10 (1979)

Undescribable Perfection

People are voting emotionally.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I can't believe I wasted 2 hours watching this drivel. Have heard about this movie for years and just watched it for the first time. I shouldn't have bothered. Sad, pathetic, man with girlfriend spots his dream girl and decides to follow her on her honeymoon with hopes of getting lucky. Incredibly, he gets his chance, not only with her but also another woman.Even stupider, his girlfriend puts up with this jerk and takes him back when he decides he'll settle for her instead. Lucky girl! Women in the real world don't put up with this crap, not even in the 70's. Even more unbelievable is the man's even more homely neighbour that has a house load of different, naked women everyday. I know it's supposed to be a comedy, but come on!Also on that note, it is the saddest excuse for comedy I have ever seen. There is a mildly amusing song sung by a priest but Dudley Moore's' overacting in trying not to laugh ruins the moment.I can't recall any other humour in this drab story. Did I mention it is slow moving, unsexy and completely boring? There is not one likable,sympathetic character in the entire movie. Sexist, demeaning, pathetic, supposedly male fantasy movie.

Popular songwriter George Webber (Dudley Moore) turns 42. He tells his singer girlfriend Samantha Taylor (Julie Andrews) that his life started at 40. He's having a midlife crisis. He is constantly fixated on young women. He follows one in particular who is a bride on her way to her wedding. Jenny Miles (Bo Derek) is the daughter of a prominent Beverly Hills dentist. He is struggling with the constant orgy next door, problems with Sam and drilling Jenny's father for information which leads to six cavities. He becomes fixated on Jenny and even follows the newlyweds on their honeymoon in Mexico.George is utterly sad, pathetic and not always funny. He just isn't adorable like his character in 'Arthur'. They're both sleazy sex fiends but there's a meanness in George. Whereas Arthur is self-destructive, George is simply selfish. It's not quite as appealing. Also Arthur has a soul mate which Julie Andrews isn't playing in this movie. I'm probably less attracted to her character here more than anything. There are moments of fun but they are fleeting.

This picture hit the movie screen on October 5 1979 Starring: Dudley Moore as George Webber, Julie Andrews as Samantha Taylor, and Bo Derek as Jenny Hanley.Summary: The picture opens with Samantha giving a surprise birthday party for her good friend George Webber. After the party and a good night sleep, George gets up an goes to the local club. George is a songwriter and likes to go to the club to play the piano. After playing the piano, George gets in his car and starts for home. While sitting at a stop sign, George looks over to the car next to him where he sees a beautiful blonde-haired woman in the back sit of a Royce with her wedding gown on. George decides he's going to follow the Royce to see where it's going. Every turn the Royce made, George would make the same turn. When the Royce stops at a local church, George decides to go around it and hits a police car head on in the process. So now, George has to try to explain to the officer why he was driving like that. After hearing George explanation, he decides to give George a ticket anyway. George is given a ticket for the following, an expire drivers license, no registration, no insurance and wreck less driving. So after the police leave George pulls his car of the road and tries to sneak into the church to see the wedding. While hiding near the flowers so no one could him, a bee crawls up his nose and he gets stung and knocks over the flowers. Therefore, after the day he has had, he gets into his car and heads for home. After having a couple of drinks, George goes out onto his porch to look in his telescope. Now most people have telescopes to look at the stars, however, George uses his for looking across the grounds into other people's bedroom. Therefore, George and Samantha get into bed and start to talk when George uses the word broad. After getting into an argument about the word instead of spending the night Samantha gets her stuff and heads home leaving George to spend the night alone. The next day George has to go to the dentist to get work done on his mouth. After several hours in the dentist chair, the dentist gives George a prescription for pain pills. The problem George has is he also has cotton in his mouth and can't talk right. Therefore, Samantha calls a couple of times and when George answers the phone, she can't understand what he's saying so she keeps hanging up on him. So after several more tries Samantha calls the police to go to George house to check on him. In the mean time, George has been mixing his pain pills with his scotch and by the time, the police get to George house he's feeling no pain at all. After things continue to go wrong, George calls a travel agent and makes a trip to go to Aural Mexico. After his plane lands and being as drunk as a skunk, George goes straight to his room an passes out. After sleeping of his scotch, George goes to the lounge for a cup of much needed coffee; the bride he saw in the car comes over and sits down beside him. Now things are going off the wall and George doesn't no what to do next. Here's some extra news and notes about this film. George Segal was suppose to play the role of George Webber but walked off the set shortly after production started. The song that was being played during the love scene with Dudley Moore and Bo Derek was titled Ravel's, which means Bolero. Later in Bo Derek's career she would star in a movie titled Bolero, which hit the screen in 1984. Although this movie's title was widely understood to say that Bo Derek's looks rated 10 out of 10, the rating actually given to her character's looks in the scene where the subject arises is 11 out of 10.My Thoughts: However, I don't think that Bo Derek should have been cast for this role. There were several actresses that I think could have fill the role a lot better. Raquel Welch would have looked good running down a beach in a one-piece suit. In addition, Lynda Carter, Rosa Blasi, and Jaclyn Smith would have filled the role far better then Bo Derek. When you talk about all three actresses Lynda, Raquel, Rosa, and Jaclyn are far more then tens and would have made the movie a lot better. Therefore, the weasel stars I can give this movie is 8

Amazing for so many reasons:It's Dudley Moore at his comedy best ('Arthur' certainly wasn't),it has Dudley playing the finest rendition of Macini's 'Easy To Say',it has Julie Andrew's incredible voice and it has Bo Derek at her prettiest.There's something in there for everyone. As a youngster I remember liking this film for the titillating scenes with Bo Derek in them, but becoming a fan of Dudley Moore as an adult and being a pianist myself, the man's comedy timing and musical talent are a joy to behold.The only puzzling thing about this film is the title. As, when asked by his psychiatrist, 'what score would you give (Bo Derek) out of a maximum of 10' - he say's '11'. So really, the film should be called '11'.