10 Items or Less

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THUMBS DOWN TO FIRST LOOK PICTURES, 2010-02-17
Another waste of time film from First Look Pictures who make awlful films, although br /I was able to stomach this one to the end (as opposed to The Amateurs). br /Shot on seemingly poor quality videotape the actors sleep-walk through the "script". An interesting idea for a film if the producers would've paid for a good scriptwriter, but they didn't. Yawn. Let me know when Paz Vega learns how to speak English - she looks great but she has such a thick Spanish accent that I cannot understand her when she speaks English - maybe subtitles would help. br /Again - avoid all films produced by First Look Pictures. You can tell these films by the cheap graphics at the very beginning. Maybe these are films made by film school students where the name actors donate their time for tax deductions. br / br /

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I stopped watching after the first two minutes..., 2009-11-16
When the movie starts with someone dropping the F bomb in every sentence when it's not even in a valid context, it tells me that we have an ignorant A) character, B) actor, and C) DIRECTOR. They're nothing but sell-outs and propagating vulgarity in an unnecessary context. I'll make a point not to watch this directors movies. br / br /Even sadder is Morgan Freeman...you'd think he'd have more class or principles to put his foot down and not be a part of certain projects. Guess it's all about making a buck.

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A sweet fairy tale, 2009-09-05
After passing this film up many times on cable I finally just let it play when it came on and, wow, was I surprised. Sure, this is no slice of reality, but it is a sweet reflection of what may happen once in a while. Morgan Freeman plays his charming self and I hope to see Paz Vega in more films. A couple of other things: this was made really and truly on location. LA is filmed in LA. Brentwood is filmed in Brentwood. Carson is really Carson. For once filmmakers do not assume that no one from the place in question is ever going to see their movie. I'm a Morgan Freeman fan to start with, but after this like him even more.

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Pure fun: pleasant, light, entertaining and unpretentious, 2009-08-26
Morgan Freeman stars in this lightweight, very pleasant vehicle. Freeman is referred to as "Him" in the script. No, this is not a parody of the recent political campaign. It is the story of an out-of-work, but still famous, actor dropped off by an airhead driver at a neighborhood grocery in the midst of Carson, California, which looks like an run down town, to research a role in a potential independent film. Freeman is in a slough of self-doubt and despair. When he sees copies of his old movies being heavily discounted on DVD, he buries them deep in the display. br / br / He meets Paz Vega, who mans - er, womans - the "10 Items Or Less" lane. She is brash, angry, frustrated, wrapped up in a lousy marriage where her husband's lover works in the same store, is convinced that life is a dead end. br / br / Freeman and Vega form an unlikely alliance. He has no way to find his way back home to Brentwood - a highly unlikely experience - and she has to go to an interview that she is convinced will get her nowhere. br / br / Thus begins a series of light adventure in which both Freeman and Vega expand their horizons. br / br / This is a fun, light film. Freeman is Freeman playing Freeman and, unsurprisingly, he does it quite well. He waltzes through his scenes with an appealing lightness. Vega works hard as the bitter woman looking for a better life, while she is sure that she is not entitled to anything more than life in the "10 items or less" lane. br / br / The ending is pleasing. The whole film is pleasing. br / br / No great revelations here. Just a nice, pleasant film. br / br /Jerry br / br / br /

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As good as it gets!!, 2009-08-06
Its a great movie, actually its a "road" movie, like br /Midnight Run, but instead of Robert De Niro and Charles br /Grodin moving around you get Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega. br / br /Ms. Vega is a very sharp, but bitter cashier in a br /Latino grocery store who doesn't care much for people. br /She is constantly snapping and barking at every customer in br /the store, and never smiles. br / br /Morgan Freeman plays a "known" movie star who hasn't worked br /for a while and happens upon Paz Vega, (a/k/a Scarlett Morales) br /while he is researching the role of a Latino grocery store br /manager. br / br /The second Morgan Freeman lays eyes on Paz Vega, he is br /totally charmed by her. The funny thing is all she br /does is snap at everyone, and throughout the entire movie br /you can't help but be charmed by her too.