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Elf
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jon Favreau
Produced by	Jon Berg; Todd Komarnicki; Shauna Robertson;
Written by	David Berenbaum
Starring	Will Ferrell; James Caan; Zooey Deschanel; Mary Steenburgen; Daniel Tay; Bob Newhart; Ed Asner;
Narrated by	Bob Newhart
Music by	John Debney
Cinematography	Greg Gardiner
Edited by	Dan Lebental
Production; company	Guy Walks Into a Bar Productions
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date	November 7, 2003; ; ; ; ;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States;
Language	English
Budget	$33 million
Box office	$220.4 million

Elf is a 2003 American Christmas fantasy comedy film, directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum. It stars Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Daniel Tay, Ed Asner, and Bob Newhart. The story is about one of Santa's elf (Ferrell) who learns he is actually a human and goes to New York City to meet his biological father (Caan), spreading Christmas cheer in a world of cynics as he goes.

The film was released in the United States on November 7, 2003 by New Line Cinema. It received positive reviews from critics and grossed $220 million worldwide on a $33 million budget. It inspired the 2010 Broadway musical Elf: The Musical and NBC's 2014 stop-motion animated television special Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas.

Screenplay

On Christmas Eve 1973, a baby boy crawls into Santa Claus's sack at an orphanage and is unwittingly transported back to the North Pole. When discovered at the workshop, the elves name him "Buddy" because he is wearing "Little Buddy Diapers", and he is adopted by Papa Elf.

Buddy grows up at the North Pole believing he is an elf, but due to his human size is unable to keep up with the other elves and demoted to the demeaning job of toy testing. When Buddy overhears that he is a human, Papa Elf explains that Buddy was born to Walter Hobbs and Susan Wells, and given up for adoption. Susan subsequently died and Walter, who now works for a children's book publisher at the Empire State Building in New York City, is unaware of Buddy's existence. Santa reveals, to Buddy's horror, that Walter is on the naughty list due to his selfishness, but suggests Buddy could help redeem him.

Buddy travels to New York where he has trouble adjusting to the customs of the cynical human world. Buddy finds his father at work, but Walter, incredulous, dismisses him as a christmas-gram sent by the Gimbels department store and has security remove him. Buddy is sent to Gimbels, where the manager also mistakes him for an employee. At the store's Santa Land, he meets Jovie, an unenthusiastic employee to whom he is instantly attracted. After hearing that Santa will be at the store the following day, Buddy spends the night decorating Santa Land. When Buddy realizes that the Gimbels Santa is not the real Santa, he confronts him and yanks the beard off his costume, resulting in a fight that lands Buddy in jail. Walter reluctantly bails him out and takes him to a doctor for a DNA test, which confirms that Buddy is Walter's son. The doctor convinces Walter to take Buddy home to meet his step mother Emily and twelve-year-old half brother Michael. Walter and Michael are put off by Buddy's odd behavior, but Emily insists that they care for him until he "recovers".

Michael becomes fond of Buddy after Buddy defeats a gang of bullies in a snowball fight and Michael encourages Buddy to ask Jovie on a date. During the date, the two fall for each other. Walter's boss, citing the failure of the company's most recent book, expects a new book by Christmas Eve, so Walter and his team hire best-selling children's author Miles Finch. Buddy interrupts a meeting between Walter's team and Finch to tell Walter of his newfound love and mistakes Finch, who has dwarfism, for an elf. Buddy pesters Finch into losing his temper and walking out on Walter. Angry over the setback, Walter harshly disowns Buddy. Buddy leaves a note for Emily and Michael, and wanders the streets, lamenting that he does not fit in anywhere.

On Christmas Eve, after finding Finch's notebook full of ideas, Walter and his team scramble to create a book to pitch. Walter's boss is prepared to hear the pitch when Michael arrives and informs Walter that Buddy is gone. Realizing he was wrong, and unable to reschedule, Walter resigns and leaves with Michael to find Buddy.

Santa's sleigh crashes in Central Park, attracting a large crowd. Buddy finds Santa, who explains that the sleigh has lost its engine and cannot fly without it, due to a shortage of Christmas spirit. Buddy finds the engine and is reunited with Walter and Michael. Walter apologizes to Buddy and accepts him as his son; Buddy then takes them to meet Santa. Michael takes Santa's list and reads it in front of television news cameras gathered outside the park, proving that Santa is real. The Central Park Rangers, whom Santa had placed on the naughty list, chase the sleigh as Buddy tries to reattach the engine. Jovie leads the crowd in singing "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," helping raise enough Christmas spirit to fully power the sleigh.

By next Christmas, Walter has started his own publishing company with a best-selling book about Buddy's adventures. Buddy and Jovie, now married, bring their newborn daughter Susie to visit Papa Elf.

