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Quick Info

Rating

6.7/10

Release2003

Runtime1h 37m

StatusReleased

Budget$32,000,000

Revenue$228,500,000

Production

New Line Cinema

Guy Walks into a Bar Productions

Movie

Elf

2003

1h 37m

6.7

Comedy

Family

Fantasy

Synopsis

When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.

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