This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

I wanted to but couldn't!

Brilliant and touching

Absolutely Brilliant!

*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!

T from the US must be either employed by Rex Piano (awesome name, by the way) or on some heavy psychotics. This movie was terrible. The first comment I have was that the plot was lagging, redundant, and portrayed every single character as severely delayed. I respect that the game itself didn't give much to work from. You hit elves with balls, big deal. However, the fact is, bowling is a boring game. And the fact that the elves were incapable of figuring out that Dingle was cheating raised red flags for me, since that was sort of his shtick. It took far too many unnecessary divergences from the actual plot. I believe that the author, Martin Olsen, was inspired by Shrek, but couldn't quite make it. The script combines fart jokes and sex jokes in a way that simultaneously makes it inappropriate for children and dull for adults. Never mind that the only two female characters are a heartless gold-digger and a schnitzel-obsessed housewife, since sexism is still alive and well. Then again, I should have known better, since the advertising on the back of the box hinges around "We have guys from Rugrats and Aladdin!"That movie sucked.

So you think you know the real story behind Santa Claus? So starts "Elf Bowling the Movie: The Great North Pole Elf Strike" and it takes you on a laugh filled journey from pirate filled oceans to the North Pole to Fiji. There are several toe tapping musical numbers along the way including Wrapplestiltskin rapping and Dingle, the evil brother, crooning. Oh and let's not forget the "Elf Bowling". I'm not familiar with the video game but it sure is funny seeing how the game is fit into the film. The elves signature reaction of joy cracked me up. First rate writing, brilliant voice work by Joe Alaskey and Tom Kenney (of Spongebob fame), and superb animation will make this a holiday treat that everyone will enjoy.

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!