Genre: Drama, Comedy, Infidelity, Drugs, Melodrama, Racy, Love
Tagline: What's it all about?
Plot: Alfie Elkins (Jude Law) works as a limousine driver, chauffeuring the wealthy through the streets of Manhattan, and occasionally making love to his lonely female clients in the backseat. Though he has his ambitions, he wants only enough to get by, his primary focus being the pleasures of life -- without any of the responsibilities.
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 Alfie has the requisite moments of pathos and humor that allow the movie to be enjoyed on some level, even if the main character occasionally feels like a walking, talking anachronism. Those who demand a sympathetic character to appreciate a film may nothave a favorable feeling.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
Jude Law stars as an irresistible womanizer in a well-made suit in this remake of the 1966 classic. So how does he compare with original Alfie Michael Caine?--Stephanie Zacharek (Salon)
A film that never stops engaging, 'Alfie' is a perfect example of a post-modern character study.  --Joe Rickey (Movie-Gurus.com)
Alfie is a poor enough movie of its own right. If there's anything we should be thankful for, it's that a charismatic personality like Law was cast in the first place. Without his magnitude, the final product would be unwatchable, and I doubt it would warrant a theatrical release. 3/10--Aaron West (Movie-Vault.com)
Alfie's motto, as he states several times in the film, is "It don't do to be dependant on nobody in this life." He doesn't admit to himself that he pays a terrible price for his freedom. The film was nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture, but won zero. 7/10--Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (Movie-Vault.com)
I suppose it’s safe to say that there isn’t anything wrong with Alfie except that it’s a vacuous story that overreaches by trying to seem like it’s brilliantly significant.  --Vince Leo (Qwipster.net)
Experimental at points yet wholly predictable, Alfie summarizes an entire season of Sex and the City observations about mating and dating into one decidedly dated package.  --Sean O'Connell (FilmCritic.com)
If movies are our generation's philosophy, then Alfie is Socrates. --Fred Topel (MovieWeb)
Alfie is a smart film that respects the original while making the same sort of trenchant comments about its time that the 1966 version did about its time. It’s a deeply satisfying, fully realized portrait of someone beyond help, but not beyond pity. And irresistible to the end.  --Andrea Chase (Killer Movie Reviews)
For all its style and glitz, watching Alfie feels a lot like being presented with a beautifully wrapped gift box and opening it to find it empty. --Elaine Perrone (eFilmCritic.com)
Alfie may be all suave and cosmopolitan, but his story plays like an issue of the women’s magazine.  --Erik Childress (eFilmCritic.com)
We get a real sense of Alfie’s persona as a man who womanizes from one lady to another, not only because he can but because he wants to. And we get a running commentary of sorts on his plight. And the more he talks, the more I sit up and listen. --Jason Whyte (eFilmCritic.com)
A date-night movie for grown-ups, “Alfie” leaves the audience with the feeling that there may be something more out there somewhere, but what then? And for how long? --Tom Ciorciari (eFilmCritic.com)
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| Directed by |
Charles Shyer
Father of the Bride, Father of the Bride Part II, I Love Trouble |
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| Cast |
Jude Law
Artificial Intelligence: AI, Road to Perdition, The Aviator |
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 | Marisa Tomei
What Women Want, Anger Management, In the Bedroom |
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 | Nia Long
Stigmata, Boyz n the Hood, Boiler Room |
 | Susan Sarandon
Thelma & Louise, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dead Man Walking |
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| Music By |
Mick Jagger
Enigma, Freejack, The Man from Elysian Fields |
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| Where ALFIE really triumphs, is in its quiet, touching moments of its main character's confrontation of his own misery, and it is as though every other part of the film is only a set-up for Law to gradually break down and rethink his habits. After all, what is it all about? --Laura Kyle (eFilmCritic.com)
Law doesn't "do" anything amazing in "Alfie." He gives an honest, pitch-perfect performance in a film that is otherwise unremarkable. B---Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
Charles Shyer's update is a pointlessly tame romp starring Jude Law as a silver-tongued Brit on the make in contemporary Manhattan, where women know their way around.  --Jack Mathews (New York Daily News)
Not so much, “What’s it all about?” as “Why bother?” – this is stylishly directed and well acted but as pointless remakes go, Alfie is up there with Stallone’s version of Get Carter. --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
Millions of women would happily watch the aesthetically pleasing Jude Law read the phone book, but if you're not among them, his endless blabbing to the camera in the shiny new remake of "Alfie" is just maddening.  --Megan Lehmann (New York Post)
Although he remains hip, infectious, and, in a way, admirable, Alfie just feels a bit too dated. His behavior isn't shocking anymore, nor is his lifestyle a topic of controversy. Alfie has lost his edge, and his movie is even duller. But don't tell AlfieI said that—I don't think he could cope with the concept of being mediocre. --Jack Moore (The Movie Insider)
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