The Ten (2007)

Surprisingly Bad!

I must agree with another poster... I rarely bother to post, but this one was so disappointing that I feel obliged to give fair warning to others.
I originally picked this up for a few dollars somewhere because I couldn't BELIEVE that I hadn't even HEARD of this movie with all of these great actors and actresses in it! It ought to be HILARIOUS! Then I watched it and found out WHY.
I'm not saying that it doesn't have a single funny moment in it. Almost any comedy, no matter bad, is likely to have at least one or two amusing scenes. But it was so bad that it wasn't even worth the low price I paid for it. I was extremely disappointed, and I am very forgiving of comedies. I enjoy all kinds of humor, and will put up with a lot to get a few nuggets of laughter, but this just had FAR too few to offer. I even gave it to my brother to see if it was really so bad or if it was just my imagination, and he couldn't even get half way through it.
In short, to those who actually liked it - Good for you! I'd love to be able to eat a piece of stale bread starting to mold and have it taste like a fresh doughnut. But for everyone else - beware this bread... I peronally don't think it is even worth taking a single bite of. September 21, 2008

He who watches breaks all ten

The irreverent handling of The Commandments by this writer and cast is simply blasphemy. If you believe in the Lord who gave us these laws, I strongly warn you to pass over this glorification of sin. Also, it was not humorous, romantic, inspiring, etc.; it fails on all levels. September 13, 2008

Waste of a talented cast

I rented this movie mainly because of the talented cast, including Winona Ryer, Paul Rudd, Liev Schriber, Janeane Garofalo, Ron Silver, Famke Jansen, Gretchen Mol, Jessica Alba, and Oliver Platt. What were these actors thinking being in this mediocre "comedy"? They deserve a better movie.

The film seems to be impressed with how "wacky" it is. Ha, ha. Instead, it's just silly and stupid. We have two black 20 year olds born to a white couple who wonder about their paternity. The mother thinks it's Arnold Schwarzenegger and hires an actor (Oliver Platt) to pretend to be him. Then the mother realizes the boys' father is really Arsenio Hall. So the actor, who can't do an Arsenio impression, does Eddie Murphy. A woman (Winona Ryder) gets married after her other fiance falls out of a plane and get surgically stuck in the ground. Then she falls for a ventriloquist's dummie and has sex with it and leaves her husband for it. Another sketch is about a woman (Gretchen Mol) whose husband likes to hang out around the house with his other male friends naked rather than go to church. Another tale is a raunchy, offensive cartoon about a rhino who likes to gossip and whose lies lead to grisly deaths by sex.

Doesn't really make any sense, does it? What does any of this have to do with the Ten Commandments? Nothing, really. It's just unfunny nonsense instead of sharp, humorous satire. If you want to see a funny, controversial film that deals with the Bible, check out Kevin Smith's Dogma instead. September 1, 2008

Smarmy and painfully unfunny

I normally am not moved to type out a review of a movie, but after having watched the first 15 or so minutes of this P.O.S., I felt compelled to render an opinion. I don't think I've seen a movie that went to such lengths to hit its audience over the head with how witty it was, when in fact it really wasn't at all humorous or clever. Whoever was responsible for how this thing turned out (the writers? the director?) should think twice about pursuing a career in film-making. July 6, 2008

This is the funniest movie I've ever seen.

If you don't think the Ten Commandments could be funny, turn away now. If you think they could, pull up a chair. If you like the hilarious comedy of writer-director David Wain (like the tragically short-lived Stella on Comedy Central), you will most likely laugh till you cry. With an amazingly funny cast that includes the lusciously brilliant Paul Rudd, Winona Ryder, Adam Brody, Ken Marino, Liev Schreiber, Gretchen Mol, Justin Theroux, Oliver Platt, Kerri Kenney- Silver, Jason Sudekis, et cetera... (Where was I?) The Ten provides for somewhat obvious, though completely genius situations, and is well-made at the very least. I have never laughed aloud so many times in one sitting, let alone at one movie. This should be set right up there with other recent comedies like Smiley Face, Knocked Up, and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. May 14, 2008

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