Alfie - final scene

"He's younger than you".
I've gotta admit, I didn't see it coming.
She caught me off-guard, all right.
You couldn't tell, though, could you?
As you've learned by now, I'm rather skilled at hiding my feelings.
You see, the thing with feelings is they have
this quiet way of sneaking up on you when you least expect it.
You know what I mean?
Yeah.
Like with Liz.
Who would've thought, of all the women I've known...
...the one I let my guard down with delivers the knockout punch.
Ironic.
Calendar word.
"Dorie!"
Hi. - Hello, Alfie.
I haven't seen you in ages.
Maybe because you stopped calling.
I know. Things were getting a bit too...
Don't bother explaining. I'm way past needing excuses.
All right. No, you know what? I want to explain.
What? You had your fill of me?
Someone cuter came along? I don't need to hear it, Alfie.
Look, Dorie... - Really.
Look, Dorie...
What happens with me is...
I don't know, I get...
When it gets too... Not close but something like that
I start to feel... Not stifled,
not trapped, but something like that.
And I... And...
You know? You know what I mean?
Did that make...? Did that make any sense?
I think it has to make sense to you more than me at this point.
Yeah, fair enough.
I need to go. He'll be waiting for me.
Dorie.
I'm sorry.
Good luck, Alfie.
I warned them all from the beginning.
I always said something along the lines of,
''I must advise you,
I am stamped with an invisible warning.
I will not commit. I will never marry.''
Despite my best efforts, I'm beginning to feel some small cracks
in my faux finish.
You know, when I look back on my little life,
and all the women I've known...
...I can't help but think about...
...all that they've done for me...
...and how little I've done for them.
How they looked after me, cared for me...
...and I repaid them by never returning the favour.
Yeah.
I used to think I had the best end of the deal.
What have I got?
Really?
Some money in my pocket.
Some nice threads. Fancy car at my disposal.
And I'm single.
Unattached. Free as a bird.
I don't depend on nobody.
Nobody depends on me.
My life's my own.
But I don't have peace of mind.
And if you don't have that, you've got nothing.
So...
So, what's the answer? That's what I keep asking myself.
What's it all about?
You know what I mean?

[@DanKremer]

My mom posted this video. I miss you so much mom!!! And I will always love you!!! Forever!!! RIP Mom :(

[@germangauto9385]

Daniel Kremer Really man? Sorry to hear that. I love this video

[@aljazperc]

Sorry to hear that, friend. Stay strong.

[@DanKremer]

Thank you very much bro.

[@ggoblue]

god bless you friend

[@germanicelt]

I wish she included the end credits with that song.

[@rbibbe34]

I came back to this ending at 35 years old. Not a 25 year old looking for the next good time. I rmenerbr living in the city then and relating to this scene so much, such questions I faced as a man and who I wanted to be. Who I wanted to spend my days with. At 35, a woman I love and 2 kids later, I hope any words of wisdom I can spread to another young guy looking at himself in the mirror is this. Life goes on. Lonely nights come and they go, and it’s always the darkest before the dawn. Keep moving.

[@GreenBlagoon]

The level of empathy I feel with this scene, today, miles away from the easy bright days we all cherish in our lonely mature lives, still young yet already wounded, as time pasess by a lonely quiet night, an endless roar of nostalgia, seems imposible to put into words to me. Hope you are never forced to admire from distance what you once had so close but were too blind to really apreciate it.

[@Anonymous-kq8oh]

Your absolutely spot on, I know because it reflects on me. It’s a bit like the lyrics in the Stevie Nicks (deep dish) “Dreams” song. Sad situation but that’s my reality.

[@germanicelt]

I got regrets. I reminisce alot. I have a good memory, unfortunately. Just the other day, I was thinking how a time over twenty years ago seems like i can still almost reach out and touch it......yet I can't. I know I just have to accept I didn't take hold of what I had then and lived it to the full, and now just have to forget about it all. But it's hard, as now and then something always comes up, a song, a movie, that makes me feel the time gone by that I have so much nostalgia for now.

