Elf (2003)
Comedian Will Ferrell and director Jon Favreau have done funny work in comedies that are more adult, mean-spirited, and on many occasions, vulgar. Expectations for their Christmas comedy, Elf, would lead you to think this might...
Comedian Will Ferrell and director Jon Favreau have done funny work in comedies that are more adult, mean-spirited, and on many occasions, vulgar. Expectations for their Christmas comedy, Elf, would lead you to think this might...
Richard Curtis, writer of the successful romantic comedies, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones’s Diary, takes the director’s chair for the first time with impressive results. After watching many other directors do justice to...
1990s / Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
by Vincent Leo · Published January 2, 2003 · Last modified April 26, 2019
As a kid, I remember watching such holiday classics as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman, which I suppose weren’t perfect movies, but they were perfect for the season and the age I was when...
As soon as you find out that the movie’s set around Christmas time, and the main characters in the film are named “Rudy” and “Nick”, you know you’re going to be in for a...
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