| Review: Elf
Elf is being hailed in some quarters as the next great Christmas classic. The people making such a pronouncement must have seen a different cut of ...
Reelviews - James Berardinelli | | Review: Elf
FILM REVIEW; For One Lad, Pointy Shoes Turn Out to Be Hard to Fill In ''Elf,'' New York City -- and the rest of the world as well -- is suffering ...
The New York Times - A. O. Scott - Nov 7, 2003 |
| Review: Elf
Does the name Will Ferrell say ''holiday cheer''? Does it evoke Eskimo kisses and unspiked eggnog? Or a fervid belief in Santa, Christmas carols, ...
The Boston Globe - Wesley Morris, Globe Staff - Nov 7, 2003 | | Review: Elf
One of the most common narratives in recent movies is the juvenile regression of hyper-materialistic baby boomers embracing their hippie, ...
Flak Magazine - Stephen Himes |
| Elf powered by season's spirit
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas and we have Will Ferrell to thank. Ferrell's Elf is a delightful Christmas fable filled with ...
Canoe.ca - LOUIS B. HOBSON | | Flak Magazine: Review of Elf, 11.14.03
But now Generation X's infiltration into moviemaking has altered the formula. Gen X never dealt with the turmoil of anything as weighty as Vietnam ...
Flak Magazine - Stephen Himes - Nov 14, 2003 |
| Elf can stand tall
Christmas comedy succeeds with charm, wit Say, here's a concept -- how about taking an elf out of Santa's workshop in the North Pole and plunking ...
Canoe.ca - LIZ BRAUN | | BBC - Films - Elf
Will Ferrell stars in this gently subversive Christmas fantasy, about a human raised by Santa's elves. On paper, this Yuletide fantasy looks ...
BBC - Neil Smith - Nov 26, 2003 |
| Review: Elf
Will Ferrell as Buddy in ElfWill Ferrell's uninhibited physical comedy ignites this fish-out-of- water family film. But a helping of familiar ...
Palo Alto Online - Tyler Hanley - Nov 7, 2003 | | Elf isn't the Christmas Classic it Wants to be
Pros: Laughs in the beginning, enjoyable climax Cons: Repetitative middle I generally avoid Will Ferrell films because the previews for them annoy ...
Epinions - carstairs38 - Dec 14, 2008 |
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