It’s probably not a good idea to bring your boyfriend to see Jude Law’s newest love-laden movie, “Alfie.” Chances are he’ll have a love-hate relationship with it.

He’ll hate it because it’s a chick flick with the usual dose of dorky and cute scenes.

You know the scene well: it’s the one your girlfriend purposely turns toward you after seeing it as if saying “Hey, why don’t you do that?”

But also, he’ll love it because Alfie leads the life every man dreams about, from promiscuous sex to a night on the town to hooking up with his best friend’s smoking-hot girlfriend. But if you don’t want to give your boyfriend the wrong idea or get in a fight with him about what he does and does not do right, then watch “Alfie” with a group of girlfriends and have some testosterone-free fun.

“Alfie,” a remake of the 1966 romantic comedy of the same name starring Michael Caine, features Law as a young Englishman living in present-day Manhattan. Alfie, a metrosexual who rides around on his scooter in his Gucci suit and pink Armani shirt, is a man who prides himself on his ability to juggle a constant stream of women in his life. However, his life changes quickly as he deals with being dumped by a single mom played by Marisa Tomei.

Then Alfie’s life heads south, he suffers everything from erectile dysfunction to impregnating his best friend’s fiancée. After realizing his actions have consequences on others as well as himself, he decides to change his life yet never quite succeeds.

The movie is a mix of roaring comedic moments and heartwrenching scenes as Alfie leads the viewers through a difficult period in his life. Law plays the title character perfectly, successfully blending the flirtation, sarcasm and tragic sadness that are key insights into Alfie’s personality and charm.

Along with Law, Susan Sarandon does a beautiful job playing Liz, an accomplished older business executive who becomes Alfie’s lover. It would have been easy for Law to slip into more stereotypically chick-flick interpretations and play the character as a simple ladies’ man who does not have deep emotional attachments to anyone. However, he made Alfie into a multidimensional, believable character.

The movie appears to teach a lesson about being true to love. However, Alfie leaves the audience unsettled and unsatisfied by his attitude at the end of the film. Go to this movie to laugh out loud and ogle Jude Law and his sexy co-stars, not to learn a life lesson.

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Jude Law plays Alfie, a metrosexual limo driver who gets his comeuppance in director Charles Shyer´s “Alfie.” A remake of the 1966 film of the same name, starring Michael Caine in the title role. “Alfie” opens nationwide today. (Photo Courtesy of Paramount)