December 24, 2014For the second Christmas Eve movie at my parents' house, we chose 'Elf'. Jon Favreau directed this funny holiday movie about an orphaned, human child who sneaks into Santa Claus' bag and gets brought back to the North Pole and raised as Buddy the elf. After 30 years of being twice as big as everyone else and not nearly as skilled at making toys, Buddy (Will Ferrell) learns about his real origins as a human and travels to New York City to find his dad (James Caan). His dad initially wants nothing to do with him, but he eventually warms up to Buddy's eccentric and always cheerful nature. Buddy also meets and falls in love with one of the workers in a department store Christmas scene (Zooey Deschanel) and together with his new family and new girlfriend, Buddy helps raise the collective Christmas spirit which enables Santa's sleigh to fly. I like this movie. It is a fun one to watch around the holidays, and if you haven't seen it you probably should.
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