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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1597422286675800067 Post] @ Twitter (28 November 2022)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1596870354185617409 Post] @ Twitter (27 November 2022)


* [https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/elf-2003 Elf] - review by Roger Ebert - "This is one of those rare Christmas comedies that has a heart, a brain and a wicked sense of humor, and it charms the socks right off the mantelpiece. Even the unexpected casting is on the money. James Caan as the elf's biological father. Yes! Bob Newhart as his adoptive elf father. Yes! Mary Steenburgen as Caan's wife, who welcomes an adult son into her family. Yes! Zooey Deschanel as the girl who works in a department store and falls for his elfin charm. Yes! Faizon Love as Santa's elf manager -- does it get any better than this? Yes, it does. Peter Dinklage, who played the dwarf in "The Station Agent," has a brief but sublime scene in which he cuts right to the bottom line of elfhood."
* [https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/elf-2003 Elf] - review by Roger Ebert - "This is one of those rare Christmas comedies that has a heart, a brain and a wicked sense of humor, and it charms the socks right off the mantelpiece. Even the unexpected casting is on the money. James Caan as the elf's biological father. Yes! Bob Newhart as his adoptive elf father. Yes! Mary Steenburgen as Caan's wife, who welcomes an adult son into her family. Yes! Zooey Deschanel as the girl who works in a department store and falls for his elfin charm. Yes! Faizon Love as Santa's elf manager -- does it get any better than this? Yes, it does. Peter Dinklage, who played the dwarf in "The Station Agent," has a brief but sublime scene in which he cuts right to the bottom line of elfhood."


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf_(film) Elf (film)] @ Wikipedia
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umy56QgxCY4 Elf - trailer @ YouTube
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* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1597422286675800067 Post] @ Twitter (28 November 2022)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1596870354185617409 Post] @ Twitter (27 November 2022)


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Revision as of 05:02, 1 July 2023

Earliest known poster for Scaring the Elf.

Scaring the Elf is a psychological thriller film about an eccentric psychologist (Will Farrell) who must confront his deepest fears.

Origin

“also, fudge wasn’t invented for another 258 years”

Please don't talk like that, you're scaring the Elf.

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Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

  • Elf - review by Roger Ebert - "This is one of those rare Christmas comedies that has a heart, a brain and a wicked sense of humor, and it charms the socks right off the mantelpiece. Even the unexpected casting is on the money. James Caan as the elf's biological father. Yes! Bob Newhart as his adoptive elf father. Yes! Mary Steenburgen as Caan's wife, who welcomes an adult son into her family. Yes! Zooey Deschanel as the girl who works in a department store and falls for his elfin charm. Yes! Faizon Love as Santa's elf manager -- does it get any better than this? Yes, it does. Peter Dinklage, who played the dwarf in "The Station Agent," has a brief but sublime scene in which he cuts right to the bottom line of elfhood."

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (28 November 2022)
  • Post @ Twitter (27 November 2022)


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