The cast is, for the most part, amateurish. Obviously, this is a function of the film's meager budget. Everyone gives a gung-ho effort, but most fail to hit their marks dead on. Favreau hims

Director Doug Liman does a good job with the small independent film budget he is given, and shoots the film in a naturalistic almost documentary type of manner. The film is highly self reflexive and at times he resorts to gimmickry to catch the audience's attention (like the Goodfellas inspired steady cam walk through the back of a club or a blatant slo-mo Tarantino rip-off that follows a scene where the characters talk about Tarantino's tendency to employ blatant Scorsese rip-offs), but for the most part he's quite laid back, letting the camera catch the conversations quite naturally. One of the main strengths of the movie lies in its use of music, which employs everything from the classic Dean Martin song "Your Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" to the explosive swing dance music of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

elf comes off as little more than an actor playing an actor. Even his walk feels forced at times. Thank

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