What at first comes off like a prolonged drama-class exercise gradually develops into a mildly satisfying, out-of-left-field romp with "10 Items or Less". What do you think? Maybe not.
November 29, 2006 (Press Release) --
It is an unassuming tale about unlikely kinship sprouting between two strangers over the course of a day.
Slight and wispy, it's a film that could only work with the gracious presence of someone like Morgan Freeman, who delivers an amiably laid-back performance that makes great use of his mellifluous voice and pokes self-denigrating fun at his history of crime thrillers featuring Ashley Judd.
Freeman forges a terrific bond with co-star Paz Vega. The two come together like old, old souls picking up where they left off after a long time apart.
Writer-director Brad Silberling, whose films include "Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events" and "City of Angels," takes a break from big Hollywood with this offbeat, intimate flick that's more of a lark than a film.
Freeman plays a movie star listed in the credits only as "Him," the character something of a riff on the actor himself (though in the film, Freeman hasn't worked in four years and is scouting comeback projects; in reality, Freeman's been as busy as ever, including his Academy Award-winning performance two years ago in "Million Dollar Baby").
Considering a role as night manager at a low-end supermarket in an independent film, Freeman's character heads out to a store in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson to research the part.
The sleepy, seedy market becomes a strange little bubble for a couple of hours as Freeman studies the customers and the workers, particularly cashier Scarlet (Vega), the spitfire who oversees the "10 Items or Less" checkout line.
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Slight and wispy, it's a film that could only work with the gracious presence of someone like Morgan Freeman, who delivers an amiably laid-back performance that makes great use of his mellifluous voice and pokes self-denigrating fun at his history of crime thrillers featuring Ashley Judd.
Freeman forges a terrific bond with co-star Paz Vega. The two come together like old, old souls picking up where they left off after a long time apart.
Writer-director Brad Silberling, whose films include "Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events" and "City of Angels," takes a break from big Hollywood with this offbeat, intimate flick that's more of a lark than a film.
Freeman plays a movie star listed in the credits only as "Him," the character something of a riff on the actor himself (though in the film, Freeman hasn't worked in four years and is scouting comeback projects; in reality, Freeman's been as busy as ever, including his Academy Award-winning performance two years ago in "Million Dollar Baby").
Considering a role as night manager at a low-end supermarket in an independent film, Freeman's character heads out to a store in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson to research the part.
The sleepy, seedy market becomes a strange little bubble for a couple of hours as Freeman studies the customers and the workers, particularly cashier Scarlet (Vega), the spitfire who oversees the "10 Items or Less" checkout line.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
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