Ten Benny Movie Review 1998

Frustrated New Jersey shoe salesman Ray (Brody) borrows $10,000 from a local wiseguy in order to win enough money at the track to set himself up in business. Bad idea. As his luck continues a downward spiral, he abuses his wife (Temchen) into the arms of his buddy (Gallagher) and becomes more desparate to climb out of the hole he's dug for himself. First-time director Bross has obviously studied the Scorsese school of filmmaking, but must've skipped the classes on originality, subtlety, and characterization. Not much going on here that hasn't been done (better) somewhere else, but Brody turns in a fine performance.

Distribution

BMG Entertainment, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036-4039, Phone: (212)930-4000, URL: http://www.bmg.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 98 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Urban Drama, Buddies, Anti-Heroes, Gambling

Screenplay

Eric Bross, Tom Cudworth

Cast

Adrien Brody, Sybil Temchen, Michael Gallagher, Tony Gillan, James Moriarty, Frank Vincent

Cinematography

Horacio Marquinez

Director

Eric Bross

Music

Chris Hajian