[@AutomaticDuck300]

This comment made me feel something, although I can't personally relate because I had a difficult childhood and don't miss it at all.

[@mcu2478]

@@germaniceltdid you watch the movie he got his best friends girl pregnant, then tried to hide an abortion, then the girl ends up having the baby anyway and then the black dude now fathers a mixed child from his girlfriend’s affair smh

[@germanicelt]

@@mcu2478 Yeah I saw it at the cinema.

[@jjgreen5206]

Great scene. This version of Alfie really delivers, and shows the modern day dating problems men and women face

[@dulceaidavp9716]

And it’s even worse now!

[@GeniusSextillionaire888]

“In the end, it’s all about The love you’re sending out” - Coldplay

[@tomaszkebecki7349]

This scene is so iconic and so much meaning, somehow I can relate here... especially now. I lost everything, walk on a thin line... losing day by day by a little and I don't have much left

[@petrosaircooled]

It's not about being smart, it's about being kind.

[@marcozolo3536]

Peter Christoforou correction it's always about being smart bro

[@aubreysong]

@@marcozolo3536 You need both to survive. Being smart to survive the world, being kind to others (what you reap is what you sow) for the sake of your mental health

[@denyah85]

This last scene. What he says. Basically my life 😢😢

[@tasting....6438]

Im Alfi in my life and i don't have peace and its suck, enjoy with your love, husband or wife it's not worth it to be Alfie

[@realidadcomun851]

And thats the best thing that ever could happend to any man, it's just that many of us dont't see it

[@l.adodg3r70]

What's this film about?

[@realidadcomun851]

@@l.adodg3r70 about a mangina who is not happy with any woman, after they use him, he miss them

[@theodoredelgado8310]

@@realidadcomun851 dude you clearly don't know shit about film history, or the fact of being a man, you literally wish to be half of what this character is, every real man goes through this moment , so mangina really, probably you were and still a mangina and you are blaming to a film or pointing fingers cause you had a shitty youth. And still want to be an Alfie , But you never will be you will be a joke.

[@notthedoctor8621]

Although it probably had little to do with the original, this was a great movie, the soundtrack was bomb as well

[@lorrainesmith4279]

Not as good as Michael Caine's 'Alfie' but still enjoyable. This version sees Alfie being more open and honest with his feelings.

[@jac-henryowens9300]

Of course because it's to reflect the fact that men and people in general have become a lot more open and honest with their feelings since the 1960s

[@badda_boom8017]

Michael Caine played the "bastard" version of alfie. They needed to make Alfie more likeable in this film.

[@theodoredelgado8310]

This version is sad we can all relate to it, I just turned 39 and this film this version hits hard

[@RedWolfCid]

feels like it was written by a women...

[@camiloroa3182]

Dude this movie is way better than the old one.

[@douglasmontgomery3173]

Usually I prefer wordy films. And perhaps this would work were it not for the original. But I watched the 1966 Alfie yesterday, and Michael Caine says more in his final scene with a fraction of the dialogue than this earnest, over polite, over explained version attempting to convey the self same sentiment. Sometimes less is more.

[@GlauberLealveterinario]

Michael Caine is incredible. But i think Jude Law uses better techniques to convey emotion... Pauses... Facial expressions... Body language... Michael Caine generally is very stiff... But each one has their great impact in the end

[@calavera1982]

You know what's the saddest thing is yes the original one is more artistic , poetic , actually it is, this version is what Is actually happening the emptiness , the fact that we won't commit is something better comes along we will trade it in a heartbeat , Jude laws Alfie is cruel, selfish UNhappy in so many ways , his finally monologue said it clear it was clearly ahead of his time , we are all alfies dating or being in a relationship it's outdated we have every tool to not committed to pretend but we don't have a piece of mind in my case I see how I used them how much of an asshole I been looking for what according to me I deserve but I don't think we don't have a piece of mind so this monologue it's raw soulless but now it makes perfect sebses we all are him

[@calavera1982]

I apologize my grammar is shit

[@theodoredelgado8310]

Everyone has different opinions the original is a classic this one shows a broken man making peace with him self i would love to see how alfie will be on his late 50s

[@misaelarredondo3670]

He's content

[@juanarocha8629]

Working as a butler for a guy that dresses up as a bat

[@duncanbick6732]

Michael Caine once suggested playing Alfie as an old man, still chasing women but failing, would be interesting. Jude Law could still do it.

