Adam Brody, Famke Janssen, Gretchen Mol

Comprised of ten vignettes, each one inspired by one of the Biblical commandments, "The Ten" is an irreverent but hilarious illustration of how bad behavior makes for good comedy. With each story told...( read more  read more... ) in a different style, but containing overlapping characters and themes, the film is a grand burlesque boasting an all-star cast that puts the sin back in cinema.

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R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: David Wain

Release Date: December 31, 2006

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DVD Release Date: January 15, 2008

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  • August 4, 2009
    Not as funny as I was hoping or expecting, given the fact that EVERY member of The State was in this movie. A great cast but unfortunately most of them aren't around long enough to enjoy as the stories are way too short. And that musical number at the end almost killed it for me....( read more) In the plus column, Jessica Alba and Adam Brody aren't around too much. Lots of great in-jokes and parts (namely the CAT scan segment with Liev Schreiber and the Oliver Platt segments.) The Ten is funny and the humor is great, it's just kind of a shame that the pace of the movie doesn't really allow the film to reach its full potential. A second viewing of the movie pretty much cemented my original opinion of the movie. Although it did leave me with a hankering for Roberta Flack...
  • March 27, 2009
    Should have been much more ammusing (and biting) given the cast and writters that were involved, but still an enjoyable film.

    A (very loose) modern interpretation of the ten commandments.

    Worth seeing just for Winona Ryders brilliant & hilarious performance (involving a v...( read more)entriiloquists dummy) in the "charming" vignette for the 8th commandment: "Thou shall not steal".
  • December 29, 2008
    I thought some parts were so0o0o funny! I liked it alot
  • June 3, 2008
    10 "funny" episodes of the commandments. Funny? Well not really. If 2 episodes out of 10 are funny, and the rest just crap, is it worth a look? Nuff said...
  • April 23, 2008
    Very vulgar, but funny in spots.
  • October 28, 2009
    started watching the film, and got only to the fourth story before gave up. The humor is strange and the stories are just stupid and very not intelligent. SKEEP IT!
  • October 20, 2009
    After watching this movie I thought "Why did I just sit through that movie?" After wathcing it a second time you appreciate the comedy a little more. I despised the end montage though. It turned the rest of the vingettes into mush with a crappy feel good-trying to hard to be funn...( read more)y-song.
  • October 3, 2009
    The most interestingt thing to this movie for me would be the cast. On the surface, these are not your typical comedic actors as would might except. I dont see Adam, or Will, Ben, or Owen, or Sean William, et. al. The cast is mostly ppl who have portrayed more serious roles...yet...( read more) they are doing a comedy. Could be interesting, if they can pull it off.
  • September 29, 2009
    sounds like a heretic comedy....it good that it exploits all religious precepts:D
    i have some ideas for it. this movie was bland and gentle as compared to my idea of The ten.
  • August 30, 2009
    Crap. I thought I'd enjoy this but the only thing that lifted the film was Liev Schreiber. Very disappointed.

Critic Reviews


August 4, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim

It is as if the filmmakers created an 11th commandment of their own: Thou Shalt Not Laugh. And we don't. full review

August 2, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

The film is far from a perfect 10, with hit-and-miss writing, an over-reliance on cheap shocks and solid laughs in maybe five of the sketches. Given their brief running time, the weaker efforts are of... full review

July 29, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

The Ten is, I guess, sacrilegious in the strictest sense of the term, and its interest in investigating the commandments can be skin deep, as they're often used as mere pretext for ribald nonsense. full review

April 26, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

One problem: The movie's just not funny. full review

April 5, 2007
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

The Ten, admittedly, is not Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue. [Director] Wain's pieces are just jumping-off points for screwball improv and inspired throwaways. full review

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  • ccumminges
    March 13, 2008
    DUME
  • blondeb1mbo
    February 11, 2008
    very disappointing. It seems like it would be so clever on the face of it, but it is just ridiculous.
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    July 30, 2007
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  • JeT0425
    July 17, 2007
    Looks absolutely hilarious.
  • NareshIyer
    June 7, 2007
    Since Adam Brodey acted in the movie, guess it will rock..

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