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2. Elf (2003): Everyone belongs somewhere
What happens when your real dad turns out not be a kindly elf, but a Scrooge-like publishing executive? So it goes for Buddy the elf (Will Ferrell), who finds himself out of place at the North Pole and New York City. It's hard not to empathize with Buddy (who hasn't had that fish out of water feeling?) and despite it's modern-day setting, the movie's payoff is completely old-fashioned, familiar and welcome: It's the Christmas spirit that powers Santa's broken down sleigh... and our desire for happy endings.
Elf, Will Ferrell, Edward Asner, 2003. Courtesy of New Line and the Everett Collection.
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