[@vikramadoddamani]

Well I’m just the polar opposite of Alfie. Never go out, too shy or proud to talk, 35 and never dated.. hahaha 🤪 Strange world.

[@WDGEmployment]

This movie, ls pretty much my lifes story.... Now at 48 l look back on my life and how many hearts lve broken over the years. That was wrong of me... l think l might be starting to change

[@l.adodg3r70]

What's this movie about?

[@rs7458]

…you didn’t realize in your late 20s, at least?

[@otfriedschellhas3581]

About bleedin' time, mate

[@tdsfa0727]

thanks for uploading! id been waiting for someone to

[@marcozolo3536]

Man, nobody has peace of mind, and those that say they do, are lying. The illusion is that everyone else is having a ball, when they are suffering just as much or more, but hopefully learning along the way. We are but dust in the wind dude.

[@germanicelt]

"Dust.......wind........dude!"

[@leviathandiabolo6296]

We're all screwed up....just in millions of different ways.

[@db7610]

@@germanicelt We mortals are but shadows and dust Maximus

[@germanicelt]

@@db7610 I know it all too well now, since Dad passed last month.

[@Lifeoftheparty8290]

Life is suffering life isself is a curse itself our only purpose is to reproduce and survive and cope and try to be as sane as we possibly can

[@spamskanal]

Nothing compares to the 1966 Version with Michael Caine

[@GinaRodas]

You mean this there is another version of this movie?

[@paulleckner8235]

A bit like Warren Beatty in Shampoo. An alley cat who can't settle down.

[@slimturnpike]

Excellent film, Shampoo

[@TheKikogomez]

These words hit my heart, the truth is not sad, what happens is that it cannot be changed

[@ForeverBrooklynNYC]

RIP Cynthia

[@BrooklynBwoii]

Still my favourite movie

[@thehappybachelor8312]

being young is a disadvantage for a true player....can you imagine james bond as a 25 year old? young birds love older guys...only grannies go for boys

[@generalqwer]

You realize Jude Law can basically get any girl he wants. I dont think age is going to be a factor, because hot guys are hot guys.

[@lunatic4152]

The Happy Bachelor age doesn’t come in factor it’s experience but people in 20s can be experienced.

[@notthedoctor8621]

If you're 25 and know how to efen talk to 25 year old women then you can get along with women your age... most people are too impatient though which is why they can't find anyone/anything good

[@yuriguimaraes6368]

Just a Chad

[@HaseebHUB]

i didn't see it coming!! you know what i mean?

[@superfisto]

It was a little awkward when he tried to put his balls in Dorie's purse.

[@fabriziocunha23]

The history of my life...

[@kamilyasin967]

It's all about the one that created all this. Not about you...or me. We'll die someday. It's all about the one who created you and me. Find that one. Or perhaps that one already called you, but you ignore it.

[@francisalbert1799]

Original film was better but this had the better ending

[@williambranham1758]

the song's magnificent piece of work and Mick out does himself on the video,he always tailors his videos with the perfect ,treatment of his voice,moves,and facial expressions, I wonder if the seemingly effortlessly way he conveys this Has in his genius (an over used word)has somehow passed us by?

[@Mcelly58]

I understand that he was very upset about losing a woman that he really liked as well as his friends and the possible child. OK really I’m going to say that his one mistake in this movie was sleeping with his best friends girl. Everything else regarding the older woman, the ‘perfect’ woman, the ‘sensible’ woman and even the ‘married’ woman You could brush off. Take it as a lesson that no matter how beautiful she is there’s always something else going on.

