The Elf Who Didn't Believe (1997)
Elmer, an elf child, steals Santa's sleigh and goes out to the real world, pretending to be a real boy.
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Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
I usually don't like the average Christmas TV movie fare, but this one I managed to sit through to the end.The script, characterisation and acting was good, and I liked the ludicrous comic characters. Many comedies are just too serious.About three quarters of the way through I feel it lost its way: the whole "girl who needs a heart transplant" sub-plot is just too hackneyed and sentimental, and Jolie runs around giving no indication that she is at all ill.I didn't find the ending at all satisfying, they just seemed to want to wrap it up as soon as possible.