all of the way through. With the exception of a slight nose dive at the end, it was very entertaining. Farrell was great as the naive elf. It did get a little old towards the end, but for kids it would be a movie that they could watch over and over again. Caan was great as the long lost father, and the story was fun and lighthearted. I would give it a strong 8 out of 10. Just enjoy it for what it was intended to be. SPOILER....SPOILER
And the bit about the dwarf writer when Farrell met him in the office was one of the funniest gags I've seen in some time!