10 Items or Less (2006)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Brad Silberling

Writer (WGA):

Brad Silberling (written by)

Release Date:

1 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

You Are Who You Meet

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Interview | Cashier | Change | Car Wash | Friendship

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 15	10:30 AM	SHOW
Sun. July 19	7:15 AM	SHOW

Cast

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

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

82 min | Canada:82 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:AL

Filming Locations:

Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Reveal Entertainment

Trivia:

At a press appearance before a screening at The Paramount Thearer in Charlottesville, Virginia, to WMRA radio's Terry Ward, Morgan Freeman said that this film fit right in with his own personal hope to shed his image as someone usually so heavy with gravitas.

Goofs:

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.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Him: Sorry, what was your name again?
Packy: Packy.
Him: Packy?
Packy: Yeah.
Him: Are we lost, Packy?

Movie Connections:

References Disciple of Death (1972)

Soundtrack:

En Este Varrio

A story to make you smile beginning to end, one of a kind

A great, funny, sweet movie with Morgan Freeman (who plays himself) and who meets a Spanish girl named Scarlet (Paz Vega) at a small store whilst researching a potential independent film. I was a bit dubious about the film for the first ten minutes but as soon as he was in the store I really started to enjoy the film. It shows how a positive attitude can change anything. It does not contain any complex plots and it is easy to follow but will lift the saddest of moods and make you smile all the way through without the need for petty cliché romance. It includes several scenes all the way through which make you clutch your sides with laughter. A very rare masterpiece!