Elf
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Elf

Discover your inner elf.

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%

Akiwa amelelewa kama kibeti huko North Pole, Buddy anagundua kuwa yeye ni binadamu na anasafiri kwenda Jiji la New York kumpata baba yake mzazi. Utoto wake na imani yake katika roho ya Krismasi zinapingana na ukali wa jiji kubwa, na kusababisha matukio ya kuchekesha na kugusa moyo. Ni hadithi ya kupendeza ya sikukuu kuhusu kuwa wa jamii fulani na uchawi wa familia.

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

Heads up

  • Mzozo mfupi, hafifu kazini
  • Baadhi ya wahusika wana kejeli mwanzoni
  • Mhusika mmoja anakaribia kugongwa na teksi

What it models well

  • Kuamini katika uchawi wa Krismasi
  • Umuhimu wa familia
  • Kukubali tofauti
  • Kueneza furaha na wema

Talk about it after

  • Inamaanisha nini kuwa familia?
  • Kwa nini baadhi ya watu hupoteza roho yao ya Krismasi?
  • Tunawezaje kusaidia wengine kupata furaha?
  • Safari ya Buddy ya kujitambua

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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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