Arts

Film: Alfie

My mind's been elsewhere this week, and even the cinema hasn't been able to drag it back.

Alfie's good, but talks of a world I don't inhabit, a set of values I don't share and with a tired mind, a place I can't even take my imagination to. The score is punchy, the script playful. It should have been the perfect way to unwind, but tonight I just couldn't connect.