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Ten Inch Hero

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It is a feel good movie, that I definetly would not go to the theaters to watch. I had never heard of it, until I saw that Jensen Ackles was on it. I think he is a great actor, who has done a lot of growth on Supernatural, so I wanted to see him outside the show. I thought he was great, and not just him. The main characters in the movie did a great job with their acting, as opposed to some of these other movies where the acting sucks but they still get all the praise.
Maybe too many story lines for such a short period of time, they could have been developed a little better, but overall a movie I would not mind sitting on my couch and watching again with some pop corn and some girlfriends.

I am obsessed with this movie. Jensen Ackles with a mohawk just makes the whole thing that much better. If this place actually existed, I would be there, all day every day.

Every once in a while I like to find an obscure movie title, with a few "familiar" but not super-mainstream faces, with the hopes that I'll be entertained. Seems the movies that are heavily promoted these days (not all but some) miss the mark entirely, yet little projects like this seem to be overlooked but are better made, have more character development, etc...Ten Inch Hero is an independent romantic comedy film from 2007. Yeah, romantic comedy with all that that entails. The film was directed by David Mackay and written by Betsy Morris. The Ten Inch Hero of the title refers to a large submarine sandwich; as the majority of the characters we're introduced to work in a little sandwich place based in Santa Cruz.

The story revolves mainly around a young art student Piper played by Elisabeth Harnois. She is pleasant, playful, and lovely. She's moved there with the intention of looking for her daughter (she'd given up for adoption 8 years ago) and based on the little details given to her by the woman adopting she believes she's found Julia (her daughter). Piper gets a job at local sandwich shop and meets the other employees; Jen (Clea DuVall), a shy but kind girl who has an email romance with a stranger known as Fuzzy22. If you watched ANY of the teen movies from the 90's you'll recognize her. Tish (Danneel Harris) is a sexually audacious, emotionally disconnected but beautiful young woman doing her best to avoid love. Priestly (Jensen Ackles-from Supernatural) is the free-spirited goth of the gang, donning his outspoken screen t's and a colorful mohawk, who uses humor and sarcasm to disguise his own feelings and emotions. The shop is owned by Trucker, a surfer child of the '60s who's in love with Zo, the mysterious woman and owner from the shop across the street. Tucker himself isn't all that he seems. Interestingly Jensen Ackles & Danneel Harris are now real life husband and wife, having met while filming this movie. Each character portrays a rather STRONG stereotypical/literal interpretation of themselves...the shy, geeky computer nerd with an online crush, the promiscuous beauty who really might have a warmer heart after all, the overly tattooed, over pierced, strangely dressed guy who has more to offer that just sarcasm and jabs, etc...

The movie itself, of course, surrounds the foundations of love, friendship, relationships, self worth, parenting, and self actuality. There are a few quarky, warm moments, as well as disturbing ones that make you understand, relate, and or connect with the characters in one way or another. If nothing else it is an entertaining watch in relation to all the other typical romantic comedies out there.

I extremely enjoyed this movie the first time I saw and have had an incredibly hard time finding and buying it. When I saw it was available for download and not just rental through Amazon, I was thrilled. Unfortunately I made the mistake of not realizing that downloading a movie that you BOUGHT on Amazon cannot be burned to a DVD and will only play on select mp3 players. If you plan on purchasing this movie (and I would definitely recommend the movie itself), be sure you own a device it will play on or only plan on watching it through your computer.

This movie was a very cute and funny movie. The shirts, hair, and things that Jensen Ackles's character said had me cracking up through out the film. I thought the acting was pretty good. I love movies like this that are not big name movies. I usually think that they are better.