![]() ![]() Megan Bianco is a Southern California-based movie reviewer and content writer with a degree from California State University Northridge. But 10 is still an intriguing time capsule into a faded era that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and has themes that are still important. For example, there’s the subplot of George and his sexually liberated neighbor participating in casual, consensual voyeurism with telescopes, or Robert Webber’s character casually referred to as a “fag.” Make no mistake, husband and wife Edwards and Andrews have both made masterpieces before and afterwards together and on their own, and Moore found his signature role in 1981 with Arthur. ![]() There are some other elements that are of course, stuck in the 1970s. Granted, she is defending a very dated movement (hippie swingers), but at least she’s standing up for herself. Rather than be embarrassed or insulted by his reaction, Jenny casually explains they’re just from two different generations. HighSchoolFails About High School Fails: Surviving High School is brutal, but ta. ![]() During the big seduction scene George is shocked to discover she’s in an open marriage and not as modest as he had imagined, and remembers why he originally was with the more traditional Sam. BLAKE WEBBER was a stoner server at a swank restaurant, but not for long. On the surface one would assume Derek was simply supposed to supply eye candy for the lead and the audience, but evidently she also has a decent amount of character development. Dee Wallace even has a memorable appearance as a neurotic acquaintance during the hotel sequences when George follows Jenny to Mexico on her honeymoon. Take Andrews’ Sam, who isn’t as well-remembered as Derek’s Jenny, but has the best scene in the film when she and George debate the definition of the term “broad.” She calls him out on casual chauvinism in her own charming fashion, and also in usual Andrews fashion, she’s given two songs from Henry Mancini on the soundtrack: “He Pleases Me” and “It’s Easy to Say,: the latter a duet with Moore. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. ![]()
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