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Believing he's been given a second chance, Alfie decides to "aim higher" in his love life. He meets Nikki, a beautiful but unstable woman, and they quickly embark on a passionate, turbulent relationship. Moving in together, Alfie finds it hard to put up with her mood swings, especially after she goes
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Running into Julie in a coffee shop, Alfie realizes he has feelings for her; however, she's now with someone else. On a trip upstate to visit Marlon and his now-wife, Lonette, she reveals she never had the abortion, and, Marlon knows Alfie is the father, but nonetheless decided to stay. Upon seeing
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Alfie and his coworker and best friend Marlon want to open a company together, but Marlon needs to get back with his ex, Lonette. When Alfie goes to put in a good word for him, he finds her at her bar. But after getting drunk, they have sex. Alfie meets Marlon the next day, terrified he knows about
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grossed $ 13,399,812 in the US and $ 21,750,734 in other countries for a worldwide total of $ 35,150,546 on a $ 60 million budget. The film opened on November 5, 2004, in the United States and grossed $ 2,206,738 on the first day. That weekend, the film was #5 in the box office with $ 6,218,335
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Alfie has a chance meeting with Dorie late one night. As he tries to get back into her life, she wants no part of him. Apologizing for not calling, he admits he has trouble expressing himself, running from relationships when they become too serious. She wishes him luck. The film ends with Alfie
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doesn't chase social significance - it just wants us to have a good time. The story's observations about male behavior aren't earth shattering...but what gives it its kick is how Alfie takes the film audience into his confidence. In both films, the character talks directly into the camera, a
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gave the film a "B−", praising the actresses and Law, but also noting "Jude Law would appear to have all the attributes of a movie star: looks, humor, rogue charm. Yet there's one he could use more of — an anger that might ignite his smooth presence."
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disarming strategy that brings us closer to this serial seducer than we might want. Playing narrator turns Alfie into a tour guide and something of his own defense attorney; it also means he has to enrapture the audience along with his conquests.
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off her medication. Distancing himself, he focuses on an older woman, Liz. A sultry cosmetics mogul, she inspires him to "aim higher". He becomes infatuated, but she wants to keep it strictly sexual. Alfie then ends it with Nikki.
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Marlon with hurt in his eyes, Alfie visits Joe, who tells him to get his life together. Alfie turns to Liz for comfort but is crushed that she has an even younger man in her life.
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to have his cake and eat it, too, but a lack of sexual fizz and a sour performance by Jude Law conspire to deliver audiences a romantic comedy that isn't romantic or funny."
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with single mother Julie, his "semi-regular-quasi-sort-of-girlfriend thing", and unhappily married Dorie. Once Dorie wants more than casual sex, he stops calling.
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describes the film as "a breezy, sexy romp with a conscience that reflects in obvious but interesting ways on societal changes over the intervening 38 years."
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enjoyed the film, praising Law's performance and saying that "on its own terms, it's funny at times and finally sad and sweet."
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Alfie: "Find somebody to love, and live every day like it's your last". Soon afterward, Alfie finds out he's cancer-free.
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Unlike the 1966 British film on which it is based, with its abrasive star-making turn from Michael Caine, the new
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a positive review, with an average rating of 5.6/10. The site's consensus states: "This unnecessary remake wants
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it, but is relieved when Marlon says he and Lonette got back together and are getting married.
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received mixed reviews. Based on 155 reviews collected by the film review aggregator
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in the 1975 sequel. The film was co-written, directed, and produced by
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The film was shot throughout England, mostly locations doubling for
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representing Alfie Elkins Sr. appears during the film's credits.
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s second. When compared to its $ 60 million budget,
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Index


Charles Shyer
Elaine Pope
Alfie
Bill Naughton
Jude Law
Marisa Tomei
Omar Epps
Nia Long
Jane Krakowski
Sienna Miller
Susan Sarandon
Mick Jagger
Dave Stewart
John Powell
Paramount Pictures
United International Pictures
romantic
comedy-drama
British film of the same name
sequel
Jude Law
Michael Caine
Alan Price
Charles Shyer
Cockney
Manhattan
sex addict
one-night stands
casual relationship

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