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The Ten (2007)

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Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 81
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 51

Although a few of the sketches that make up The Ten are humorous, the uneven and random tone of the film cause it to fall apart.

Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 17

Although a few of the sketches that make up The Ten are humorous, the uneven and random tone of the film cause it to fall apart.

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Much of the group responsible for MTV's The State -- including director/actor David Wain and performers Ken Marino, Kerri Kenney-Silver, and Joe Lo Truglio -- reunite for this outrageous, irreverent, and raunchy sketch comedy, which skewers the Ten Commandments. In the framing sequences, comedian Paul Rudd (who collaborated with much of the cast on Wet Hot American Summer and The Baxter) stands on a black stage with giant Biblical tablets projected behind him and promises to deliver ten

R, 1 hr. 39 min.

Comedy

Directed By: David Wain

Written By: Ken Marino, David Wain

In Theaters: Jan 19, 2007 Wide

On DVD: Jan 15, 2008

Box Office:$0.5M

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Cast

Paul Rudd
Jeff Reigert
Famke Janssen
Gretchen Reigert
Gretchen Mol
Gloria Jennings
Winona Ryder
Kelly La Fonda
Jessica Alba
Liz Anne Blazer
Adam Brody
Stephen Montgomery
Rob Corddry
Duane Rosenblum
Justin Theroux
Jesus H. Christ
Liev Schreiber
Ray Johnson
Oliver Platt
Marc Jacobson
Ken Marino
Dr. Glenn Richie
Kerri Kenney-Silver
Bernice Jaffe
A.D. Miles
Oliver Jennings
Thomas Lennon
Scotty Pale
Joe Lo Truglio
Paul Mardino
Mather Zickel
Louis La Fonda
Michael Ziegfield
Harlan Swallow
Jason Sudeikis
Tony Contiella
Ron Silver
Fielding Barnes
Bobby Cannavale
Marty McBride
Cedric Sanders
Greg Jaffe
Arlen Escarpeta
Todd Jaffe
Reed Birney
Jim Stansel
Janeane Garofalo
Nuclear Power Plant Shi...
Jerry Grayson
Junkie Floyd Congril Di...
Rashida Jones
Hostess Rebecca Fornier
Zak Orth
Prosecutor/Tour Guide B...
Michael Showalter
Police Lt. Flarn Bleern
John Tormey
Junkie Jerry Park
Michael Ian Black
Prison Guard Jambert Sa...
David Wain
Abe Grossman
Jason Antoon
Salazar "Fred" McBairn
Joe Passaro
Xylophone Player Clovis...
Zandy Hartig
Sally Johnson
Charlie McDermott
Jake Johnson

Critic Reviews for The Ten

All Critics (84) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (53) | DVD (9)

...brings to mind the fondly remembered Kentucky Fried Movie/Amazon Women on the Moon anthos from the '70s and '80s.

January 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Film.com

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Mark Bourne

Film.com

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Those worried about incurring God's wrath by seeing The Ten, don't concern yourselves -- by watching the film, you've suffered enough.

August 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Arizona Republic

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Scott Craven

Arizona Republic

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Thou shalt be funny. Thou, in this case, isn't.

August 23, 2007 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

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Perhaps the Bible needs an 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore. That might stem misfires such as The Ten.

August 17, 2007 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle

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Bruce Westbrook

Houston Chronicle

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If there were Ten Commandments for filmmaking, one would certainly be: Thou shalt not pass off sketch comedy as a feature film, especially when charging $9 a ticket.

August 17, 2007 Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press

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John Monaghan

Detroit Free Press

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The Ten is nowhere near a 10. Let's call it a six.

August 17, 2007 Full Review Source: Detroit News

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Tom Long

Detroit News

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The beyond-goofy collection of Commandment-inspired vignettes has funny moments, but it's a wildly uneven anthology, with three or four clunkers for every genuine chuckle.

July 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Times-Picayune

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Mike Scott

Times-Picayune

Rudd, whose wry deadpan proved indispensable in Judd Apatow comedies like 'The 40 Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up,' is used here mostly as a straight man, the host in charge of introducing stories that drift along without any real destination.

April 22, 2008 Comment

Rossiter Drake

San Francisco Examiner

A blasphemous parody so painful to sit through it seems designed by the Almighty as punishment for heathens and sinners.

January 11, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

A blasphemous parody so painful to sit through it seems designed by the Almighty as punishment for heathens and sinners.

January 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Mount Desert Islander

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Kam Williams

Mount Desert Islander

Most of the segments are as clueless about their designated commandment as they are about what's supposed to be funny.

September 22, 2007 Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly

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Josh Bell

Las Vegas Weekly Source: Las Vegas Weekly

Some bits... are shockingly funny. Others, like the surgeon who causes a woman's death "as a goof," are just shocking without the funny.

September 14, 2007 Comment

Sean Means

Salt Lake Tribune

Three of the comic segments in The Ten are sort of funny. Three others are just so-so. And the remaining four are just dumb, painfully unfunny and/or downright crude.

September 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Jeff Vice

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The Ten is, while not "bad," nor "unfunny," surely not as good as it had ought to be.

September 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

One guesses the talent that signed up for this negligible movie did so out of good will for Wain and Marino. Or maybe they all did it ... as a goof.

September 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

we leave the theater feeling like we've just been at a church service that went on a little too long.

September 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI)

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Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

If you're looking for ha-ha funny, then The Ten is probably not for you -- you'll be more likely scratching your head in befuddled wonderment.

August 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

Any of the film's concepts would be pretty funny in a tossed-off 'Saturday Night Live' skit, but presenting these absurdist ideas in the context of an impeccably produced albeit low-budget motion picture somehow sucks the comic air from the room.

August 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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A certain critic described this movie as "The Best Comedy since Borat". I hardly agree. In fact, I would more likely argue The Ten to be one of the worst comedies I've ever seen, along with Epic Movie and Evan Almighty. Believe it or not, but I even think Evan Almighty was a little less bad, as it at least had

November 18, 2007

Mike S

Super Reviewer

The Ten is a really crazy movie. It feels more like an Adult Swim live action show then a movie and should of just been fifteen minutes long. This movie has this random, hit or miss style of humor which truly buries itself in the ground. It consists of sketches based off the ten commandments and tries to be satirical,

March 3, 2012

Chris Miele

Super Reviewer

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