Advantages: Great cast, good update Disadvantages: The man is a bounder
Alfie Elkins is an ex-pat Cockney lothario working as a chauffeur in New York. He spends most of his time romancing the ladies of Manhattan and running away when things get too serious. But how long can he keep sprinting from commitment with so many women trying to tie him down.
So, what’s it all about, Alfie? I walked into this remake of the iconic 1960s’ Michael Caine vehicle expecting to loathe it. Not because I am a huge Caine fan, nor because ...
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Advantages: Jude Law is fantastic as the loveable rogue. A great cast and excellent screenplay, fantastic soundtrack Disadvantages: A little slow in places but more than made up for by everything else
...in the back. In fact Alfie will pretty much sleep with any woman who looks at him twice. He’s also got his semi serious girlfriend Julie (Marisa Tomei) hidden away on the other side of town. In fact things are looking quite rosy for Alfie, who even plans to buy the Limo company along with best friend Marlon (Omar Epps).
As we all know though luck doesn’t last for ever and soon Alfie’s world is turned totally upside down. He is thrown out by Julie ...
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Advantages: Jude Law, good cast, good acting. Disadvantages: Tries a bit too hard.
...it, the lasting impression of Alfie is a rather sexy Jude Law smiling charmingly into the camera. Who said I was complaining?
Now, I haven’t seen the 1966 version of the film starring Michael Caine, although apparently my Mum saw it in the cinema at the time. Having read a few online interviews with Jude and director Charles Shyer, they seem to have to answer criticisms of ‘dumbing down’ Alfie’s original character. Caine’s Alfie was misogynistic, ...
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Advantages: Jude, made me laugh, different Disadvantages: Not to all tastes
...himself. From there on Alfie has to face facts, and see how he’s been left with nobody, not even his best friend after a few drinks got in the way. Forgive me for not revealing much about the plot, but I don’t want to give it away.
The narrative format of the film is linear, but chops and changes between characters and how they make an impact on our Alfie, and how he affects theirs. I feel that the narrative mimics our real lives, we often have ...
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Advantages: Jude Law, good acting from all the cast Disadvantages: the end seemed slow
...have told you. I KNEW Alfie was a womaniser, but I thought perhaps it was that he womanised until he met Sienna Miller's character and then changed in order to to win her affections. I think I, along with possibly other members of the public who hadn't seen the original, were probably led to believe this because of Jude and Sienna's high profile romance after meeting on the set of this film. Sometimes reality and fiction can blur like that, eh?
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Advantages: The beautiful Jude Law / Sienna Miller Disadvantages: Not the original
...Alfie's sometime girlfriend. You see, Alfie doesn't do commitment as right before he goes to see Julie, he takes married Dora for a "ride" in the limo. Not to mention the drunken mistake he makes with Lonette, his best friend's ex who he is still very much in love with. This leads to all kinds of lies, deceit and generally hurtful behaviour. Not that Alfie realises how much he hurts people.
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Advantages: Perfect film to chill out to Disadvantages: None, it ended so fast
Alfie “You can’t always have it your way and women do have feelings you know”
Yes that’s the whole theme of the film. In this remake of the 1966’s classic, Jude Law plays the part of typical womaniser “Alfie”. Sometimes he even wears the colours to go with it. He’ll dream about them day and night, not caring one bit about who gets hurt in the process. When he gets bored of one woman he’ll move onto the next and so on.
It begins with Alfie, the ...
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Advantages: Everything Disadvantages: A little long perhaps
...a review of the original Alfie film from 1966 (there is no section for it) not the update from 2004.
I am currently studying A level Film Studies at school and as part of our study into the “Swinging Sixties” we watched the original Alfie movie from 1966. The new version had been out a few months and although I hadn’t watched it I knew something about the film from this. I had wanted to see the newer version but hadn’t gotten round to it so I was ...
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Advantages: Good acting, Relaxing soundtrack Disadvantages: Lacks a gripping plot
...makes us as charmed by alfie as the girls he runs after, even though he tells us what hes thinking. Not many actors are capable of making an unsympathetic character appealing whilst talking to the audience. Law is fascinating throughout this film and at times quite touching.
However the film as a whole is somewhat a letdwon and is pehaps as empty as Alfies broken heart.
Parents should know that this film contains scenes of a sexual nature and ...
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Advantages: watch a womanizer wo'in women Disadvantages: less meaningful than the last
...its only serious turn when Alfie beds Lonette (Nia Long), who is engaged to marry his best friend, Marlon (Omar Epps).
Basically i definitly think this is a film for all the chickyz out there. Well directed and is a nice follow from the older "Alfie". If you've seen the older one and liked it, then watch the newer one, and if you like this, you might as well see the old one.
The soundtrack is nice,calming and very hip (for the times), with good ...
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Advantages: Great directing, great cast Disadvantages: cant think of any!!
...in this movie is when Alfie realises that his antics have had an extraordinary impact on other people's relationships and we see him collapse into a flood of emotions in his car. (I almost wanted to cry myself!!)
Overall a fantastic remake, Jude Law certainly keeps you engaged with those sultry green eyes! :o) ...
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Advantages: jude law's performance, less offensive than the original Disadvantages: not quite as controversial as the original
...could have easily felt that Alfie was all too familiar, Jude Law takes ownership of the role infusing his character with real life and verve.
It’s a performance made even more impressive not only by Law’s feature-length deliverance of first-person, straight to the camera, stream of consciousness narration but by the fact that he appears in virtually every frame. Convincing with admirable assurance from happy carefree philanderer, to distraught ...
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Advantages: Jude Law for the girls, Sienna Miller for the boys Disadvantages: They sent our film to America!
...appearing from the hospital.
Overall Alfie is simply a light-hearted take on an old British film. Whilst this version certainly won’t be nominated for any Oscars, and won’t win any friends amongst fans of the original, it is definitely worth a viewing. ***
Alfie (04), (15), 105mins ...
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Advantages: a product of its time. highly watchable Disadvantages: slow in places
...- and the original 1965 Alfie offers this true raw sense of realism. The re-make whilst being highly watchable and entertaining,just did not have the same effect. In the 1965 version, Alfie's guilt and self -loathing is visible, he truly did want to change his ways in that moment. ...
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...to womanise, his name is Alfie (Jude Law) . Alfie has seduced numerous women and it's been that way for as long as he can remember and with him being selfish he wouldnt want it any different.
But it wouldn't be a good film if his life didnt get turned upside down. The whole film is about Alfie questioning his carefree attitude to life and him wondering what is right for him and where to go next with funny misshappenings along the way.
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Alfie [1965]
"What's it all about, Alfie?" asked the hit Burt Bacharach/Hal David title song, to which
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the less philosophical answer might be: an amoral young man comically seducing a succession of beautiful women in swinging-sixties London. Michael Caine was the t...
Alfie [1965]
"What's it all about, Alfie?" asked the hit Burt Bacharach/Hal David title song, to which
... more
the less philosophical answer might be: an amoral young man comically seducing a succession of beautiful women in swinging-sixties London. Michael Caine was the t...
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