Ten 'til Noon
Ten 'til Noon
R | 30 March 2007 (USA)
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Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what exactly happened...and why.

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Softwing

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

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ChicDragon

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

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Hadrina

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Rio Hayward

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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MBunge

This movie went bad faster than a jug of milk left outside on a summer day in the Sahara Desert. These filmmakers came up with one good idea and then spent the 87 minutes of 10 'til Noon proving they had absolutely NOTHING else to offer. After watching this, I now believe inspiration should not strike some people.The good idea of this film is that it is about what happens one day to an interconnected group of people between 11:50 AM and Noon. The story is told in 10 minute segments where we see what happened to a different character in that amount of time. The first two segments are okay. They're not great, but they're good enough to keep your interest. Unfortunately, the 67 minutes that follow are awful and get worse as they go along. And when I say awful, I mean crappy 1970s sitcom awful.The first 10 minutes focuses on Larry Taylor (Rick D. Wasserman). He's a rich man who wakes up to discover Mr. Jay (Alfonso Freeman) and Miss Milch (Jenya Lano) starring at him. They're there to kill Larry. Mr. Jay is one of those hit men who talk like he went to finishing school and then got a philosophy degree. Miss Milch…just stands there.The second 10 minutes focuses on Larry's wife, Becky (Rayne Guest). She's having rough sex in a hotel room with Alan Free (Jason Hamer). Becky seems like the angriest woman in the world, yet Alan still inexplicably cares for her.The third 10 minutes focuses on Carter and Rush (Daniel Hagen and Dylan Kussman), two surveillance experts who masturbate in front of each other. Do you see what I mean about the story going downhill? Carter and Rush are spying on Becky and Alan for a man named Mr. Duke (Thomas Kopache).Mr. Duke is the subject of the fourth 10 minute segment as we see him arrange everything that's happened in the movie so far. I will admit there are a few moments in this stretch that are pretty good when Mr. Duke explains his plans to one of his henchmen, thanks mostly to the acting chops of Thomas Kopache. That doesn't change the fact you could cut this entire segment out of the film and it wouldn't affect anything.The fifth 10 minutes are about Leo (George Williams), the unintentionally buffoonish gangster that is Mr. Duke's boss and the reason why Becky is getting spied on and Larry is getting killed. Leo is more like Al Bundy than Al Capone, right up to having a wife he wants nothing to do with. Sheba (Jennifer Hill) walks around topless most of the time she's on screen and has a really ugly boob job. Whether these filmmakers deliberately cast an actress with a really ugly boob job to make some sort of point about the character of Sheba or if they just wouldn't know an attractive breast if it slapped them in the face, I can't say.I'll leave the remaining segments of 10 'til Noon to your imagination because, frankly, what you come up with in your own head will be better than what's actually in the movie.This is also one of those movies that doesn't have an ending. It just stops. When I was watching it and the end credits came up, I thought there HAD to be something more. Well, there was…but it was an epilogue that had nothing to do with the nonsensical way the main story finished. The epilogue did include some atrocious acting, making sure you finish the experience of viewing 10 'Til Noon with the worst possible aftertaste.The truth about 10 'til Noon is that these filmmakers came up with 20 minutes of watchable stuff, added 40 minutes of pointless dreck and another 27 minutes of drivel that made less sense than a dyslexic hamster. They should have just come up with 10 more minutes of decent material, add that to the first 20 minutes of this movie and been happy with a nice film festival entry. Instead they came up with a feature film that sucks. As Dirty Harry said, "A man's got to know his limitations".

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bision

I caught this movie while in L.A. a few moths ago. Two girls were handing out flyers in front of a theater during the brush fires near the Hollywood sign, Traffic was at a stand still so my wife and I took up the idea of a random movie in the middle of the day. We each paid 8 bucks to see the movie on the flyer, "Ten till Noon". When the film ended my wife turned to me in the lobby and said : "That kicked ass". "Yea it did" said I.This tight little flick flips the structure of a 90 minute movie experience on its head. Like a great roller coaster, it seems to be ready to jump the tracks, but yet it never did. When it was over and the blooper scenes spilled out and credits rolled, I felt that an epic story had been told in the compression that we, as humans, know as TIME. Hence the title, and it's star, the ticking, digital and all other devices that display TIME and how insane life is within 10 minutes. The subject matter pushes the R rating as far as R rating goes, and the actors make the reality real, gritty with the story pulling them in along with the viewer. Kudos to the director for holding shots and letting the build happen. You don't see many films brave and confident enough to hold shots and let images and dialog soak in. When the walls of horrific violence do come crashing down. Its as if the viewer (camera) is also in 20 feet of it and better run! The most refreshing film experience of 2007.

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adkins53

I recently had the privilege to view the motion picture Ten 'Til Noon. This movie is an edgy flick that's not for the whole family. It has many twists and turns that keep you guessing. Just when you think you knew what's going on, you find that you didn't know. This movie has it all; suspense, laughter, violence, betrayal, sex and a surprising love story. The story is told in the same ten minutes of the different characters that are linked in what appears to be a home invasion robbery. My mood was apathetic when the movie first started, but as each tale evolved my interest peaked. I couldn't wait to see what was next, even though it was sometimes shocking. The movie reminded me of a Quentin Tarantino directed movie and it had some of the suspense of "The Usual Suspects". After the movie was over, I found myself wanting to see it again. I feel that it would have this effect on most people or it would completely turn you off. The only question I had was "…what happened to Reuben?"

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againstdan

this film has the correct components to make a smart, sexy, funny, thriller that keeps the viewer glued while a complex plot is unfolded in a series of events that occur during the same ten min. period on the same day. the writing for the film is edgy and well done with great visual and audible sarcasm and dark humor. the acting is all well done and the actors help portray a cool style and sleek visual that aids the film in being the noir piece that it is, i highly recommend this film to anyone that is a fan of pulp fiction, Jackie brown, reservoir dogs, and any David Mamet film. the fact that this film was a low budget effort should not deter you from seeing this creative film. the cost of the film does not even begin to affect the quality of this picture or the caliber of the portrayed talent. the movie itself comes off as a polished, sleek film that doesn't fail to impress and enjoy.

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