- Release date: 2008
- Runtime: 96 min
- Genre: Comedy
- Starring: Paul Rudd, Adam Brody, Jon Hamm, Winona Ryder ... See all
- Director: David Wain
- Plot: Quirky inter-related stories. Standing by two tablets, Jeff promises to introduce ten short stories, each about one of the commandments. A man survives a fall from a plane and his... Read more
User Reviews
Funny film for smart people
Jul 09, 2008
ccrashh - imdb.com
Jul 09, 2008ccrashh - imdb.com
This will not be everyone's cup o' tea. If you are an avid fan of, oh I dunno, Adam Sandler or Wil Ferrel films, then you might want to steer clear of this one.It basically consists of 10 disparate stories... Full review
Lost
Apr 10, 2008
marcusdean118 - imdb.com
Apr 10, 2008marcusdean118 - imdb.com
This film had a good premise with a load of good actors. How did it not come out great? I believe this film just entered into the "Envy" status.Don't get me wrong there a few laughs (see Liev Screiber's phone... Full review
High Expectations...Low Acheivement
Apr 02, 2008
rfmaston - yahoo.com
Apr 02, 2008rfmaston - yahoo.com
i have been looking forward to this movie since i heard about it. huge fan of both stella and the state. went in with nothing but high expectations and i was so dissappointed. i actually have not been this dissatisfied with... Full review
The Bible itself is probably funnier.
Feb 11, 2008
mishellyjelly - imdb.com
Feb 11, 2008mishellyjelly - imdb.com
I had middling expectations for what I expected to be a clever comedy spoofing the 10 commandments, but this movie fell flat on its ass within the first 10 seconds of Paul Rudd's painfully wooden narrative. This movie was took... Full review
In the movie, THE TEN, the narrator introduces ten dramatizations where
Feb 07, 2008
tomohara - imdb.com
Feb 07, 2008tomohara - imdb.com
After having viewed this stinker, I can say 'Renter beware!' The jacket indicated a positive 'Thumbs Up' from the TV reviewers. What a mislead.I recall really laughing only once and can't pinpoint what scene sparked that laugh. I think it... Full review
Camp with a budget
Jan 17, 2008
equazcion - imdb.com
Jan 17, 2008equazcion - imdb.com
This literally reminds me of skits put together at summer camp. The stories are so ridiculous, it's as if they were written by people who didn't realize they'd ever actually make it to a big screen.But alas here they are,... Full review
Brushes away those ho hum summer comedies
Dec 13, 2007
design021 - yahoo.com
Dec 13, 2007design021 - yahoo.com
10 puncture wounds given to the 2 stone tablets of lifes laws, leaves the audience laughing, crying, disturbed, and most of all refreshed! to the 2 reviewers above who HAVE NOT even seen the film you need to pull the cobwebs... Full review
Too much talent to be so lame
Dec 13, 2007
marcojpolo - yahoo.com
Dec 13, 2007marcojpolo - yahoo.com
Not worth the money. Only slightly funny. The unnecessary cursing takes away from the story lines. More of a 'stupid funny' movie thats not funny.... Full review
Finally something different!
Dec 13, 2007
brokethebox - yahoo.com
Dec 13, 2007brokethebox - yahoo.com
What's really great about The Ten is that it breaks away from the typical Hollywood comedy. While it may be a bit "over the head" of some of the mainstream "herd" of movie-goers, those that actually do get the humour of... Full review
hysterical!
Dec 13, 2007
dannyo77777 - yahoo.com
Dec 13, 2007dannyo77777 - yahoo.com
Funniest movie I have seen in years! Every segment is fantastic! The ones that are especially hysterical are Gretchen Mol and Jesus, Winona falling madly in love with a dummy, Liev Schreiber and his CAT Scans - and the naked men... Full review
Critics Reviews
popsyndicate.com
The Ten is one of the funniest movies I saw last year.
The Ten is one of the funniest movies I saw last year.
I loved this movie in theatre, and I love it just as much on dvd.
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The Cinema Source
No reason necessary; its just a reward for the close observer, and like the rest of the movie, is both pointless and amusing.
And yet The Ten works for the very basic reason that its completely hilarious.
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Reel.com
That said, The Ten is still a resoundingly mediocre film that commits the cardinal sin of tedium.
Although the filmmakers' irreverent reinterpretation of the Ten Commandments is more miss than hit, Wain and Marino occasionally score a comic bulls-eye.
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Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews
THE TEN is not for the weak of heart or for those who like their bible verses a little more on this side of Narnia.
Although THE TEN would never be mistaken for a "religious" film, Marino and co-writer David Wain (who also directed) do tackle just about every sacred cow under the sun.
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Los Angeles Times
A collection of short films based on the Ten Commandments, "The Ten" is presented by Paul Rudd as a narrator character who lives in a black void with a pair of gigantic stone tablets lurking in the background.
Despite many giddy moments (and an extremely committed and very funny performance by Ryder), the conceit becomes gradually more exhausting, until somewhere around the seventh commandment you're ready to choose God's wrath over any more overproduced, A-list-acted throwaway TV sketches.
... Full Review
News
The Ten
moviesforguys.com –
2008-01-11
Rated: R Runtime: 93 min Rating: 3 out of 5 stars This is a series of comedy sketches about breaking the Ten Commandments. Sounds like a series of morality plays, but its really more an exercise in each segment trying ... Full Article
The Ten (2007)
ew.com –
2007-08-08
In a so-gnarly-it's-funny segment of David Wain's The Ten , a prison inmate figures that he's had enough of being violated by his gruff old slob of a cellmate. ... Full Article
The Ten
avclub.com –
2007-08-02
David Wain's thrilling, maddening, hilariously funny, and brutally unfunny new movie The Ten- a collection of interlinked short films based very, very loosely on the Ten Commandments-echoes the general arc of Woody Allen's career, with early, funny triumphs eventually giving... ... Full Article
David Wain and Ken Marino have been working together for over fifteen years, and it shows. Interviewed together, the two play off each other both for their own entertainment and for the sake of the poor journalists assigned to pick ... Full Article
The Ten
slantmagazine.com –
2007-06-14
compilation of ridiculous shorts based on the Ten Commandments, David Wain and Ken Marino's The Ten is as tonally divergent as possible from Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Decalogue . Look a little closer, however, and the two works share a couple... ... Full Article

PAUL RUDD CHEATS W/JESSICA ALBA, BREAKS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
The Ten Theme - Gary The Dummy Music Video
The Ten Trailer - UNRATED version
The Ten - UNrated Trailer


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