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The Ten (2007)
36 out of 53 people found the following comment useful :-
Thou shalt not pay 10 dollars to see this, 14 August 2007
Author: dustinlull from United States
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What happens when you put together Wet Hot' director David Wain with a talented cast including Paul Rudd, Jessica Alba and Winona Ryder? Apparently the worst flick of the year. The problem with this comedy is that there's very little comedic about it. Ten stories: each one vaguely (and I mean VAGUELY) related to one of the Ten Commandments. Paul Rudd narrates, introducing each story in what are the most embarrassingly dull sequences in the entire film. It's him ranting and rambling, arguing with Famke Janssen, making out with Jessica Alba... his scenes range from mind numbingly boring to nervewrackingly annoying. As for the ten stories themselves, well, there's a few chuckles here and there. That's about it. And there are a few jokes that are so stale and outdated, that I can't believe David Wain directed this. The ending exposition at the end of Honor Thy Mother and Father is a great example. Without giving anything away, there's a joke at the end there that left me completely baffled and thinking, "Wow, that joke hasn't been funny for, like, 10 years." What a waste of 10 bucks.
40 out of 62 people found the following comment useful :-
About 3 commandments worth of comedy, 26 November 2007
Author: lhhung_himself from United States
There were some good ideas for the sketches but it seems like the writers couldn't figure out how to develop them. The result is something you might see at a high school production with a single sight-gag or punchline stretched to fit the allotted time. It's not that the gag is bad or stupid (though sometime it is) - it's just that you can't fill 10 minutes of dead time with one joke.
There are a couple of funnier commandments that got more than half a laugh. Winona Ryder is a scream - she of course is in the sketch about the do not steal commandment. (See how clever that is - this movie is full of them...) Unfortunately, the funnier sketches are at the end of the movie and you have to sit through an hour to get there.
This reminds me a lot of SNL - the current incarnation - not the "classic" incarnations. If you watch SNL you'll probably like this. If you find SNL an interminable bore, like I do - then avoid...
29 out of 45 people found the following comment useful :-
A poorly constructed, offensive and dull set of comedies, 22 October 2007
Author: btchakir-1 from United States
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It has been so long since I've had the urge to walk out on a film... but I stayed through this one just to see the credits. I wanted to really make sure that people I had had great respect for in previous incarnations had made this piece of trash. Unfortunately they had.
Half the theater walked out while I was watching, however. More power to them.
I am an atheist, yet I found this religiously offensive. I am a liberal, yet I found this politically offensive. I am an independent film lover, but I found this cinematicly offensive. There were a few laughs, to be sure, but most of what the creators thought was funny I wish they had kept to themselves.
13 out of 19 people found the following comment useful :-
Camp with a budget, 17 January 2008
Author: equazcion (equazcion@gmail.com) from NYC
This literally reminds me of skits put together at summer camp. The stories are so ridiculous, it's as if they were written by people who didn't realize they'd ever actually make it to a big screen.
But alas here they are, with some decent production values to boot. This is a technically well-made movie. Good directing and cinematography -- nothing B-movie or low-budget about it. Well, about its looks, anyway.
Where this movie really "shines" though, is in the acting. Not only did this movie somehow attract a fair amount of A-list talent, but these actors really gave of it, considering the material they were handed. Extra points go to Winona Ryder, who was an especially good sport, shoving her tongue into the mouth of a wooden puppet and all.
Basically my 7 score is based on the fact that I had at least a smile on throughout most of this movie. Seeing all these big names, all perfectly willing to "lower" themselves to the level of this material, just really renewed my faith in humanity.
15 out of 24 people found the following comment useful :-
Warning-The ship is sinking-Save yourself!, 8 December 2007
Author: been there from United States
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I found more humor in peeling a banana! Awful to say the least! To those that think is was a good film, Please list your top 5 films. Help me understand your style of humor. I kept watching the film hoping it would get better, sorry to report it died...an almost took me with it. I left out of the movies in pain,,,NOT from laughter! The trailer was misleading. Such a waste of time all-around. I cant wait to hear what the actors think of this pile of poop!If you are given free tickets to this movie, please view that gesture as an act of aggression. Please dial 911 and report this person for trying to insult ( Assault ) your intelligence!
6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful :-
Lost, 10 April 2008
Author: marcusdean118 from United Kingdom
This film had a good premise with a load of good actors. How did it not come out great? I believe this film just entered into the "Envy" status.
