They are currently offering a 7-day free trial, so you can essentially watch it for free if you wish. Elf will get regular showings on Sky Cinema's dedicated Christmas channel until Christmas Day, and is next on TV on Saturday 3rd December at 10pm. However, discovering that the Gimbels Santa is not the genuine article, Buddy unmasks him and causes a brawl that the manager breaks up. The musical officially opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on November 10, 2010, after previews from November 2, 2010.

A group of Central Park Rangers, who are angry at Santa for placing them on the Naughty List, chase the sleigh as Buddy tries to reattach the engine. Starring Will Ferrell as Buddy, the titular Elf navigates New York City to strike up a relationship with his real father at long last. James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Edward Asner, and Bob Newhart appear in supporting roles. With the holidays just around the corner - and with Ferrell currently starring in festive movie Spirited, a new take on Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, over on Apple TV+ - it’s the perfect time to revisit this much-loved tale.Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit. On September 18, 2013, Mental Floss reported that Favreau was interested in making a sequel to the film, titled Elf 2: Buddy Saves Christmas. According to Favreau, the script was initially "much darker" and did not interest him, although he was interested in working with Ferrell's first post- SNL movie. Jovie leads the crowd and those watching on television in singing " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," raising enough Christmas spirit to fully power the sleigh without the engine.

Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christ. But almost as a tribute to the X-Mas miracles it tries to riff off, it is an astonishingly entertaining film. Michael warms up to Buddy after they defeat a gang of bullies in a snowball fight and encourages him to ask Jovie out on a date. If you don't subscribe to that streaming service, you can still rent or purchase Elf on Prime Video, Apple TV, or YouTube.Buddy travels to New York and finds Walter at work, but Walter mistakes him for a Christmas-gram messenger and has him ejected. On Christmas Eve, an orphaned baby crawls into Santa Claus's sack at the sight of a teddy bear, and is unwittingly taken back to the North Pole from an orphanage. Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas is an hour-long stop-motion animated musical television special based on the film and the musical of the same name.

Will Ferrell as Buddy Hobbs, aka "Buddy the Elf", an eccentric human who was raised by Santa's elves. Several minor traffic accidents occurred when Will Ferrell walked through the Lincoln Tunnel in his costume, because people were so surprised (and distracted from their driving) to see him wearing an elf outfit. The film inspired the 2010 Broadway musical Elf: The Musical and NBC's 2014 stop motion animated television special Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas. On Rotten Tomatoes, Elf holds an approval rating of 85% based on 194 reviews, and an average rating of 7.Scott of The New York Times also gave the film a positive review, saying: " Elf is a charming, silly family Christmas movie more likely to spread real joy than migraine, indigestion and sugar shock. Buddy unintentionally insults Finch before the latter attacks him and angrily leaves the meeting, upon which Walter loses his temper and harshly disowns Buddy. Walter is now the Executive Vice President at Greenway Press, a book publisher at the Empire State Building in New York City, unaware of Buddy's existence. It was directed by Casey Nicholaw, with music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and a book by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan.