10 Items or Less

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Toronto Film Festival 2006

10 Items or Less

10 Items or Less is a comedy that pairs two perfect strangers whose chance meeting over the course of one day creates an unexpected bond, and reminds them both that life still has the opportunity to surprise.

Far from his hermetically sealed enclave of LA's Westside, a gregarious yet commitment-phobic film star is deposited at a small ethnic market in one of LA's inland empire melting pot communities where he hopes to research the next great role he's sure to turn down – only to discover, upon arrival, that his research target, the store's manager, is nowhere to be found. Just as quickly, he discovers that he has no idea how to get home, no means to do so, and must rely now upon the reluctant kindness of the one young Latina grocery checker who will agree to get him home – but only if he rides along with her through the rest of her day . . . a day, he discovers, that will change both of their lives.

  • Morgan Freeman
    Him
  • Paz Vega
    Scarlet
  • Bobby Cannavale
    Bobby
  • Anne Dudek
    Loraine
  • Jonah Hill
    Kid (Packy)
  • Leonardo Nam
    Kid At Target
  • Jennifer Echols
    Tracey With An 'E'
  • Kumar Pallana
    Lee
  • Jim Parsons
    Receptionist
  • Hector Atreyu Ruiz
    Low-Riding Gang Banger
  • Alexandra Berardi
    Mop Lady
  • Written and Directed by
    BRAD SILBERLING
  • Produced by
    LORI MCCREARY - JULIE LYNN - BRAD SILBERLING
  • Executive Producer
    MORGAN FREEMAN
  • Co-Producer
    KELLY THOMAS
  • Director of Photography
    PHEDON PAPAMICHAEL, ASC
  • Production Designer
    DENISE PIZZINI
  • Edited by
    MICHAEL KAHN, A.C.E.
  • Costume Designer
    ISIS MUSSENDEN
  • Original Music by
    ANTONIO PINTO
  • Music Supervisor
    DAWN SOLER
  • Casting by
    AVY KAUFMAN, CSA

"A lovely antidote to the bloated, self-important movies that tend to dominate the season … hard to resist." (A. O. Scott, The New York Times)

"This is a sharp little slice of whimsy with Freeman giving a funny, very-laid back and sometimes touching performance." (Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper)

"Worth discovering, and it can be discovered by each person who watches it, no matter how many reviews are read, no matter how many friends see it and recommend it. It's just that kind of movie." (Rory L. Aronsky, Film Threat)

"It's hard to convey how completely charming this off-the-cuff, 82-minute movie is. Morgan Freeman, who is 69 years old and has possibly never given a poor performance, is at full-glow here."(Kurt Loader, MTV)