Good story, Not enough for a whole film

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

I liked everything, the way Jude Law is talking to the camera, the music of Mick Jagger and David A. Stewart, the way the film is filmed, the subject, the dialogues and, above all, the actors', all very good. I will watch it again at any time with pleasure.

I really love the movie. has a deeper meaning love Jude Law's acting.i guess the women are sometimes very advantageous they use you and throw you away i hope i am not mistaken,but he too had his mistakes in being loyal to a woman so he could have found out that true love in his life which would have made the story go in a different direction.Anyway this sounds good it teaches us a lesson as well on how to have a proper life style and be much disciplined.at the End Jude law is left alone beside the river which brings a bit of sadness but overall loved the movie and at the end comes a nice soundtrack "Old Habits Die Hard" really loved the song.i suggest everyone to watch it even though the movie is more than 10 years old still is good to watch if you love to watch a quality movie.

With A-lfie, i start to watch (and so review) my web movies. Just a note about the practice because the truth isn't exactly what you can hear. First, with the ticket price getting more and more expensive, movies lost their popular audience. Next, the copyright is actually perverted as art isn't for consumption (it's for enlighten) and culture must not become the next oil power all the more that its numeric nature makes it inexhaustible. In practice, to buy the DVD, you must find it and sometimes, it's impossible. When i tried online shopping, my packages were stolen and the post office wasn't totally white. As i'm deaf, i need subtitles and a lot of times, the subtitles are lacking, especially the french movies! At last, to watch a web movie on TV, it requires a lot of expertise as the TV, movies, subtitles must work all together. It asks for patience and time so it's not as simply as clicking on the mouse!About "Alfie" now, the movie got me mixed feelings: the idea of having a character interacts with the audience is very original, but to be great, the character should be interesting. Choosing a playboy bachelor played by Jude Law was not my cup of tea. Law is among my list of unbearable as he highly and irritatingly uses and abuses his good look. At least, it was the perfect pick for the part because Alfie has just the kind of life that exasperates me: it's empty, superficial, dishonest with only time for parties, drinking, getting stoned and catch as much babes as possible.On the other side, Alfie says true things about life: sometimes, you can do good but you are misinterpreted. Unexpected problems lurk always on your path, "uh-oh" attitudes exist in everyone but unlike the movie, we must prepare and not throw away the person. The best one was that a single mum can have accessories that can be irresistible: i knew this situation and i ended caring more for the kid than his difficult mother...If NYC was a good location to tell his story, it's a pity that the colors are quite ugly. Maybe the most silly moment was when he prefers to spend time with boring and old Sarandon instead of trying building something with cute and considerate Sienna. Dumping her on a cold rainy night and not helping with words or with her suitcases is the ultimate insult and i wonder if they really done the thing like this in their real life.

I haven't seen the original, so if you're looking for an historic perspective, look elsewhere.What can I say?: I really like Jude Law. I like his good stage sense; he exudes entertainment value, and (as long as he's well-directed) this makes him worth watching.Nice to see him get a lead role; another commenter complained about his asides to the audience--not as organic as Caine's--but I thought they were well-directed, and I feel Law takes direction very well.Everything is set up beautifully. It's an operatic theme, grand in its simplicity: A man is a loser mix of natural-born girlslayer, while being tragically limited by fundamentally loveless views of relationship; really, just Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin without the songs. Just paint the picture, paint it clearly and well, don't forget to imbue it with humanity (read: humor), thereby making it all that much more tragic. Oh: And don't resolve it. Leave it for us to resolve within ourselves. They could have pulled their punches with a facile resolution; as feelgood as it would be lacking in genuine redemptive power.Interesting question: No doubt some will more or less reflexively reject a remake; some right out of the gate, others after watching it with a suspicious, jaundiced eye. But the important thing is that grand, operatic theme I allude to in the previous paragraph. Do they or do they not deliver those specific goods?: A picture of an incomplete man.I say they do. And, insofar as they do, this is a picture with a big vision.In other words, check it out.