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The ten - Adam Brody, Winona Ryder, Liev Schreiber, David Wain

Threat advisory: Low - Low risk of entertaining activities

Movie propaganda

If He'd meant the commandments literally, He'd have written them in stone.

Comprised of ten vignettes, each one inspired by one of the Biblical commandments, The ten is an irreverent but hilarious illustration of how bad behaviour makes for good comedy. With each story told 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.

Theatrical propaganda posters

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film comedy religion Jewish Christian ten commandments thou shalt not

Persons of interest

Paul Rudd .... Jeff Reigert
Adam Brody .... Stephen Montgomery
Winona Ryder .... Kelly La Fonda
Ken Marino .... Dr Glenn Richie
Mather Zickel .... Louis La Fonda
Raisy Pereyra .... Dorothy Sheen
Edmund Genest .... Governor Beaumont Hutchins
Ron Silver .... Fielding Barnes
Heidi Neurauter .... Helen Campbell-Holland
Michael Ziegfeld .... Harlan Swallow
Jason Antoon .... Salazar 'Fred' McBairn
Andrea Rosen .... Polly 'Carol' Samuels
Chris Wylde .... Kevin Lipworth
Reed Birney .... Jim Stansel
Erica Oyama .... Bream Benson
Famke Janssen .... Gretchen Reigert
Gretchen Mol .... Gloria Jennings
AD Miles .... Oliver Jennings
Jason Sudeikis .... Tony Contiella
Paco Mauri .... Alfonso Zavata
Victoria Pérez .... Rosa Zavata
Justin Theroux .... Jesus H Christ
Tommy Nelson .... Noah Jennings
Beth Dover .... Sheila Contiella
Liev Schreiber .... Ray Johnson
Michael Mulheren .... Carvin 'Big Buster' Waggle
Jessica Alba .... Liz Anne Blazer
Oliver Platt .... Marc Jacobson
Rob Corddry .... Duane Rosenblum
Bobby Cannavale .... Marty McBride
Ken Marino .... Screenwriter
David Wain .... Screenwriter
David Wain .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

The ten official movie site
The ten film production notes
The ten QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Golden Trailer Awards 2008: Nominated: Best Voice Over

Studios and distributors:

Madman Cinema

Intelligence analyst

Secret Agent Acid Thunder

Theatrical report

It looked good at first, and I think there may have been some connection for each story intended but the first few didn't really link to each other. Or, perhaps the linkage was too deep for this analyst's interpretation skills. As a result I found it difficult to understand the point of this film beyond the fact that there are ten (10) commandments and the host is experiencing issues with all of them.

This was not the worst film I have seen recently (Red Mercury came very close) but it certainly was not the best. I suggest waiting for this DVD to become a weekly or perhaps hope for it to be broadcast as a midnight screening though I do not believe that to happen as Porkies is still a recurring favourite with the Major Networks.

The comedy movie The ten is directed by David Wain and stars Adam Brody, Winona Ryder, Liev Schreiber.