{"id":3042,"date":"2007-04-24T18:45:49","date_gmt":"2007-04-25T01:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2021-01-18T01:53:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T08:53:52","slug":"10-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3042","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;10&#8221; (1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;She was the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Poster-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-64143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Poster-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Poster-1-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Poster-1-180x270.jpg 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Poster-1.jpg 502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA middle-aged composer (Dudley Moore) in a steady relationship with a singer (Julie Andrews) becomes obsessed with a beautiful young woman (Bo Derek) he spots through a car window.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blake Edwards Films<\/li>\n<li>Composers<\/li>\n<li>Dudley Moore Films<\/li>\n<li>Julie Andrews Films<\/li>\n<li>Midlife Crisis<\/li>\n<li>Obsessive Love<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAlthough <em>&#8220;10&#8221;<\/em> immediately evokes images of cornrowed sex goddess <a href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/bo%20derek\">Bo Derek<\/a> running across a beach, it&#8217;s not her story; instead, the film centers on a man (Moore) who has fame, money, and a beautiful lover, yet suffers from the incurable sense that the grass is always greener &#8212; sexually speaking &#8212; on the younger side. Unlike the obnoxiously dissatisfied schmuck played by Albert Brooks in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2397\"><em>Modern Romance<\/em> (1981)<\/a>, Moore&#8217;s restless composer makes for an unusually sympathetic protagonist: he&#8217;s someone we care about even though we immediately recognize the folly of his desires. <\/p>\n<p>Andrews is fine as Moore&#8217;s long-suffering girlfriend, and gets to sing a couple of nice Henry Mancini songs &#8212; but her too-perfect British accent quickly becomes distracting. More impressive, believe it or not, is Derek, who &#8212; once she finally becomes a three-dimensional character rather than simply the distant object of Moore&#8217;s lust &#8212; gives a natural and appealing performance. Though director Blake Edwards tries a bit too hard for laughs with his repeated attempts at slapstick humor (as when Moore tumbles down a hill and struggles to climb back up again), overall this remains a surprisingly honest look at middle-aged male sexuality. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dudley Moore as the lust-struck composer<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Dudley-Moore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Dudley-Moore.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Dudley-Moore.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Dudley-Moore-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Dudley-Moore-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Dudley-Moore-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Beautiful Bo Derek in her first significant screen role<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Bo-Derek.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Bo-Derek.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Bo-Derek.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Bo-Derek-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Bo-Derek-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Bo-Derek-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Moore&#8217;s constant voyeurism through his telescope<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Spying.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Spying.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Spying.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Spying-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Spying-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/10-Spying-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look simply to see Derek in her infamous breakthrough role. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0078721\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1979\/10\/05\/archives\/screen-10-spoofs-pursuit-of-happiness-in-lasuccess-through-failure.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/10-1979\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;She was the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.&#8221; Synopsis: A middle-aged composer (Dudley Moore) in a steady relationship with a singer (Julie Andrews) becomes obsessed with a beautiful young woman (Bo Derek) he spots through a car window. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Blake Edwards Films Composers Dudley Moore Films Julie Andrews Films Midlife Crisis Obsessive Love Romantic Comedy Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Although &#8220;10&#8221; immediately evokes images of cornrowed sex goddess Bo Derek running across a beach,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3042\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3042"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64149,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042\/revisions\/64149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}