Josh Peck
Chris
Overview
A day in the life of two best friends, a drug dealer, and a store manager collide at a hip-hop concert in the Inland Empire.
Cast
12 people
Reviews
4 min readA Day in the Life of Nothing Much
I’ve seen a lot of movies about nothing. Not in the Seinfeld sense—those were about the minutiae of urban life, the tiny absurdities that add up to something like meaning. No, I mean movies that are actually about nothing.
No stakes, no arc, no revelation. Just a series of events that happen to people, and then the movie ends. Take the 10 is one of those movies. And yet, I couldn’t look away.
Maybe it’s because I’ve spent too much time in Los Angeles, a city that often feels like a series of loosely connected vignettes held together by freeway exits and the shared delusion that something important is happening here. The film follows two best friends—Cory (Josh Peck) and Chester (Tony Revolori)—as they navigate a day that involves a hip-hop concert, a drug dealer, a convenience store manager, and a whole lot of driving.
That’s it. That’s the plot. There’s no inciting incident, no climax, no resolution.
Just a day. A very long, very aimless day.
Chester Tam, the director, has a background in comedy—he’s a veteran of Saturday Night Live and Human Giant—and Take the 10 feels like a sketch that forgot to end. The humor is broad, the pacing is loose, and the characters are more like caricatures than people. Cory is the lovable slacker, Chester is the neurotic sidekick, and the supporting cast—Andy Samberg as a stoned drug dealer, Fred Armisen as a convenience store manager with a grudge—are all playing versions of themselves, or at least versions of the roles they’ve been typecast in for years.
There’s a certain comfort in that, like watching a reunion of old friends. But comfort isn’t the same as depth.
Audience Opinions
Limited evidence
Audience 5.2/10
"A quirky comedy with flashes of charm that can't sustain its humor or narrative coherence."
The offbeat premise and ensemble cast generate some laughs, particularly from Andy Samberg and Fred Armisen. The story is disjointed, the humor often falls flat, and the film lacks depth and originality.
What viewers praise
- Funny ensemble moments Andy Samberg and Fred Armisen deliver standout comedic performances that occasionally hit the mark.
- Quirky premise The oddball road-trip setup offers a few creative, unexpected twists.
- Josh Peck's performance Peck's lead role is one of the film's more engaging aspects.
Common complaints
- Inconsistent humor Many jokes miss, leaving long stretches where the comedy feels forced or unfunny.
- Weak narrative The plot lacks cohesion, making it hard to stay invested in the characters' journey.
- Underdeveloped characters Apart from a few standouts, the supporting roles are shallow and forgettable.
Recommended for
Fans of offbeat comedies Andy Samberg enthusiasts Josh Peck fans Light road-trip movie lovers
Full Plot (Spoilers)
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Buzz & Rumors
Public reportsHe listed a Lincoln Navigator on Craigslist and lost the car anyway.
Chester Tam told NBC News he bought the truck to stunt, could not pay the note, and tried to dump it before a 2004 Wu-Tang Clan date in San Bernardino. The buyer wrote a fake check. The car walked. Tam called the police and still made the show. Interstate 10 between Los Angeles and that Inland Empire parking lot became the title. He wrote the script in 2008. Studios passed through the recession and the leftover freeze from the 2007 Writers Guild strike. He told NBC he gave up. latestnetflix.com's read is that Netflix later put $2 million behind it as a lower-budget original comedy and dropped it on 20 January 2017.Runtime is 80 minutes.,
Tam is the honorary fourth Lonely Island member. He roomed with Andy Samberg at NYU film school and moved west with him in 2000. Samberg cameos as Chris's older brother Johnny, a diabetic ticket scalper who films a prank that goes viral. Fred Armisen plays a driver. Tam kept the dealer, Jay Morrison, for himself after rewriting the part off a Black actor. "I had a problem casting a black actor as a drug dealer," he said. "It felt so dated." He also refused two white leads. "That's not even interesting to me." He met Tony Revolori, Guatemalan-American, fresh off The Grand Budapest Hotel and heading into Spider-Man: Homecoming, and decided on the spot. Josh Peck, years past Drake and Josh, plays cashier Chris and took a co-executive producer credit. Revolori plays Chester Tamborghini, the other cashier, the one saving for Brazil.,,
Entertainment Weekly sold the trailer as a Harold and Kumar road trip. The Netflix copy is meaner. Two cashiers steal tickets and moonrocks, hitch the 10, and miss the door because the venue is already full. Common Sense Media's Brian Costello scored it 1 out of 5 for age 18 and up, "dreadful, violent comedy" with a drive-by, a Whole Foods clone called Wholesome Foods, and cursing he said never lets up. IMDb sat at 4.8. Peck's fans still clicked. The official trailer names Rock the Bells. Some listings kept the working title San Bernardino Bound.,,,
The gossip is not a feud. It is a $2 million favor to a Lonely Island satellite who would not cast the obvious people, then dumped a raunch comedy on a Friday with Samberg's face in the art. Tam still plays the guy who gets robbed.
Entertainment rumors and trivia aggregated from public reporting. Treat speculation as unverified unless a cited source confirms it.
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