Synopsis
A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.
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Cast
- Dudley MooreGeorge Webber
- Julie AndrewsSamantha Taylor
- Bo DerekJenny Hanley
- Robert WebberHugh
- Dee WallaceMary Lewis
- Sam J. JonesDavid Hanley
- Brian DennehyDonald
- Max ShowalterReverend
- Rad DalyJosh Taylor
- Nedra VolzMrs. Kissell
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
Blake Edwards's "10" is perhaps the first comedy about terminal yearning. Like all great comedies, it deals with emotions very close to our hearts: In this case, the unutterable poignance of a man's desire for a woman he cannot have. - 90
Newsweek
Blake Edwards's riotous, deeply felt "10" proves just how many fresh turns are left on this well-traveled road and demonstrates again that a gifted writer-director can convert the most conventional commercial formulas into a movie as personal, in its way, as "Apocalypse Now." Edwards provides the side-splitting slapstick one expects from the maker of five "Pink Panther" movies, but he gives us something more: an introspective, bittersweet comedy of manners about a man whose voyeurism prevents him from seeing himself...This is the sort of classical Holly wood comedy that will still look good in 30 years. [15 Oct 1979, p.133] - 80
The New York Times
Blake Edwards's frequently hilarious new film, “10,” is the story of George's desperate efforts to come to terms with life in Southern California even though he knows he's inadequate. - 80
The Dissolve
10 has the rare and wonderful quality of being simultaneously a perfect sociological document of the era that created it, and strangely timeless in its obsessions. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
A funny if somewhat retrograde film. - 30
Washington Post
A sporadically funny, marginally interesting fiasco that might have evolved into a memorable romantic comedy. - 25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The biggest anti-bonus of all, however, is the subject itself: running amok in middle-age. The French have already gnawed that particular turkey meatless. Now it has been passed to North Americans, who are picking the bones. Those bones rattle. [6 Oct 1979]
