This film has an 84% positive
rating on Rotten Tomatoes. For his sophomore stab at directing,
actor/writer/director Jon Favreau (Swingers, Made), took on this holiday comedy
starring Saturday Night Live-alum Will Ferrell. Ferrell stars as Buddy, a
regular-sized man who was raised as an elf by Santa Claus (Edward Asner). When
the news is finally broken to Buddy that he's not a real elf, he decides to
head back to his place of birth, New York City, in search of his biological
family.