[@HabitualLover]

Betraying and damaging a man was his one point of accountability. Betraying and damaging a woman or countless women is a non-issue. What dehumanizing misogyny, what’s that? Where?

[@Mcelly58]

@@HabitualLover The older woman was using him as much as he was using her, the sensible woman moved on as well as the married woman and the perfect woman fell apart and he came to realization that he wasn’t what any of them needed? How is that misogyny?

[@sunnydays405]

@@HabitualLover He literally cucked his best friend. That's infinitely worse than anything he did with the other women,

[@batuhanyumak4552]

Birds become women :)

[@nikoletta5]

which is this place with this view to the brooklyn bridge in nyc?

[@marcomitaelbrosmontebellomarco]

what's the piece of music being played at toward the start of the monologue (a bit before actually, at around 02:48)? I love it! I can't find it in the official soundtrack album. how could they leave it out?! it's so good. of course it's an adaptation of the melody of "old habits die hard"

[@IzabelSophia1]

It's all about love !

[@einzelganger1561]

Izabel Sophia it's about reproduction in another word

[@germanicelt]

I wanted sex.

[@jongbasco]

cynthia erivo at the kennedy honors brought me here.

[@rodrig0pinto]

Thank you for advertising me previously!

[@CHANGSIRIWAT5843]

CREDITS: TM & © Paramount (2004) Cast: Screenwriter: Elaine Pope, Charles Shyer Director: Charles Shyer

[@user-br3bw7wr2l]

So the woman that was cheating with Alfie feels hard done to because he never called…..I can’t sympathise.

[@MrLinoventura]

JE Préfère michael Caine !

[@johnsueggy505]

Je dont speak spaguette

[@addiasfan2279]

Is Alfie a narcissist?

[@constantravens4800]

I show an ex this once

[@Anonymous-kq8oh]

The story of my life, I just find it very hard to trust woman people in general. Never truly been in love, easy too pull but not to take it too the next stage... know what I mean?

[@mohdnasir4760]

Married with women = gamble..try to accpt win or lose my frenz

[@rodrig0pinto]

Mine too

[@GeniusSextillionaire888]

Only love.

[@kiko1822]

true true , whats all about

[@jemand8462]

Came from watching the original ending- god is it awful!!! This version is 10x better, more realistic, better played and has much better cinematography/ music. The old version is like he’s reading from a teleprompter. People just like what they’ve seen first…

[@kurtissskipworth1282]

Oh stop it..wih teying to compare the original to this version.!!???....different times different people different society...the original alfie took place in a timel where men could act that brutish back then..women were pretty much "sex" objects..things to "own ....the new viersion of alfie socierty changed big time..you have to be "smooth"ladies man and come correct...cause if not..they will cut yiu off and on to the next...

[@calavera1982]

This film at the begging romanticise the idea that every young person thing is cool, cause c'mon at one point every guy wants to be and Alfie (alpha) at the end we see how broken he becomes at the end and is perfectly put on the sentences he used " but I don't have a piece of mind" we all start that path or at least some of us did but its empty , late 30s successful businesses owner, pretty much slept with everyone I wanted to, badass apartment nice toys just like he said but is so mechanical and I see my best friend with a beauty family and that's when it hits you and it hits hard but I don't have a piece of mind sadly at this age we won't change we are too empty so Alfie is fucking right.

[@acechadwick]

And the desire for the material things Theo falls away more and more as you age. The cars no longer excite, being 'seen' becomes unnecessary and you realise how lovely it is to have family, good friends and the love of your children and grandchildren. It's above all. I hope it changes in a good way for you.

[@rbibbe34]

@@acechadwick yep. I was like that in Chicago- fast times ; women, motorcycles.. I now have a son and beautiful fiancé- if I met her earlier i wouldn't have thought twice about dating and the night life. Family, love and close friends. My best friends are the guys I've known for 15+ years. Alfie knew in the end!

