Elf

Elf tells the story of an orphaned human: Buddy, who is accidentally picked up by Santa Claus on Christmas night, and then makes his home at the North Pole, being raised by elves and working in Santa's work shop. Will Ferrell portrays Buddy in the film, and although Ferrell is a very talented actor, his performance in Elf was something I'm not very fond of. Sure, there are some scenes in the movie that made me laugh, but for the majority of the film I felt almost uncomfortable watching how much Buddy makes a fool out of himself on the streets of New York; and just how innocent and naive he is to the unpleasantness of the real world added to my dislike of the movie. It wasn't so much Buddy's character that made me dislike the movie, but how the world interacted with Buddy; and how much of an idiot it made him appear to be. Regardless of my opinion, Elf has found it's way to one of the top holiday movies of all time and will most likely continue to be for a long time to come.