The Ten commits the mortal sin of comedy, it's simply not funny. It thinks that just being crude or extreme is enough to merit the label of comedy.
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08/18/07
The Ten (2007)
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Reviews Counted:79
Fresh:30
Rotten:49
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: 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.
Reviews for The Ten
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.
08/24/07
Let's talk about Paul Rudd. I think he may be in every film in 2007 and that's okay by me, because Paul Rudd has become an acting Man-God.
03/17/07
Most of the segments are as clueless about their designated commandment as they are about what's supposed to be funny.
09/22/07
This is one of those films where the humor is of the hit-and-miss variety, and it misses more often than it hits. The jokes are transparent. It's not difficult to divine what's supposed to be funny.
08/03/07
...brings to mind the fondly remembered Kentucky Fried Movie/Amazon Women on the Moon anthos from the '70s and '80s.
01/15/08
The Ten is, while not "bad," nor "unfunny," surely not as good as it had ought to be.
09/12/07
One problem: The movie's just not funny.
04/26/07
a foul-mouthed, dirty-as-diapers, Republican-baiting retelling of the Ten Commandments
08/02/07
A Decalogue for special-ed students, The Ten leans too often toward the bizarre and the bewildering.
08/03/07
Top CriticDespite many giddy moments, 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.
08/02/07
Top CriticThe humor in The Ten is hit-or-miss, with some of the comedy and performances feeling kind of forced. Still, if you're in the mood for an unconventional Sunday school lesson, go see The Ten, "as a goof"!
08/09/07
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 off the screen in short order.
08/02/07
Those worried about incurring God's wrath by seeing The Ten, don't concern yourselves -- by watching the film, you've suffered enough.
08/30/07
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.
08/25/07
Yeah we liked this movie (with our self-proclaimed warped senses of humor), but we KNOW it's not for everyone, so thou shalt not blame us if you don't enjoy it as much as we did.
08/23/07
The product of restless comic imaginations that would rather bounce to the next idea than milk the previous one for every drop. Some viewers may be exhausted by the barrage, but few will complain of not getting their money's worth.
04/03/07
Top CriticHilarious stuff, though many of the segments go on too long, so that the gags tend to wear out their welcome.
01/25/07
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.
04/22/08
Too often, The Ten is simply not funny enough, stretched thin by ideas played out too long.
08/03/07
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