Alfie (2004)
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 149
Fresh: 73 | Rotten: 76
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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 23
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This remake of Lewis Gilbert's 1966 film of the same name features Jude Law filling the shoes Michael Caine once wore in the title role of Alfie. As with the original, Law occasionally speaks directly to the camera while his character talks of the opposite sex. Under the direction of Charles Shyer, Alfie follows a charming, if morally lacking, womanizer from one bed to the next. While his actions arise more from nonchalance than malice, Alfie nonetheless faces a moral dilemma when considering
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Jude Law
Alfie -
Marisa Tomei
Julie -
Omar Epps
Marlon -
Nia Long
Lonette -
Jane Krakowski
Dorie -
Sienna Miller
Nikki -
Susan Sarandon
Liz -
Renée Taylor
Lu Schnitman -
Dick Latessa
Joe -
Jefferson Mays
Dr. Miranda Kulp -
Gedde Watanabe
Wing -
Kevin Rahm
Terry -
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The original Alfie was as much overrated as the remake is underrated. Split the difference.
Top CriticCharles Shyer (who processed the Parent Trap and Father of the Bride updates) plays coy with most matters sexual-an odd and puritanical approach to a character who molds his entire existence around the procurement and enjoyment of sex.
The question of 'Why?' (more than 'What's it all about?) still lingers where this remake is concerned.
This is an ugly, blue-tinged movie that telegraphs every plot turn.
His carefully tousled blond mop? His devilish blue eyes? His oily pickup lines and false promises coated in a cool British ahccent? Please.
Back in the mid-1960s, Alfie Elkins was one of the reasons a women's liberation movement was necessary. Today, he's just another bad date with a surplus of personal grooming products.
Uneven movie about a charming cad. Not for kids.
Even Michael Caine's career would have gone nowhere if he had made this version of "Alfie."
Law, though lacking the more rugged masculinity and raw sensuality of Caine's alluring Alfie, gets by here on sheer sexual enthusiasm and that unmistakable ready-for-duty party animal mentality.
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...Alfie - when you get right down to it - isn't a terribly likable character, something that certainly makes it difficult to actually care about his fate.
So, what's it all about? Is it still for the moment we live?
...what we have here is a good old-fashioned exploitation flick disguised as high art.
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September 7, 2006:
Jude Law to Reprise Michael Caine Again in "Sleuth" RemakeHe did it in "Alfie," and he'll do it again. Jude Law will star in the remake of the 1972...
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