Would this movie even be remembered if it weren't for Bo Derek? Let's face it she simply isn't that good of an actress, and perhaps should never be allowed to emote on screen. Dudley is funny as usual, but this just isn't a great movie.

Dudley Moore plays George Webber, a successful composer who's got a good life. He's got money, a fancy house, a nice car and a great girlfriend played by Julie Andrews. But George is not happy. He's having a rather pathetic midlife crisis and just wants to score with some hot young babe. Enter Jenny, played by Bo Derek. She's a 10 and George wants her. Unfortunately for him the first time he sees her she's in the back of a car on her way to the church to be married. George crashes her wedding. Things which are meant to be funny happen there but they're not funny at all. And thus is set the tone for the whole movie. It tries to be funny and it fails miserably at it.Even the worst comedies usually have a few decent laughs sprinkled throughout. Not this one. There's not a laugh to be found. All the jokes and gags fall flat. All of them. What's worse is the way the movie painstakingly sets its gags up. You can see what's going to happen before it does. And you think, "They're not really going to do that are they? That won't be funny at all." And then inevitably, yes they do it at which point all you can do is groan. All the supposedly funny moments are telegraphed and none of them are actually funny. One bit with a crippled old tea lady goes on forever and may be the most painfully unfunny thing I've ever seen in any movie. Moore's character is completely unsympathetic. Jenny, the object of his desire, we never actually get to spend any time with until late on in the movie. Sadly we then find that while she may have a million-dollar body she has a 10-cent head. You feel sorry for poor Julie Andrews who is really slumming it by appearing in this dreck. She gives the movie whatever very little dignity it has. Never, no matter how bad a movie is, have I ever stopped watching it before it was over. This is as close as I've ever come to doing so. An absolutely excruciating movie to sit through. They should have spent less money on Bo Derek's hairstylist and more on getting a decent script.

If your idea of comedy falls in line with Mall Cop or The Hangover, this might not be the film for you. But it could be an eye opener.Revisiting "10" in the age of 3D corporate movies is like sitting down to a homemade feast prepared by that someone who really knows what they're doing - and keeps the wine flowing to loosen up the party. It's spicy while delicate, filling, but keeping you wanting more.Like so many greats of the '70s, it is personal and human to a fault. Above all this is a comedy about people: warts, slurs, bee stings, intoxication and all. Dudley Moore plays Beverly Hills composer George Webber like a virtuoso. A diminutive, somewhat immature, borderline alcoholic suffering from midlife crisis, he stalks a young "perfect 10" newlywed, stunningly portrayed by uber sex-symbol-to-be Bo Derek. George is about the last person you'd imagine rooting for, and yet, because of his charm, his abilities and his great wit, like a troubled friend we are right by his side. Perhaps most importantly, like all great comedies, his faults and excesses are grand caricatures of our own. There is a process he must go through; and as we may have already learned in our own experience, there is no way around it. But George is not the only one to gain our attention. Like a Robert Altman film, "10" is chock full of well rounded characters, being especially ahead of it's time by casting manly Robert Webber as George's gay song writing partner. Others have stated here that Julie Andrews - George's strong-natured girlfriend - is not alluring. But isn't that the point? How many men have beauty pageant girlfriends? In such casting, we go on George's journey to find out what's really important.While "10" plunges the human condition with authority, it never forgets that it is entertainment, and it's brand is comedy. "10" successfully manages to pepper its human dramas with deft pratfalls, abundant T&A and a steady course of stimulants that belonged to a screens of a different era. The witty banter is of the likes of Preston Sturges, updated to the Woody Allen era. Blake Edwards can have you rolling with laughter, salivating over a hot body, and then nearly in tears with just a man at a piano, unable to come to terms with himself and his world.Roger Ebert has an eloquent review which you can access here. In it he states, "There used to be a time, incredibly, when you couldn't have something just because you wanted it. "10" remembers that time." Along with George, I mourn this bygone era. As of this post, IMDb's user's review of 5.9 is not only a slap in the face, but a sad reflection on the movie going public in the day of the Movie McMuffin.

This Blake Edwards sex farce probably serves as his apology to his wife Julie Andrews for occasionally letting younger women catch his eye. It happens to all of us, unless we are somehow rich or famous. The younger women we still crave are just not into us older guys. But that's life. And it serves as a dilemma for Dudley Moore's George Webber character. His is a successful, yet undeniably aging composer who just turned 42. He seems to have a lot going for him including a wonderful girlfriend his age (Andrews), a fancy home in a swinging neighborhood, and a nice Rolls Royce. But one day while out on a drive, he catches the eye of a beautiful young bride-to-be on the way to her wedding. Webber then spends the majority of the film lusting after her.This film is a bit uneven when you break it down, but more often than not it succeeds. The laughs here come from Dudley Moore doing John Ritter style physical comedy. I do believe the show Three's Company was popular back then. The story on the other hand moves a bit too slowly than you'd hope. The material here just doesn't warrant a two-hour running time. The script does throw in some surprises here and there, mostly after Moore has located the girl in Mexico. And there he learns that the gap in their ages is dwarfed by their gap in values. It was a nice revelation.The acting is quite good here. Moore is delightful and his relationship with Andrews allows her to shine as well. Robert Webber takes a surprising turn as a gay songwriter partner of Moore's. The two seem to have the kind of relationship Bernie Taupin might have shared with Elton John. Its interesting to see what Brian Dennehy was up to before getting type-cast as the "macho man". Bo Derek wasn't the greatest actress, but she is a joy to behold in a physical sense. And she really gets very little screen time, anyway. Yes, the film looks quite dated, but the California of that time was infinitely more magical than the illegal immigrant and gang infested Kaleeforneea of today. All in all I'd say this film is worth about 7 of 10 stars.The Hound.