In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Elf bowling:the movie is so nostalgic for me it surpasses even the polar express! But nostalgia is not the only reason I love this movie,It's because of a sudden twist that Santa clause,one of my idols,was a pirate! Hard to believe isn't! Anyway,I'm sure your kids will love watching this on Christmas Eve! The elf's were adorable,best version of them,and Sean hart did an underrated great job as lex,Santa's head elf! Tom Kenny(spongebob)did a good voice for Santa's evil brother dingle! I never played the games but this made me love the elf bowling franchise! Great movie and my fourth favorite!

*spoiler alert* Because this whole movie simply fails at being a movie, a Christmas special, and has terrible ideas. They could have made a bible based movie about how Jesus became Santa Claus in secret. Or just tell the true tale or something. Also, it's elf bowling we are talking about... Did a flash game from the mid-to-late nineties call for a movie? How many flash games deserve a movie adaptation? And if so, why this one? And if this one, for some reason... How did they even get to the conclusion? I do not understand some movies.. Really I don't. This is like Kis Vuk and Food Fight at once, for Christmas. And worse, a poorly primitive game's adaptation. Two hours too long without any worth watching it. And I just don't know how to say how bad this thing is. Yes, Christmas is a celebration hard to make good movies for, and I swear I rarely see a Christmas special that does. Making Santa Claus a pirate, giving him a brother who cheats and commits crimes for 400 year straight, and still nobody even considers it when letting him challenge S.C. twice. Illogical Story again. And the visuals could be way better too. When this thing came out? 2007 was the year when Ratatouille came out, and that was visually appealing, with a story that was actually made for human consumption. I don't think the Easter Island idea was serious too. And the magic orb... don't get me starting on it...In short: No!

This was the best Christmas movie I have ever seen! It had me beaming with joy and my family eventually joined in. Needless to say, they LOVED it, especially my 5 year old nephew (he loves pirates, so he really enjoyed this one). The humor is very detailed and witty. The end is very heartwarming yet the entire movie as a whole is a very adventurous swashbuckling tale. Why have the conventional boy meets girl Christmas movie when you can have one of brotherly love? I also enjoyed hearing the voices of some of my favorite characters like Tom Kenny and the grandpa from Rugrats (which I just realized from this website, beforehand I had recognized the voice but couldn't put my tongue on it). I recommend this movie, the only regret you will have is not watching it enough!

We rented this movie cheaply through Redbox and I'm glad it's only a dollar a day so I didn't waste my money. What more can I say except that I almost fell asleep several times while watching this movie? It had no plot and the musical numbers were terrible. It even stunk as a family movie with sexual innuendo and just overall crudeness. I didn't laugh even once throughout the whole movie. It wasn't very original and the same plot devices were used over and over ad nauseum.When we watch a movie as a family, we try to decide whether the rental would be a future "buyer" or not. This was voted hands down as NOT a "buyer".Maybe the video game this movie is based on is good -- I've never played it -- but this movie goes down as one of the top 10 worst family movies ever and definitely the worst Christmas movie I've ever seen!