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Alfie
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 15, 2005
- Originally Released: 2004
- Label: Paramount
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Susan Sarandon & Sienna Miller | |
Performer: | Omar Epps, Jane Krakowski, Nia Long, Gedde Watanabe, Dick Latessa & Renée Taylor | |
Directed by | Charles Shyer | |
Edited by | Padraic McKinley | |
Screenwriting by | Elaine Pope & Charles Shyer | |
Composition by | Mick Jagger & David A. Stewart | |
Produced by | Elaine Pope & Charles Shyer | |
Director of Photography: | Ashley Rowe | |
Executive Production by | Sean Daniel & Diana Phillips |
Entertainment Reviews:
[Law] pulls it off superbly.
Sight and Sound
Rating: 1/4 --
Paradoxically, the single aspect of the '66 film that's wholeheartedly retained in the remake is its least realistic attribute...
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Chicago Reader
Charles 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.
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Village Voice
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.
Long Island Press
The original Alfie was as much overrated as the remake is underrated. Split the difference.
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Observer
Law's charm is as bountiful as Caine's, so there's no question that director/co-adapter Charles Shyer has chosen the right Alfie for a remake.
USA Today
Rating: 2/5 --
Uneven movie about a charming cad has sexy stuff.
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Common Sense Media
Product Description:
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.
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Product Info
- UPC: 097360413847
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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