The Ten (2007)

Regisseur:

David Wain

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Ken Marino (written by) &
David Wain (written by)

Genre:

Komödie

Werbezeile:

If He'd meant the commandments literally, He'd have written them in stone.

Plot:

Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.

Plot Keywords:

Encounter | Judge | Weightlifting | Prison Guard | Loss Of Virginity

Nutzerkommentare:

Watchable but would not recommend

Besetzung

Paul Rudd	...	Jeff Reigert
Adam Brody	...	Stephen Montgomery
Jon Hamm	...	Skydiving Guide Chris Knarl
Winona Ryder	...	Kelly La Fonda
Ken Marino	...	Dr. Glenn Richie / Cartoon Voices
Todd Holoubek	...	Camera Man Stuart Blumberg
Mather Zickel	...	Louis La Fonda
Ali Marsh	...	'Entertainment Beat' Host George Reardon
Raisy Pereyra	...	Dorothy Sheen
Edmund Genest	...	Governor Beaumont Hutchins
Ron Silver	...	Fielding Barnes
Heidi Neurauter	...	Helen Campbell-Holland
Michael Ziegfeld	...	Harlan Swallow
Jason Antoon	...	Salazar 'Fred' McBairn
Andrea Rosen	...	Polly 'Carol' Samuels

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong crude sexual content including dialogue and nudity, and for language and some drug material.

Länge:

96 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Spanisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

USA:R

Drehorte:

Mexico

Firma:

City Lights Pictures

Dies und das:

Paul Rudd's debut as a producer.

Dialogzitate:

Tony Contiella: You murdered my wife!
Dr. Glenn Richie: Hey, guy! As a goof, guy! As a goof!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt "The State" (1993)

Soundtrack:

The Ten Theme

Watchable but would not recommend

This is the first film I have chosen to comment on so forgive me if my review is not on par with some of the more knowledgeable film buffs out there! I feel I should also point out that I have no prior knowledge of the director or any of his previous works.

Therefore, reviewing this as a stand-alone movie, I would have to say that it was somewhat below average. While there were some scenes that I did laugh at and in my opinion the acting was great (though it has to be said that the actors were playing rather shallow characters) all in all it was a rather disappointing film. As many people have said, the plots were VERY loosely tied to the Ten Commandments (in some cases I found it hard to find the link at all) and I actually felt embarrassed for the actors during some of the more cringe worthy scenes. It just felt to me as if they were trying too hard. In some cases the dialogue was highly commendable but in others it was just lacked subtlety. Don't get me wrong - I love humour that is intended to shock and appal but as I said earlier - this film just felt like it was trying too hard to do so and thus, for me, lacked integrity.