10 Items or Less

Plot

An actor (Freeman) prepping for an upcoming role meets a quirky grocery clerk (Vega), and the pair hit the road to show one another their respective worlds.

Release Year: 2006

Rating: 6.7/10 (8,653 voted)

Critic's Score: 54/100

Director:
Brad Silberling

Stars: Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Jonah Hill

Storyline
A well-known actor, who hasn't accepted a role in four years, is considering a project. The cousin of the director drives him to Archie's Ranch Market, in Carson, and drops him off to do a little research. He's fascinated by one of the checkers, Scarlet, a young woman from Spain with a preternatural ability to ring up items at the cash register. She hates her job, stuck at the 10 items or less lane. The actor chats her up, and when her shift ends, he asks for a ride. In the course of the afternoon, he helps her prepare for a job interview. She needs to have confidence, he needs to commit. Human contact, however brief, can change people.

Cast:

Morgan Freeman
–

Him

Paz Vega
–

Scarlet

Jonah Hill
–

Packy

Anne Dudek
–

Lorraine

Francisca Hernandez
–

Market Wife
/
Market Gossip #1

Nacho Pina
–

Market Husband

Hector Running-Hawk
–

Squeezing Customer

Alexis Hernandez
–

Cowed Customer

Silvia Curiel
–

Shocked Customer

Shawn Calizo
–

Scared Customer

Kumar Pallana
–

Lee

Rosa Diaz
–

Market Gossip #2

Hector Atreyu Ruiz
–

Gang Banger in Lowrider

Bobby Cannavale
–

Bobby

Leonardo Nam
–

Kid at Target

Taglines:
You Are Who You Meet

Release Date: January 2007

Filming Locations: Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Opening Weekend: $35,929
(USA)
(3 December 2006)
(15 Screens)

Gross: $81,416
(USA)
(17 December 2006)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

This was the first film in motion picture history that was legally available on the Internet while the film was still in theaters.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes:
In the opening scene in the van, as they are driving , the shifter is in park the entire time.

Quotes:

[first lines]

Him:
Sorry, what was your name again?

Packy:
Packy.

Him:
Packy?

Packy:
Yeah.

Him:
Are we lost, Packy?

User Review

Very human road story

Rating: 10/10


Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega are the mismatched pair who get in the car
and go about doing errands according to the need of one or the other.
Morgan Freeman is superbly human, relating with one and all, while Paz
Vega is the edgy cashier behind the "10 Items or Less" check out line,
intimidating customers and bored out of her mind. Together they
explore, discover, and learn from each other. To do that of course they
must be vulnerable, interested in change, and have a sense of humour,
all of which they both have. I wish this film was realistic, I wish
this type of story happened more often, I wish we didn't have to go to
the movies to realize that we can indeed connect with each other even
if we come from vastly different backgrounds. The film's message is
based in the open heart, and makes us wonder about the possibility of
another world where we meet each other from there – a world where peace
could be a possibility.