so what's it all about, Alfie?

Rating: Null/10 (5 October 2002)

Very good movie, and underrated here on imdb.
But a movie this good has to be about something. It has several themes, but maybe they are a bit hard to nail down.
The writer of the novel upon which the movie is based was a man who dabbled in real estate, even before he "made it." I think one of the themes is about "making it."
Also, one of the themes is the inevitablity of death, and why not make the most of it before death, which means getting the most pleasure from your body possible--and heroin is pleasurable, indeed (or so I hear...).
And another theme is how immediate gratification is a dead end.