The Ten

2007 "If He'd meant the commandments literally, He'd have written them in stone."
4.9| 1h36m| R| en
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Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.

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SunnyHello Nice effects though.
TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
SnoopyStyle This movie has Jeff Reigert (Paul Rudd) introducing ten stories, each one corresponds to one of the Ten Commandments. Each one is like an extended sketch from a comedy show. I find most of them just run on and on.With all the top rate acting talents, the most important people are the writing team of Ken Marino and David Wain. Their humor is wildly inappropriate and deliberately so. They don't always do it for me. A lot of times, I find they do ridiculous for ridiculous' sake. I like them when they anchor their stories more in reality. That's not the case in this movie. This is mostly unfunny as they flail away with one over the top concept after another. I did smirk a few times.
smharris15 My intentions are only of concern and correction for the author and creator as well as everyone involved with the movie. I am sad to say that this movie encourages sin rather than The 10 commandments. The Use of profanity and sexual content instead breaks the Law of God which is Love and God is Love, read in 1 John. There is much scripture in the bible including these commandments that back this up. Like 2 Timothy 2:16 "But avoid irrelevant babble, for it will lead people into more unrighteousness". Or Ephasians 5:4, "Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk Nor crude joking which is out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving."I say this not to condemn you but to stand up for The Word who is God and to state the truth. This misrepresentation of God -The Word and The Law, is wrong and hurtful to God. It hurts not only God but yourselves and others including children whom God Loves. You are being hypocrites for this movie. Please know I am say this only out of kindness and correction. I pray that you may accept and recognize your sin. I pray that God blesses you with a repentive heart and leads you to confession. I pray that you see this as God's grace who is Christ Jesus. Who's will is to give a chance to be forgiven and help you repent. I pray that by His grace you are saved and He may show you a different way to represent Him with creativity and his humor, which he has done for me. Know that this is not my opinion but The truth, which I have learned and now know because of Jesus Christ our God. I also pray that Jesus rebukes this movie and crushes it. Crushes this representation of sin, the enemy. May God Bless You all In Jesus's name, Amen.
MBunge The Ten is supposed to be a series of comedy sketches based on the Ten Commandments. I use "supposed to be" because it has two sketches on "Thou Shalt Not Covet" but none on "Thou Shalt Make No Graven Images", and the two sketches on "Thou Shalt Not Covet" really aren't about coveting. That kind of lackadaisical approach defines this movie. It's occasionally funny, but most of the humor falls flat and a good bit of the rest is inside jokes that may have amused the cast and crew but leave the audience out of the loop.Paul Rudd plays the character who introduces each of the sketches while we see little snippets of his unhappy personal life acted out like some sort of abstract off-Broadway play. This is another example of how the purpose and intent of The Ten's comedy is hard to fathom. Why is this character introducing these stories? No explanation. Why are we seeing parts of his life in between the sketches? No reason. Clearly, somebody involved in making The Ten laughed at this stuff. I have no idea why. Having Hollywood Megastar Paul Rudd introduce these stories as court-ordered community service would seem to have been much more fertile ground for amusement.There's another sketch all about prison rape, which is theoretically about "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Wife", where they just talk about prison rape and the punch line is a guy getting raped. It's the sort of thing enjoyed by jaded stand up comics who are bitter about the mainstream success of others, so they revel in material that doesn't connect with the general audience, specifically because most people don't laugh at it.Now, The Ten isn't totally without a chuckle or two. Watching the lovely Winona Ryder play tonsil hockey with a ventriloquist dummy is something to see. Jesus Christ returning to Earth to whittle wooden legs for Mexican rickshaw drivers is fairly clever. The opening sketch about a skydiver with no parachute embedding himself in the ground is hilarious if you've ever seen that episode of Homicide: Life on the Street where Vincent D'Onofrio gets trapped under a subway car. And the musical number at the end is pretty good.For the most part, though, you're left looking at the screen and wondering why something was supposed to be funny. There just aren't enough legitimate laughs in The Ten to bother with it.
Enchorde Recap: Ten loosely connected, absurd stories based on the ten commandments. Presented by a guy who is in the middle of a separation with his wife.Comments: Utterly pointless. The episodes are absurd and can best be described as silly. Incoherent and mostly plain stupid. But then there is a glimmer of hope when a joke or some completely absurdity actually is a little funny. And that is one of the few strong points it has. It doesn't play by any rules so it is quite unpredictable. But often the unpredictable is just absurd instead of crazy and fun, and even if the intention is good it mostly fails.With this kind of weak story it is very surprising how they managed to get such an impressive cast. Most have only forgettable small roles, almost cameos, and can't do very much to save the movie. But it is kind of a star-spotting.Well, apart from that this was a complete waste of time. Far from the worst I have ever seen, but if I could go back I would see something else. Or nothing at all… 3/10