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10 Items or Less (2006) -- 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.
10 Items or Less (2006) -- 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.
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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Brad Silberling (written by)
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Release Date:
1 December 2006 (USA) more
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Tagline:
You Are Who You Meet more
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
High Scores for Honesty and Simplicity in a Meaningful Dialogue more (43 total)

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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
82 min | Canada:82 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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1.85 : 1 more
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This was the first film in motion picture history that was legally available on the Internet while the film was still in theaters. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When Scarlet is at her husband's trailer she refers to the Green Camero RS as a Pontiac. It is in fact a Chevrolet. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Him: Sorry, what was your name again?
Packy: Packy.
Him: Packy?
Packy: Yeah.
Him: Are we lost, Packy?
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Movie Connections:
References El macho bionico (1981) more
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Latin Thugs more

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24 out of 28 people found the following comment useful.
High Scores for Honesty and Simplicity in a Meaningful Dialogue, 29 April 2007
8/10
Author: gradyharp from United States

10 ITEMS OR LESS was made in two weeks on a shoestring budget by writer/director Brad Silberling, just a little film shot in Carson, CA that feels like the entire story was improvised...in the best sense of the word. Silberling had the good fortune to pair veteran actor Morgan Freeman, in between his big projects, with Spanish actress Paz Vega, and the result is a dialogue between two people from different vantages who manage to enhance the life of the other.

Morgan Freeman plays himself - yet part of the comedy is that he is depicted as an actor who has been out of work for four years, scouting a location for a little 'filler film' to get back into the flow of things. His 'role' is to be that of a market manager and he is dropped off at seedy market in Carson where he encounters, among others, one Scarlet, the girl at the argumentative 10 Items or Less checkout line. Not only is Scarlet tired of her static job, she is also generally angry about her philandering husband (Bobby Cannavale), currently sleeping with Scarlet's lazy co-worker (Anne Dudek), and her lack of ability to get a decent job elsewhere. The two pair after a few shared problems and off they go on a 'road trip' that results in each of the characters growing from the presence and life story of the other.

It is a simple story, simply told, but because of the tender bonding between Freeman and Paz it works very well. This is one of those little films about human relationships where being vulnerable to change and exchange is the message. It is well worth viewing, and this is a DVD that has featurettes that are touching, informative, and comic - a pleasure to view. Grady Harp

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