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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Written by: Ken Marino
David Wain

Directed by: David Wain

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 3, 2007
DVD: January 15, 2008

Running Time: 93 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for dialogue, nudity, and for language and some drug material

Starring Jessica Alba, Adam Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Paul Rudd, Famke Janssen, Justin Theroux, Gretchen Mol, and Winona Ryder

The Ten is comprised of ten blasphemous and hysterical stories inspired by the Biblical Commandments, each told in a different style, but with characters and themes that overlap. The film is held together by a narrator who, in turn, has his own moral problems. (THINKFilm)

What The Critics Said

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83

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Devious and inspired enough to juice you past any weak spots. Thou shalt be amused.

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75

The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin

The early, explosively funny skits and a loose, engagingly adventurous spirit are enough to ensure this uneven but often delightful project the cult fame that accompanies pretty much everything associated with Stella mainstay Wain.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Pam Grady

Fundamentalists might take umbrage, but The Ten is not so much blasphemous as it is very silly, and it lives up to the one unbendable commandment of comedy: It's funny.

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70

Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall

Wain and Marino try to tie all this together with a framing narrative about an unfaithful husband (Paul Rudd), which turns into a clever parody of Woody Allen movies.

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70

Variety Dennis Harvey

Second feature from duo David Wain and Ken Marino of comedy group the State is, like their "Wet Hot American Summer," uneven but often hilarious.

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70

Village Voice Robert Wilonsky

More often than not, you'll laugh, and that's all you can hope for in what might as well be a prolonged episode of "The State," from which several of the cast and creators sprang.

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63

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Gretchen Mol stars as a 35-year-old virgin deflowered in lusty romance-novel fashion on a trip to Mexico. Her hunky lover-boy's name? Jesus Christ (played by Justin Theroux). The segment? "Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain."

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60

Washington Post Ann Hornaday

An uneven, sophomoric and only fitfully funny omnibus of skits, The Ten is one of those silly-on-purpose ensemble exercises that must have been wildly fun to make.

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60

Film Threat Mark Bell

Let's talk about Paul Rudd. I think he may be in every film in 2007 and that's okay by me, because Paul Rudd has become an acting Man-God.

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50

ReelViews James Berardinelli

There are lengthy stretches during this movie when it's deadly dull. This is the kind of film that's ideal for DVD viewing. Judicious use of the fast forward button will greatly increase The Ten's appeal.

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50

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bill White

As sketch comedy, The Ten often is imaginative and sometimes hilarious...Still, like precursors from "The Groove Tube" to "Jackass," it doesn't make for much of a movie.

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50

Premiere Aaron Hillis

The Ten has one foot in "Monty Python's Meaning of Life" and another in their "Life of Brian," but ultimately we get the David Letterman School of Comedy: mediocre jokes continually repeated until they sometimes become uncomfortably funny.

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50

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

The Ten is so proud of its own wit and irreverence that when you fail to be equally impressed, you are likely to wonder if your own sense of humor is, in some way, deficient. Rest assured it is not.

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50

New York Post Lou Lumenick

The funniest and arguably most envelope-pushing episode stars Winona Ryder as a newlywed who falls in love on her honeymoon - and steals the object of her lust: a ventriloquist's dummy.

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50

The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

A “Decalogue” for special-ed students, The Ten leans too often toward the bizarre and the bewildering. And though rough sex is a recurring motif, the movie’s overall tone is less blasphemous than raunchy.

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50

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

By flaunting its own stupidity, The Ten practically dares you not to laugh at it, like a stand-up comic who sells an unfunny joke through the ferocity of his delivery.

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42

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

Yet another witless, listless outing by the alleged comic minds behind such dubious treats as "The State," "Stella" and "Wet Hot American Summer."

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40

Los Angeles Times Carina Chocano

David Wain, director of "Wet Hot American Summer," brings his popular brand of surrealist yet mundane humor to the big screen with more or less dreadful results.

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38

Chicago Tribune Tasha Robinson

The Ten changes tone every few minutes, ranging from lowbrow gross-out gags to elevated language to a big, sloppy musical number.

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30

Austin Chronicle Steve Davis

The Ten offers a brand of comedy for very particularized tastes, though everyone should appreciate the in-joke of featuring Ryder in the skit about the Eighth Commandment. For those of you less versed in the Bible, that’s the one that says thou shall not steal.

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25

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Everyone involved seems to have been operating from the presumption that gross and blasphemous equals hilarious. Would that it did.

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25

Boston Globe Ty Burr

The Ten is a virtually snicker-free exercise in audience pain. It's less a movie than an endurance test.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 30 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Bob N. gave it a3:
It's true that there are many rape jokes in this movie. This isn't generally a problem, in fact I love rape jokes and have a few zingers I've made up myself. The problem here is that the rape jokes aren't very funny. Everyone knows that rape jokes are only funny if they involve clowns, small children, or some combination of the two. The rape jokes in this movie lacked those crucial elements, therefore rendering the jokes mirthless and at times mean-spirited. For better rape jokes check out one of the Zelda games. And don't roll your eyes at that, it's all about the subtext.

James C. gave it a0:
Not enough rape jokes!

Mark gave it an8:
Very funny - Winona Ryder is fantastic in this.

C.B. gave it a6:
I'm a huge fan of David Wain and the whole STATE crew, but this film was disappointing. There are many laughs, but the movie just doesn't hold together...

Toni O. gave it a0:
Possibly the worst movie I have ever seen; we finally walked out in the middle--after about half the audience had already walked out. Theatre management refunded our money--and said that they had been giving lots of refunds. Why in the world did so many 'names' sign on for this disaster? And come critics loved it! So much for the 'critics'.

Arthur C. gave it an8:
This is one of those comedies where the funny stuff is so outrageously funny that the minute misfires go completely unnoticed. I think you have to be a State fan to appreciate it. The "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Wife" skit (with a plethora of rape jokes) as well as the "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Goods" are two of the funniest things I've seen all year. The weak animation, and the sluggish "Thou Shalt Not Steal" skit are the low points. But bonus points to some very funny narration from Paul Rudd. The guy needs his own movie some day.

J P gave it a4:
Hey, Blanco A. I could tell you that this movie is, "typical comedy pap that Hollywood Studios churns out like drones." I mean, really, you're not getting your comedy needs satiated at the Film Forum? Good God, you're such a philistine. I really pity you. The bottom line here is that if you like a movie then make an argument to convince us. Don't resort to the facile argument that it's art simply because it's more "alterna" than You, Me and Dupree. That doesn't cut it. Sorry.

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