Good in parts, mainly due to the excellence of Vivien Merchant, Jane Asher, Julia Foster, Shirley Anne Field and Shelley Winters as his various conquests and, in a brief but memorable role, Denholm Elliott as a sad abortionist. [28 Mar 2010, p.57]
Alfie
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United Kingdom · 1966
Rated PG · 1h 54m
Director Lewis Gilbert
Starring Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
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The film tells the story of a young man who leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.
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The New York Times by Bosley Crowther
The whole thing is played expertly by everyone in the large cast, and a lively jazz score and bright color make it seem much more casual than it is.
Terribly dated, but worth watching for Caine's performance.
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
For all its implicit misogyny, the original 1966 film version of Bill Naughton’s play remains durable because of Michael Caine’s career-defining performance as the cockney ladies’ man, not to mention the memorable title tune (sung by Cher) and driving jazz score (written and performed by Sonny Rollins).
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
Michael Caine became a front rank star -- and actor -- when he played the title role in this smart, salty, subtly moving adaptation of Bill Naughton's play about a Cockney Casanova on the loose in Swinging London. [30 Jan 2000, p.41C]
The New Yorker by Pauline Kael
Caine brings out the gusto in Naughton's dialogue and despite the obvious weaknesses in the film (the gratuitous "cinematic" barroom brawl, the clumsy witnessing of the christening, the symbolism of the dog), he keeps the viewer absorbed in Alfie, the cold-hearted sexual hotshot, and his self-exculpatory line of reasoning.
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