Elfe
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Elfe

Retrouvez la magie de Noël !

2003 • 97 min • Comedy · Family · Fantasy

Our family guide

Best from age 6
90
Movie Knight Score
4638 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 6 · 69%
  • 67 Audience · 4632 · 31%

Élevé comme un elfe au pôle Nord, Buddy découvre qu'il est humain et se rend à New York pour retrouver son père biologique. Son innocence enfantine et sa croyance en l'esprit de Noël se heurtent au cynisme de la grande ville, ce qui donne lieu à des rencontres humoristiques et touchantes. C'est un conte de Noël délicieux sur l'appartenance et la magie de la famille.

Violence & peril
1/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
1/10
Romance & sensuality
1/10
Scary moments
2/10

Heads up

  • Conflit professionnel bref et léger
  • Certains personnages sont initialement cyniques
  • Un personnage est presque heurté par un taxi

What it models well

  • La croyance en la magie de Noël
  • L'importance de la famille
  • L'acceptation des différences
  • Répandre la joie et la gentillesse

Talk about it after

  • Qu'est-ce que signifie être une famille ?
  • Pourquoi certaines personnes perdent-elles leur esprit de Noël ?
  • Comment pouvons-nous aider les autres à trouver la joie ?
  • Le cheminement de Buddy à la découverte de soi

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Top billed cast

Director: Jon Favreau • Crew: David Berenbaum, Jon Favreau

Trailers & clips

The Original Costume Drawing Behind ‘Elf’!

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside”

Not the Real Santa

Buddy The Elf Arrives in New York City - Movie Clip

Meet Buddy The Elf - Full Movie Preview

Buddy The Elf Helps Santa

Buddy the Elf Exposes Santa

Buddy Accidentally Insults His Dad’s Boss

Reviewer notes

Recommended

"Elf" is a holiday movie that has become a beloved classic over the years, despite some reservations about Will Ferrell's acting style. While not initially drawn to Ferrell's comedic performances, the film's charm and heartwarming storyline won over viewers, including those who may not typically enjoy his style of humor.…

Recommended

In my opinion this is the best Christmas movie ever made. Its so hilarious that you laugh throughout. If you havent seen this, i highly suggest that you do.

Recommended

Whilst delivering toys to an orphanage, a curious baby crawls into Santa's sack. Back at the North Pole shortly after, this young lad makes his presence felt, is named "Buddy" and put in the care of "Papa Elf" (Bob Newhart). Years later, "Buddy" (Will Ferrell) has now grown to full height and isn't really fitting in - on any level.…

Recommended

_**Destined to be played on TV every Christmas the rest of your life**_ Released in 2003 and directed by Jon Favreau, "Elf" is a Christmas dramedy/fantasy starring Will Farrell as an orphaned infant who stows away on Santa Claus' sleigh and isn't discovered until he's at the North Pole, where he's adopted by Papa Elf and named Buddy.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

Good watch, will likely watch again, and can recommend. For all the good this movie has in it, there is a fair amount of annoying as well, which is what keeps it from being a great movie. A family reconnection trope, with a character out of his element trope, crossed with one of the most annoyingly positive characters of all time trope.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

Okay, this is a fun movie, what I consider to be one of those classic Christmas movies I am willing to watch every year. And for me, that is a fairly short list, such as A Christmas Story and the ubiquitous It’s a Wonderful Life. (Interestingly, Peter Billingsley, who plays the lead Ralphie role in A Christmas Story, has an adult role in Elf.…

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