Don't get me wrong there a few laughs (see Liev Screiber's phone call) But no where near enough to cover the patchy and downright stupid storyline. Why was Paul Rudd's story taking place in the TV studio in which he was filming a program? Surely thats not allowed.
This film lacks smarts and doesn't make up for it with all out laughs. The film could of been the next Anchorman or even Dodgeball but due to story getting lost somewhere and a couple of stories which were just stupid (see last story and story with the rhino) I think what sums this film up is the last scene you'll know what I'm talking about when you see it.
I had high expectations and was let down, thoroughly.
13 out of 23 people found the following comment useful :-
The Bible itself is probably funnier., 11 February 2008
Author: mishellyjelly from Australia
I had middling expectations for what I expected to be a clever comedy spoofing the 10 commandments, but this movie fell flat on its ass within the first 10 seconds of Paul Rudd's painfully wooden narrative. This movie was took all of my goodwill and sympathy (aka. stored-up pity laughs) for the "fresh, unconventional indie film with a small budget", kicked it in the groin, smacked it over the head with a rusty shovel, and left it by the side of the road to die. A *horrifically* bad attempt at satire on a subject so ripe for parody the phrase "shooting fish in a barrel" comes to mind.
The only bright spots were Liev Schreiber (with impressive comedic timing) and perhaps Winona Ryder's vignette. I have no idea why Famke Janssen was even cast.
To sum up; It was rubbish. The acting sucked. The script sucked. The jokes bombed. It wasn't clever or witty at all. Barely watchable.
5 out of 9 people found the following comment useful :-
In the movie, THE TEN, the narrator introduces ten dramatizations where, 7 February 2008
Author: tomohara from Canada
After having viewed this stinker, I can say 'Renter beware!' The jacket indicated a positive 'Thumbs Up' from the TV reviewers. What a mislead.
I recall really laughing only once and can't pinpoint what scene sparked that laugh. I think it arose in the skit around the 4th commandment
Many scenes were less funny than uncomfortable, The first commandment stretch went on far too long. On a parachuting excursion with friends, an excited guy jumps without his chute, survives his free fall but buries his lower body in the earth from which he can't be extricated without death and somehow inspires people, has a TV show, enjoys adulation and is abandoned as fickle world moves on. Anything funny? No!
We all break the commandments. We're human. Sometimes what we do can be amusing, laughable, poignant, sad. What THE TEN captures is when our sins are stupid or abasing of self and others. I guess that captures SIN well, but it's not side-splitting comedy.
19 out of 37 people found the following comment useful :-
Blasphemously unfunny, 14 August 2007
Author: george.schmidt (george.schmidt@hbo.com) from fairview, nj
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THE TEN (2007) * Paul Rudd, Jessica Alba, Adam Brody, Winona Ryder, Bobby Cannavale, Famke Janssen, Liev Schreiber, Gretchen Mol, Oliver Platt, Ron Silver, Justin Theroux, Rob Corddry, Kerri Kenney, Ken Marino, A.D. Miles, Janeane Garofalo, Zak Penn, Jason Sudekis. High-concept epic misfire string of vignettes from the alum of the comedy troupe THE STATE and some notable thespians – including Rudd, who acts as presenter for the shenanigans at hand - exploiting The Ten Commandments from one unfunny set up to the next; blasphemously not amusing. Rent HISTORY OF THE WORLD : PART ONE instead. (Dir: David Wain)
improv comedy without the stage, audience or laughs, 18 August 2008
Author: M-Ols from United States
The fun of improvisational comedy (as made famous by Second City, the Improv Olympics, The Lemmings, etc) is the seat-of-the-pants inventiveness of performing live, in front of an audience. In the live format, the jokes are always appreciated because they are (or at least, have the appearance of being) unscripted and spontaneous.
On film though, there is obviously no live audience and zero spontaneity. Without these elements, you've lost 2/3 of your three-legged stool. And that's why "The Ten" falls.
Looking for good sketch comedy moved to the stage? Any Monty Python picture will work. The Kids in the Hall's very sketchy, very loosey-goosey "Brain Candy " (1996) serves up better laughs and mayhem than "The Ten". I suppose you could even look to "Animal House" and "Caddyshack" for a flavor of sketch comedy on screen.
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