The Ten
2007 Directed by David Wain
Synopsis
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
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Even if they aren't always amazing, David Wain's comedies manage to provide a sense of joy and fun that's sorely lacking in today's cynical and ironic times.
Krzysztof Kieslowski can rest assorted that his Decalogue will still remain the definitive Ten Commandments anthology. -
Ranges from funny to not funny. If you are interested in watching it, watch the first and last story because those are the best.
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The Ten is a pretty unique film. It is comprised of 10 short stories each one being based of one of the ten commandments. The stories intertwine, with several of them feature the same characters. The stories are actually pretty funny and mostly well made. Paul Rudd glues all the stories together as the "Storyteller" and he does so well, he is his normal charming self.
The problem is that even with the stories mostly using the same characters there is little character development and as there is no overarching plot, there is no plot development. The format of short stories also starts to wear thin around the 6th story mark. One of the stories is told in animation form…
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You know those guys from The State who made Wet Hot American Summer. You know how hilarious that movie was? Well, they made another one, and it's not as funny as the first one, but its still pretty funny. It's a series of ten short films based on the ten commandments...for some reason. What distinguishes the film is its complete, total, extreme devotion to absurdism. As soon as you think you've seen the most ridiculous thing, another, wildly more ridiculous thing happens. Not all, or even most, of the jokes work, but even the jokes that aren't funny are admirable for their mad vision. Highlights: Oliver Platt as a bad Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonator pretending to be the father of a…
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It has some low points, and the premise starts to feel exhausted somewhere in the middle. The high points, however, are crazy brilliant, and the cast is perfect.
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Not as good as Stella or Wet Hot American Summer but still highly entertaining and deliciously absurd. "Go fly a kite Gretchen!"
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This is the movie that Movie 43 was trying to be. This is ten segments that reflect each of the 10 commandments. While some of them weren't very funny, the other's more than made up for it. I think that 4 of the 10 were gold, while the others were either so-so or bad. Liev Schreiber's short with the CAT Scanners was fucking hilarious. I think this is a good movie to see once, but not a must see. Or just watch the few good segments and skip the rest of the movie. What do I care?
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It's no Wet Hot American Summer, but I still laughed quite a bit.
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Ranges from funny to not funny. If you are interested in watching it, watch the first and last story because those are the best.
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Anthology comedy with each story covering a commandment. If you like David Wain and company, it's well worth a look.
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The Ten is a pretty unique film. It is comprised of 10 short stories each one being based of one of the ten commandments. The stories intertwine, with several of them feature the same characters. The stories are actually pretty funny and mostly well made. Paul Rudd glues all the stories together as the "Storyteller" and he does so well, he is his normal charming self.
The problem is that even with the stories mostly using the same characters there is little character development and as there is no overarching plot, there is no plot development. The format of short stories also starts to wear thin around the 6th story mark. One of the stories is told in animation form…
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This is a series of semi-connected short films. Each one focus on one of the ten commandments. Like with most anthology films some of the stories are better than others. David Wain directed this movie and he used a lot of his common players. The stories range from a Spanish language spoof to prison sex to a sick and perverted cartoon.
This is a quick and painless comedy. It is shock humor with a few bits that really cause a chuckle. It might be one to avoid if you are easily offended.
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Winona Ryder and Liev Schreiber give the most intense performances of their career in this amazing pile of nonsense. 50% of this film is David Wain and Paul Rudd channelling Woody Allen and if that doesn't tickle you in some way you need to see a physician.
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Consistently hilarious send-up of the deeply arcane (e.g., Y Tu Mama Tambien), the horribly cliched (nearly all romantic interaction is cribbed from television on autopilot) and even the musical sum-up montage (where, natch, all the characters break into songs of summary). Conceptually, its not as strong Wet Hot American Summer, but most impressive is the ability for it to stand on its own. Wet Hot had the added padding of a singular, specific target; The Ten, for using The Commandments as its skeleton, pretty much does just that, rarely checking in on context or even thematic relevance of these universally acknowledged "rules". Clearly, its all designed as an excuse for the jokes. It's very much a string of well-laced sketches, but it never dulls and ends just as it should. Paul Rudd remains one of the funniest men working today.