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Writer (WGA):
Brad Silberling (written by)
Release Date:
1 December 2006 (USA)
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An actor (Freeman) prepping for an upcoming role meets a quirky grocery clerk (Vega), and the pair hit the road to show one another their respective worlds. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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Morgan Freeman's Movie To Go to Theaters and Web on Same Day
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(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 17 October 2006)
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smart, funny, bittersweet
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Morgan Freeman | ... | Him |
 | Paz Vega | ... | Scarlet |
 | Jonah Hill | ... | Packy |
 | Anne Dudek | ... | Lorraine |
| Francisca Hernandez | ... | Market Wife / Market Gossip #1 |
| Nacho Pina | ... | Market Husband |
| Hector Running-Hawk | ... | Squeezing Customer |
| Alexis Hernandez | ... | Cowed Customer |
| Silvia Curiel | ... | Shocked Customer |
| Shawn Calizo | ... | Scared Customer |
| Kumar Pallana | ... | Lee |
| Rosa Diaz | ... | Market Gossip #2 |
 | Hector Atreyu Ruiz | ... | Low-riding Gang Banger |
| Bobby Cannavale | ... | Bobby |
| Leonardo Nam | ... | Kid at Target |
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Rated R for language.
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82 min | Canada:82 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Morgan Freeman's character is referred to as having starred in a film with Ashley Judd. Freeman starred with Judd in Kiss the Girls (1997) and High Crimes (2002).
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Continuity: As "Him" is walking through the store, after the mop demonstration, he does not have a mop. But when they are outside walking to the car, he has one.
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References Disciple of Death (1972)
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Las Isabeles
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I'm a big fan of Morgan Freeman. 'The Shawshank Redemption' ranks at the top of my all-time favorite movies. But I have to admit that I have often wondered about his choice of roles. So many of his titles were big budget clichés with no heart. '10 Items Or Less' for me marks the return of Freeman to a role that truly showcases his considerable acting talents.
Freeman plays an unnamed, formerly big time Hollywood actor who hasn't worked in several years. He has been offered a part in an unspecified indi picture for which he is doing some research at a grocery store in a poor neighborhood in LA. After being stranded there by his flaky driver, Freeman is offered a ride home by checkout girl Scarlet (Paz Vega), whom he has semi-befriended. Before she can take him home, however, Scarlet has a big job interview she needs to get to, and Freeman agrees to tag along in exchange for the ride.
The movie follows Scarlet and Freeman to several locations, but the movie is really just a character piece about the interactions between the two. Freeman is the quintessential disconnected Hollywood type who hasn't heard of Target, and doesn't know his own telephone number or even what day of the week it is. He spouts wisdom from the Dalai Lama filtered thru his 'the whole world is but a stage' mentality, and repeatedly calls Scarlet's job interview an 'audition'. And yet he has a way with people, a way of affecting them that extends beyond his fame. He is a fan of humanity. He studies them, asks incessant questions about them, and delights in their quirks where others would simply be annoyed. In Scarlet, he sees the stubborn, proud loner that he was; he sees the man he used to be.
Scarlet, for her part, displays a fierce pride and sharp tongue that serve to hide her own insecurities about herself. Vega plays the role with a connection to Freeman that skates the line between an almost daughterly love and physical attraction, although she plays it beautifully and it's not at all as creepy as it sounds. But even as she feels her connection to Freeman grow, Scarlet has a keen eye for the reality of their different worlds and cuts thru Freeman's Hollywood bull*hit with a sharp pragmatism that refuses to accept anything but the truth.
The movie is smart, funny, and well written, with dialogue that is simple but effective. I read one IMDb review that said the lines were 'stilted', which I think is a misinterpretation of realistic human speech. There are no big soliloquies here, no deep soul searching moments. And so the trick is, I think, to show how people in ordinary, everyday life can forge connections with one another. And I think Freeman and Vega pull it off beautifully, painting a picture of a bond between two people that glitters like sun on the ocean, ethereal and elusive. Long after it's gone it lives on in your memories, tantalizing you with what might have been. OK, that was a bit flowery, but I really did like the performances and the movie. I would definitely recommend it.