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Starring:
Jessica Alba, Adam Brody, Paul Rudd, Famke Janssen, Justin Theroux, Gretchen Mol, Rob Corddry, Kerri Kenney, Winona Ryder, A.D. Miles, Liev Schreiber, Oliver Platt, Ken Marino, Joe Lo Truglio, Ron Silver, Jason Antoon, Reed Birney, Michael Ian Black, Jonathan Davis, Monique Dupree, Arlen Escarpeta, Ben Garant, Zandy Hartig, Thomas Lennon, Ali Marsh, Michael Mulheren, Michael Showalter, John Tormey, David Wain, Joey Sontz, Seth Herzog, Mather Zickel, Siri Baruc, David Fariborz Davoodian, Michael Ziegfeld, Cedric Sanders, Kevin Allison, H. Jon Benjamin, David Fariborz Davoodian
Directed By:
David Wain
Written By:
Ken Marino, David Wain
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The Ten (2007)
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Movie Review by Jarrod
August 9th, 2007
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'The Ten' has already been routinely condemned by Christians, for its intentionally blasphemous and vulgar nature, a comedy inspired by the 10 Commandments, the holy laws supposedly given to Moses on Mount Sinai by God himself. The narrator is Jeff (Paul Rudd), who is cheating on his wife (Janssen) with Jessica Alba. His story ties into the commandment about adultery, but each segment exists independently of the other, though certain characters may show up more than once. Gretchen Mol is Gloria, who actually has sex with Jesus (played by Justin Theroux). Winona Ryder is Kelly, who falls in love with a wooden dummy. The rather blatant irony is that her skit has to do with stealing.
I have to admit, 'The Ten' has some funny moments, and it never offended me, since I am not religious, but it is designed to offend, make no mistake about that, and it does whatever it can to make sure that Christians will be outraged. The laughs are not consistent, though, and some entire segments are just poorly conceived, especially the one about the men who have naked get-togethers on Sunday while their wives are at church (this is homoerotic and a little creepy). Rudd, Ryder, Mol, and Theroux give solid performances, compared to the rest of the cast, but I think 'The Ten' might get caught up its own effort to be controversial that it just neglects everything else.
Inevitably, 'The Ten' will draw comparisons to Decalogue, from Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski, which was a collection of ten, one-hour dramas that all contained some kind of moral message. Morality was clearly not on the minds of director David Wain and co-writer Ken Marino. The film is obscene, indecent, not terribly clever or smart, not subtle or provocative, but I suppose there is an audience for it, and there are those who might find it more amusing than I did.
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