Okay, Buddy, the hero played by the very tall Will Ferrell in Elf, isn’t really an elf at all, just a human raised by elves at the North Pole. Still, he has as much Christmas spirit as any elf (which comes in handy when Santa’s sleigh breaks down in Central Park) and he has some superhuman elf skills, whether its his machine-gun-like snowball-hurling arm, or his ability to craft elaborate Christmas decorations out of whatever materials are lying around, or his disgustingly high tolerance for sugar and syrup.
Most difficult of all, he manages to redeem his real dad, cynical and grouchy New Yorker Walter Hobbs (James Caan), and get him transferred from the Naughty list to the Nice list. In a different story, perhaps, his dual nature would have made him an outcast in both our world and Santa’s workshop, but in Elf, his sheer joy and holiday cheer make him welcome everywhere.
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