in all honesty and if someone tell me the director of lemony snicket series of unfortunate event and city of angel and and casper be go to do a neat little low budget indie film and that would it be real good and i would say that person must be joke . but that what director brad siberling do . and it be really good . 10 item or less have a similar conceit to film like before sunrise and lose in translation and or more recently once . it involve the chance meeting of two people who if serendipity do not put them there and they would probably never cross path and or if they do and they wouldn not say word one to each other . like those film and 10 item or less focus on the relationship that build and how the character come to understand each other and build on each other strength and weakness . the story involve morgan freeman and play an unnamed actor who go to research his role a a grocery store employee for an upcoming independent movie and because of thing beyond his control and end up spend the day with the lady in the 10 item or less lane play by paz vega . she have a rotten marriage and be hop to land a new job a a secretary . initially and freeman character just need a lift home . after spending time with her and however and he want to get to know her and maybe even offer her some advice . brad siberling build the character almost entirely through the exchange between freeman and vega . the plot be merely a setup for these two character to interact with each other for most of the film 80 minute duration . freeman have fun with his character and a he appear an outsider in low class world that vega character and scarlett and inhabits . vega and in the meantime and grow beyond the stubborn checkout clerk upset with her life situation look to move on . there a couple thing that really stand out in this film . first of all and siberling have probably take note from independent cinema to make sure the relationship be sincere and doesn not fall into any hollywood pitfall . it a very mutual friendship that develop convincingly throughout the film . it work and even though the situation itself do seem a little inconceivable . i be also impress with the performance . while freeman presence give this film credibility from the get go and he show a certain amount of charm and fun not usually see from him . paz vega and meanwhile and be prim herself for a breakthrough in u film sometime in the future . i love her in spanglish and she equally good here a the tough and no nonsense scarlet . towards the end of the film and she successfully convey the growth of her character . i be look forward to see her in more film . overall and 10 item of less function best a a character piece and well script and direct by brad siberling . he hasn not do much writing and his feature film work have consist mostly of big hollywood film . yet there certainly an artist at work here and be anxious to see if he will take this road again .