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Blake Edwards' 10 stars Dudley Moore as George, a Mancini-type songwriter. Approaching
middle age, George feels as if life is passing him by -- especially sex life.
He becomes obsessed from afar with the Jenny (Bo Derek), who is engaged to be
married. He follows her to Mexico without her knowledge. George arranges a meeting
with Jenny by saving the life of her fiance David (Sam Jones). Once he has made
her acquaintance, George discovers that he is basically too prudish and set
in his ways to begin an affair; in addition, Jenny is hardly the "unblemished"
girl he thought she was. Sadder but wiser, he returns to the arms of his longtime
lady friend "Sam" (Julie Andrews). Beyond renewing the popularity
of Maurice Ravel's "Bolero" and turning Bo Derek into a star, 10 was
also one of the most successful Blake Edwards films in years. It is distinguished
by the usual quota of cruel slapstick (mostly directed at the accident-prone
Moore) and scatological jokes, attractively packaged in Edwards' typical Laurel-and-Hardy
deliberate comic pace. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
