From writer/director Jamie Linden comes 10 Years, the story of a group of friends who gather for their ten year reunion only to realize they all still have some growing up to do. The movie features an impressive cast with the likes of Channing Tatum (sorry ladies, he keeps his clothes on for this one), Rosario Dawson, Justin Long, Anthony Mackie, Oscar Isaac, Ari Graynor and Chris Pratt.
As previously stated the story revolves around the ten year high school reunion of a group of friends and it centers around Jake (Channing Tatum) as he drives into town with his girlfriend Jess, played by Tatum’s real-life wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum. Jake wants to propose to Jess but is waiting for the right moment. They meet up at the house of married friends Sam (Graynor) and Cully (Pratt) with the rest of the old gang for some good old fashioned pre-partying. From there it’s off to reunion and the rest of the film is pretty paint by numbers.
This isn’t a bad thing per say, each member of the cast has their moment to shine. Chris Pratt and Oscar Isaac are the best parts of the movie as far as I’m concerned. Pratt steals just about every scene he’s in as Cully. See, in high school Cully was sort of a dick as well as a bully and that’s something that he wants to make right by appologizing to the nerds that he tormented back in the day. Of course as he tries to make amends he also happens to be in the process of getting shit faced, so hilarity naturally occurs. As for Oscar Isaac’s character Reeves, he’s the guy who made it big as a musician after high school with a hit song. The rest of his classmates continusely come up to him at the reunion expressing their love of his music but Reeves only pays them half attention because there’s only one girl he has his sights on. That girl is Elise, played by the lovely Kate Mara, and she was the girl that Reeves had a crush on in high school. Of course she didn’t know this though.
10 Years isn’t going to win any awards or break new ground in the genre, but it is far from a bad movie. The cast is great and they all work wonders in their roles no matter how big or small their parts may be. This movie makes for a good choice as a date-night movie as both halves of the couple will be able to find something they enjoy in it. I was thoroughly entertained through out the movie and it struck a few cords in me as well. This is my ten year high school reunion so I was able to connect with these characters a little more closely. If I could go to my ten year reunion and get my Kate Mara that would be awesome, but sadly reality isn’t like a movie and Facebook makes going to high school reunions a moot point. Just skip your high school reunions and go see 10 Years instead, it’ll be far more entertaining and less expensive. Trust me.