Will Ferrell makes this movie work

Rating: 7/10 (8 March 2007)

OK, for the most part the movie was somewhat corny. Here it is, Will Ferrell is playing a guy named Buddy that believes he's an elf. Even though it is rather obvious that he is a LOT bigger than every other elf, he goes on believing it until the elf he referred to as "dad" broke it to him that he wasn't an elf. So began Buddy's journey out of the North Pole and to New York to find his real dad.
Like I said, a lot of the movie was just corny, but I'll be darned if that guy Will Ferrell isn't a riot. Will Ferrell makes the ridiculous work, he was the perfect cast for the role. I just know that the movie doesn't have the same lustre or appeal with someone else in the role of Buddy. There was hardly a scene that Buddy was in that wasn't funny. And I would watch the entire movie again just to hear him say, "He's an angry elf," when referring to an irate midget. Priceless.