Alfie (1966) poster
1966 · drama · swinging-london · comedy-drama · caine

Alfie

Directed by Lewis Gilbert1h 54m1966
ElsewhereIMDb7.016kRT97%Metacritic70TMDB6.5230
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Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / swinging-london, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

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A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.

Our read · Alfie (1966) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded drama · swinging-london · comedy-drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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You want swinging-sixties London with Caine breaking the fourth wall.

ends bittersweetit stays with yousteady all the waygrips by minute 3attention 3/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upnudity

Skip it tonightYou dislike womanizing leads or uncomfortable abortion scenes tonight.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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