1966 · drama · swinging-london · comedy-drama
Alfie
Directed by Lewis Gilbert1h 54m1966
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.
Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / swinging-london, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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