Now having not seen the film (either the Michael Caine or the Jude Law version), I didn't really know what I was expecting, but this certainly wasn't it. I thought it would be a bit light, a bit cheeky, and it was in places – but underneath Alfie's cocky swagger and the women on high-rotation, there was something a bit sad as he deals with TB, loses his son because of his inability to grow up and stop being such a cad, and deals with the consequences of getting his mate's wife into 'trouble'. Despite the fact that he referred to every woman he was with as 'bird', or worse, 'it', I liked him enough to feel sorry for him. And thankfully, there was no convenient redemption at the end - he was still the same shameless, selfish Lothario as he was in the beginning.Still, I can't imagine how slimy Jude Law was picked for the part in the remake of the movie – he would have been nowhere near rough enough.
