The weakness is the script (by Elaine Pope, who won an Emmy for Seinfeld and should've done better). It isn't funny, it isn't clever and it certainly isn't profound.

Uneven movie about a charming cad has sexy stuff.

Paradoxically, the single aspect of the '66 film that's wholeheartedly retained in the remake is its least realistic attribute...

Unpredictably fun, endlessly entertaining, intelligent and full of heart, [Alfie] is the surprise of the season; and one where you won't find yourself asking "What's it all about" when the curtain falls.