This is a remake of the 1966 film with Michael Caine as Alfie. Jude Law now plays the title role of Alfie. The film uses the same speaking technique as the original, with Alfie talking directly to the camera when he is talking about women. The audience gets the inside information on women, as if we were part of the show. Alfie is from England living in Manhattan, working as a limousine driver. Alfie wants to some day own the limo business, but right now he is chauffeuring the rich around town, and sometimes making love to the lonely female passengers in the backseat of the limo. Alfie is very charming to women and knows what they want to hear. Alfie's goal is to make love to as many beautiful women as he can with no commitment or responsibilities, before he finds his soulmate. But Alfie finds that life is not that simple, and he will have to take responsibility for his actions.
Memorable quotes for Alfie :
[
from trailer]
Alfie: I'd like a little privacy please.
Alfie: [
to the viewer] I, myself, subscribe more to the European philosophy of life, my priorities leaning towards wine, women... well, actually, that's about it.
[
from trailer]
Alfie: Whenever you meet a beautiful woman, just remember somewhere there's a man who's sick of shagging her.
Julie: Where were you last night?
Alfie: I thought we agreed we weren't asking each other those questions.
Alfie: What have I got? Really? Some money in my pocket, some nice threads, fancy car at my disposal, and I'm single. Yeah... unattached, free as a bird... I don't depend on nobody and nobody depends on me... My life's my own. But I don't have peace of mind. And if you don't have that, you've got nothing. So... what's the answer? That's what I keep asking myself. What's it all about? You know what I mean?
Alfie: Anyone in the mood for a little Alfie, straight-up?
Alfie: [
to the viewer] I told you how we men are. We want showstoppers. And the problem is, Julie hasn't got enough of the superficial things that really matter.
Alfie: Personally, I've always suspected that everyone else is having a far merrier Christmas than I am.
Alfie: In every doomed relationship, there comes what I like to call "The uh-oh moment". When a certain little something happens, and you know you've just witnessed the beginning of the end. And suddenly you stop and you think, "Uh-oh, iceberg ahead".
Joe: There are two things I've learned in life: find someone to love and live everyday as if it were your last.
Alfie: Strange. But even when you know it has to end, when it finally does, you always get that inevitable twinge: Have i done the right thing?
Alfie: In a flash I have my new year's resolution - aim higher.
Alfie: It seems to me the problems you worry yourself sick about never seem to materialize. It's the ones that catch you unexpectedly on a Wednesday afternoon that knock you sideways.
Alfie: If you ooze masculinity, like some of us do, you have no reason to fear pink.
Alfie: I find that, lately, even lying to myself comes easily.
Alfie: [
to the viewer] Couples should never split up between Thanksgiving and January 2nd. Always have a relationship to see you through the holidays. Always.
Alfie: [
to Marlon, about Lonette] You were at her front door, 3 a.m. in the morning, begging and vomiting? And what, she wasn't charmed by that?
Alfie: [to the viewer] Of all the women I've known,the one I let my guard down with delivers the knockout punch
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