Alfie

PG

Released Aug 24, 1966

1 hr. 54 min.

Comedy

Drama

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97%

29 Reviews

Tomatometer

76%

10,000+ Ratings

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Set in postwar London, "Alfie" features Michael Caine as a chauffeur bent on promiscuity. After impregnating his girlfriend he takes off on vacation. He continues his life of womanizing, but he can't hide forever. A misfortune strikes and Alfie is forced to face the product of his ways.

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Critics Consensus

Anchored by Michael Caine's charmingly droll performance, Alfie is an equally raucous and heart-rending portrait of romance in the Swinging '60s.

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Todd C

When this thing first started I thought it was another ridiculous Michael Caine RomCom with the same tone as Blame it on Rio (the worst and creepiest romcom ever). I'm not a huge fan of Caine's. He seems to play the same character all the time...especially in Romcoms. While I'm now bigger fan of Caine's, this film came around once I got past all the sexist remarks by Caine. He called women "birds" and "it" throughout. He also threatened to hit one of his women and did hit another. He got two girls pregnant in the film. He tried to pressure the first into an abortion and she didn't do it. He seemed to start caring about the child but in the end he leaves the child behind to be raised by another man. In the end...it was the point that this playboy player, would end up lonely with a lot of regrets. So, all that aside: It is amusing at times and there is a good message about partnerships and love. It is pretty whimsical for most of the film and at the end you get a touch of reality that will leave an impression if you let it. The film has aged well in my opinion. The script is good and the actors did all they could with it. I'm also not really a fan breaking the 4th wall in cinema and I still am not. That is how the whole movie is done.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/07/23

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Peter W

Overall, if you have never witnessed this comedy drama, now is the perfect time to see this cinematic classic. Michael Caine is the most significant highlight, delivering an applaud-worthy performance right from the start. The plot is unpredictable, and I was surprised at the leading character's situations at many points in the film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/29/23

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Leaburn O

This film is very good 👍🏼

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/16/23

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David M

If you only ever see one Michael Caine movie, this should be the one. He's dazzling.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/09/23

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david b a

As an experienced fan of quality movies, I deeply enjoyed the undercurrent of ironic and dark humor that is the uniting thread of the film. I don't want to speak about the ending, in support of those who have not yet seen the movie, but it is the low-key approach throughout the movie that invites the audience to take it all in, and embrace the story so to speak. The charm and naivete of Alfie allow the viewer to never hate him, and that makes the overall impact of the film that much more powerful and human.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Micheal caine is perfect as the happy go lucky chappie. A great film worth a watch . Far superior to the judge law remake

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Lewis Gilbert

Director

Michael Caine

Alfie Elkins

Shelley Winters

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James Powers

Hollywood Reporter

An amusing, moving and meaningful picture. Although for much of the way it tinkles along with the innocent merriment of a carousel, it dips into reality for its climax, and makes a valid and indelible impression.

Aug 24, 2017

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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.

Feb 10, 2012

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TIME Magazine

Caine plays the sodding little spiv with a raucous charm that makes Alfie seem more interesting than he actually is.

Apr 20, 2010

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Common Sense Media Editors

Common Sense Media

The excellence in this movie lies in Caine's exquisite performance.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 14, 2022

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Judith Crist

New York World Journal Tribune

Alfie emerges as a stingingly funny and perceptive comedy, with a thoroughly discomforting and discomfiting moral and very little to offer the sensation seeker.

Aug 16, 2022

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Christopher Lloyd

The Film Yap

Though it's very much a product of its time, Alfie has aged well because it's a funny, sad and insightful look at an eternal struggle.

Rated: 4.5/5

Nov 4, 2019

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Synopsis

Set in postwar London, "Alfie" features Michael Caine as a chauffeur bent on promiscuity. After impregnating his girlfriend he takes off on vacation. He continues his life of womanizing, but he can't hide forever. A misfortune strikes and Alfie is forced to face the product of his ways.

Director: Lewis Gilbert
Screenwriter: Bill Naughton
Distributor: British Film Institute, Paramount Pictures, CIC-Taft Home Video
Production Co: Lewis Gilbert, Sheldrake Films
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 24, 1966, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 19, 2011
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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