Will Ferrell as Buddy Hobbs, a human who was raised by Santa's elves
James Caan as Walter Hobbs, a children's book publisher and Buddy's biological father.
Zooey Deschanel as Jovie, an unenthusiastic worker at Gimbels and Buddy's love interest.
Mary Steenburgen as Emily Hobbs, Walter's wife, Michael's biological mother and Buddy's stepmother.
Daniel Tay as Michael Hobbs, Walter and Emily's son and Buddy's younger half brother.
Ed Asner as Santa Claus, who finds Buddy in his sack and gives him to Papa Elf to raise
Bob Newhart as Papa Elf, an elf that raised Buddy
Faizon Love as Wanda, the manager of Gimbels and Jovie's boss
Peter Dinklage as Miles Finch, a best selling children's author
Amy Sedaris as Deb, Walter Hobbs' secretary
Michael Lerner as Mr. Greenway, Walter Hobbs' boss
Andy Richter as Morris, an associate of Walter Hobbs
Kyle Gass as Eugene Dupree, an associate of Walter Hobbs
Artie Lange as the Gimbels Santa
Jon Favreau as Dr. Leonardo, the Hobbs family's pediatrician
Matt Walsh as Eye Witness
Peter Billingsley as Ming Ming (uncredited)
Mark Acheson as a mailroom worker
Jane Bradbury as Susan Wells
Patrick Ferrell (Will Ferrell's brother) as a security guard (cameo)

Voices

Leon Redbone as Leon the Snowman
Ray Harryhausen as Polar Bear Cub
Jon Favreau as the Baby Walrus, Mr. Narwhal, and the Arctic Puffin
Dallas McKennon as the Jack-in-the-Box (archive audio)

Development

David Berenbaum's screenplay underwent uncredited rewrites by Scot Armstrong, Chris Henchy, and the writing team of Adam McKay and Will Ferrell.

Terry Zwigoff was offered to direct, but declined due to his commitment on another Christmas comedy of 2003, Bad Santa. Jon Favreau eventually directed the film.

Casting

Jim Carrey was originally attached to portray Buddy, but turned down the role.

Filming

Director Jon Favreau

Filming took place in New York City, as well as in Vancouver and at Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam, British Columbia.

The film makes heavy use of forced perspective to exaggerate the size of Buddy compared to all the other elves. Stop motion animation was employed for certain sequences.

Zooey Deschanel singing was not in the original script, and Favreau added it when he learned she was a singer. When Buddy starts singing in the middle of Santaland at Gimbels, the lyrics were not scripted and Will Ferrell improvised the song on the spot. Even though Buddy is an excellent gift wrapper, Will Ferrell is not, and needed someone else to wrap all the gifts in the movie.

Post-Production

Apart from snow, most of the computer generated imagery (CGI) in the film was created by Rhythm & Hues Studios. Buddy's belch after drinking a two-liter bottle of Coca-Cola was real, as dubbed by voice actor Maurice LaMarche.

Box office

Elf grossed $173.4 million in North America and $47 million in other territories for a total gross of $220.4 million, against a budget of $33 million.

The film opened at number two at the box office in the United States with $31.1 million, finishing behind The Matrix Revolutions, also in its first week. It topped the box office on its second week of release, beating out Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. In the United Kingdom, it opened in second behind Love Actually.

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 84% based on 189 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A movie full of Yuletide cheer, Elf is a spirited, good natured family comedy, and it benefits greatly from Will Ferrell's funny and charming performance as one of Santa's biggest helpers." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 64 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.

Roger Ebert gave it 3 out of 4 stars, calling it "one of those rare Christmas comedies that has a heart, a brain and a wicked sense of humor, and it charms the socks right off the mantelpiece." Writing for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, saying: "Ferrell makes the damn thing work. Even though he can't get naked or use naughty words, there's a devil of comedy in Ferrell, and he lets it out to play. Director Jon Favreau has the good sense to just stand out of his way."

Accolades

The film was nominated for nine awards and won two.

Won: 2004 ASCAP award – Top Box Office Films (John Debney); 2004 Golden Trailer – Best Comedy

Nominated: 2004 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award – Favorite Movie; 2004 MTV Movie Award – Best Comedic Performance (Will Ferrell); 2004 PFCS Award – Best Live Action Family Film and Best Use of Previously Published or Recorded Music; 2004 Teen Choice Award – Choice Movie Actor – Comedy (Will Ferrell) and Choice Movie – Comedy; 2005 Golden Satellite Award – Best Youth DVD

Critics' rankings

Elf is often ranked among the greatest Christmas films of all-time, and since its release has joined the many films which air annually on television during the holiday season. In 2017, Fandango users rated Elf as the best Christmas film of the 21st century.