10 Items or Less gives you more. Time for a break and this was just the film to deliver it. Morgan Freeman is an actor who hasn't "committed" to a role in four years. The one under consideration (indie flick- "under the radar")has him playing a grocery store manager. So, in true actor tradition, he goes out to the field to observe what being a store manager means. On his journey, he meets a feisty grocery clerk, Scarlet (Paz Vega from Spanglish) who faithfully believes in 'ten items or less or nothing' rule. She hesitantly offers to help him after he is stranded at the grocery store. Like Alice in Wonderland, they go off through the rabbit hole and Freeman discovers a world he never before encountered; the real world. He finds Target mesmerizing and the car wash great fun. The awe and wonder he experiences is much like Kevin Spacey's "alien" character in K-PAX. "All the world's indeed a stage and we are merely players." This film could not be sweeter if it tried. It isn't a long film, but a short day-trip in movie-land. It is light and quietly funny. Freeman looks like he is actually having a good time. Vega is so believable that you forget she is playing a part. They have a connection that compliments each other without being lustful or naive. Review: A funny film that portrays our ideas (and maybe they are true) on how actors are.