[@acechadwick]

@@rbibbe34 The very best in life for your forward journey x

[@rbibbe34]

@@acechadwick thank you and all the best to you

[@calavera1982]

​@@acechadwickit does , life goes by on a blink, material things are not exiciting, I'm now 40 and I see how many good woman's I let go i see guys my age pretending and living in the old days , is sad cause like he said we are experts on hidding our feekings the reality is that now we are old and we are the ones afraid

[@anothertime1282]

What a disappointment. I thought it was going to a clip from the oriiginal with Michael Caine.

[@GeniusSextillionaire888]

Love

[@babatundelol2637]

Bro thats my name

[@l.adodg3r70]

What's this film about?

[@OnderHassan]

The irony is, when you do return the favour, they either cheat or worse yet, divorce with half your assets and kids. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

[@paulaneary7877]

Too many words. Just way way too much dialogue. I just watched the original with Michael Caine, and so much more was conveyed with way less dialogue.

[@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada]

i erm gulp luv you jane

[@cathyrajan3573]

I think women do what he does ... After watching this movie , you have to reverse the gender ...

[@LeonArgent]

and the message would be the same. in the end, what do they get?

[@waynebruceunltd]

Not really the best character to serve as his moral compass being as she was married and all..

[@bonnie3447]

Christ this is pretty piss poor after watching the original. Do not watch this if you've seen the original.

[@spaceodds1985]

How very true. Even more so than ever, MeToo and rampant feminism have spurned a generation of loneliness. Thank heavens I am in my mid 30s, I have lived almost 23 years womanising and now I am with someone I really want to spend the rest of my life with and the ironic thing is, she is a woman I dated 11 years prior. Bumped into her three months ago and we rekindled our relationship. As for the scene. It lacks the emotional punch of Caine’s original, no dog at the end.

[@mrcharisma4bestlife105]

I have a great 21 years of experiences So many friends with benefits, threesomes, only four girlfriends, and a wonderful range of world wide backpackers I'm single and I'm self reliant I'm free and I've people I care for and help I have peace of mind

[@lewisc215]

avoid this film

[@babynieve9612]

Why?

[@thang92]

Haven’t seen the full movie yet I’m planning to. Obviously couldn’t help but watch some clips first haha 😂 I love the ending it’s profound. I’ve often wondered myself what is the meaning of life? Is it really all about marriage and children? That’s not a life that’s reproduction. Life has to have more meaning than that personally so yeah 🤷‍♀️

[@carabela125]

It's about grandchildren.

[@thang92]

@@carabela125 still children that’s not enough lol

[@adamw2911]

In today's World of rampant feminism and (so called) strong independent women, a man is far better concentrating on himself, building his resources and basically going his own way.

[@r0llc4ll66]

Adam W but when you focus on yourself, you don’t really know much how to get good with women I suppose! Please explain me your meaning, I’m glad to see you reply my friend

[@ankihansen2489]

@@r0llc4ll66 It's pure MGTOW bullshit

[@daleva187goligo]

@Anki Hansen angry femtahrd alert 😔

[@HabitualLover]

They think a girl should be sleeping in the streets lest she be called independent (pejoratively) for having shelter and sustenance for herself. Also, cue the standard that she’s no good if she wants or needs anything from me, she’s no good if she doesn’t want or need anything from me. I see the head can definitely face upward and downward simultaneously when it’s embedded in the male arsh.

[@imranhussein3908]

Fuckin sad

[@HolgerRuneFan]

Michael Caine did this scene so, so much better in the original from 1965.

[@paulascott5701]

He just doesn't have the charm of Michael Cain. Cain's version didn't lecture the audience, the dialogue kept Alfie focused on himself and his new, somewhat cheerful realization that he needed peace of mind and couldn't get it by using people. That is very different from a condescending lecture. This is one remake that should never have happened. Awful!

[@Hariseldon477]

I disagree, it’s a good movie and Jude Law is amazing.