Movie Info

Elf

Buddy (Will Ferrell) was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa's elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn't fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. As it happens, this is Walter Hobbs (James Caan), a cynical businessman. After a DNA test proves this, Walter reluctantly attempts to start a relationship with the childlike Buddy with increasingly chaotic results.

• Genre: Comedy   Holiday   Fantasy   Kids   family  

• Original Language: English

• Director: Jon Favreau

• Producer: Jon Berg Todd Komarnicki Shauna Robertson

• Writer: David Berenbaum

• Release Date (Theaters): Nov 7, 2003 wide

• Release Date (Streaming): Dec 11, 2015

• Box Office (Gross USA): $177.1M

• Runtime: 1h 37m

• Distributor: Jon Favreau

• Production Co: Shawn Danielle Production Services Mosaic Media Group Guy Walks into a Bar Productions Gold/Miller Productions

• Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby SR, DTS, Surround

CAST & CREW

Will Ferrell

James Caan

Bob Newhart

Ed Asner

Mary Steenburgen

Zooey Deschanel