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Mood:
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- WomanizerIntrospectionLooking for SexLifestyleLove and RomanceMind and SoulCouplesHuman Nature more...
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- ComedyDramaRomance
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- Contemporary21st Century
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- New YorkUSAClinicUrban
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- Date Night
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- Award Winner
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- Voice Over
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- Remake
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- Rock
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Alfie, 2004
English
UK, USA
Profile of Alfie
The mood of Alfie is bittersweet, contemplative, and stylized. The plot centers around womanizing, looking for sex, and introspection. It is a drama, comedy, and romance movie. Stylistically, Alfie includes a voice over. In approach, it is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a clinic and in an urban environment. Alfie is set in New York. It happens in contemporary times. The musical score is rock. Alfie is a remake. The movie is known for being an award winner. It is especially suggested for a date night. Note that Alfie includes nudity, sexual content, and profanity.
Summary of Alfie
Jude Law stars in this trenchant dramatic-comedy, a remake of the 1966 British counterculture classic that launched the career of Michael Caine. This version is set in New York City and is pumped up with giddy, cleverly experimental editing. The story has Alfie (Law), a Don Juan-esque limo driver, speaking directly to the camera as he seduces the lovely ladies of the city. Eventually he's forced to take stock of the damage he's caused, and acknowledge the emptiness at the core of his chosen lifestyle. Playing the role of Alfie requires a fine balancing act from Law--he must be so charming that he seduces both the audience and himself, while also conveying the self-delusion and sadness at the character's core--and Law is up for the challenge, expertly conveying glimpses of the unfathomed depth beneath his polished shallowness. Equally good are his array of conquests, including Marisa Tomei as a single mom, Sienna Miller as a mood-swinging party girl, and Susan Sarandon as a rich older woman. A soundtrack by Mick Jagger and David Stewart (Eurythmics) adds liberal dollops of self-aware rock & roll melancholy. Dick Latessa is great as an old man who offers Alfie some sage advice, and Omar Epps plays the screwed-over limo driving buddy.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, USA |
| Release date: | 5 November 2004 |
| Runtime: | 103 min |
Cast and Crew
as Alfie
as Julie
as Liz
as Nikki
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Critics Reviews
The New York Times
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- by: Manohla Dargis
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Mick LaSalle
Users Reviews
- 23.March.2009
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- by: Kristyn
- Kristyn rated this movie
0/10
- 24.October.2008
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- by: Dilanann
- Dilanann rated this movie
8/10Great
