Alfredo, Alfredo

Alfredo, Alfredo is to Italian comedy such as Lina Wertmuller films, as Class AA baseball is to the major leagues. Hoffman, a very good dramatic actor, always plays the nebbish in comedies. Sometimes this approach works, as in The Graduate, and other times it is less successful, as in this film. The film is still entertaining, but not very logical. One would assume from a few dates with a high-octane, sexually challenged Italian girlfriend, that, while the relationship might be exciting for a short period of time, a consideration of marriage would be moronic. The rest of the film shows us the consequences of a very poor decision. Funny in the early part of the film, but no so much in the latter. Hoffman is no Giannini, and this director is no Wertmuller.