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The Whole Nine Yards

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The Whole Nine Yards (2000)

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Reviews Counted:93

Fresh:42

Rotten:51

Average Rating:5.2/10

Consensus: Despite a charming cast, The Whole Nine Yards could only tickle half of the critics' funny bones. The other half thought it an underwelming, depressing sitcom.

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky (MATTHEW PERRY) is a nice dentist living in suburban Montreal. His new next door neighbor, Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (BRUCE WILLIS), is a hit man hiding out from a dangerous... Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky (MATTHEW PERRY) is a nice dentist living in suburban Montreal. His new next door neighbor, Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (BRUCE WILLIS), is a hit man hiding out from a dangerous Chicago crime family. Despite their differences, Oz and Jimmy have one thing in common: someone's trying to kill them both. For Jimmy, avoiding a couple of hired killers is child's play. But for Oz, it's a whole new ball game.

To stay alive, they're going to have to stick together - Jimmy with his cunning and cold-blooded accuracy and Oz with his dental tools.

Matthew Perry describes "The Whole Nine Yards" as a comedy in which "every single character in the movie wants to kill somebody else in the movie. Except my character, Oz."

Perry, who is known worldwide as Chandler Bing in the popular TV show "Friends," stars as Dr. Nicholas Oseransky ("Oz"), an unassuming dentist and all-around nice guy whose life has become unlivable but who has no easy way out of it. "He's kind of giving up on life," Perry says. Bruce Willis, star of the highly acclaimed summer blockbuster "The Sixth Sense," plays Jimmy "the Tulip" Tudeski, who moves in next door to Oz in a peaceful Montreal suburb. A man who has been headline news for ratting out the leader of the notorious Gogolak Gang, Jimmy is hard to kill. "Jimmy doesn't kill people who are close to him for one reason - he doesn't let anyone get close to him," says Willis. "He would have morals if they didn't interfere with his job."

Oz takes an immediate liking to his neighbor and they become friends even though he has recognized Jimmy as a hit man in hiding. [More]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan

Starring: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet, Kevin Pollak, Harland Williams

Director: Jonathan Lynn

Director: Jonathan Lynn
Screenwriter: Mitchell Kapner
Producer: David Willis, Allan Kaufman
Composer: Randy Edelman

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A few winceable story progressions in the front and end are easily outweighed by a fine "body" of fun film in-between. I laughed out loud very often.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
01/01/00
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

It may be only February, but The Whole Nine Yards is already a prime contender for Worst Movie of the Year.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob Aulert
Bob Aulert
culturevulture.net

Uun ejemplo más de que en Hollywood siguen haciendo falta las buenas ideas y, sobretodo, quien las lleve a cabo

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

It's Perry who keeps this movie on the up-and-up.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/01/00
Edvins Beitiks
Edvins Beitiks
San Francisco Examiner

The actors exhibit a surprising inconsistency of tone in their performances.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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The movie relies far too much on killing off characters to tie up loose ends.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

The film ends up being an incredibly guilty pleasure not only because of that fact that it is a dark comedy, but also because of the fact that the film ends up being incredibly sexy.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Brundage
James Brundage
Filmcritic.com

The Whole Nine Yards a bright crowd-pleaser with a clever script.

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Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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It's like one of those late Blake Edwards comedies in which very little is working, but you have to admire the attempt at some physical humor.

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01/01/00
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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There are a number of genuinely clever twists and ideas that it's unfortunate that someone decided to muck it up with cheap slapstick.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/03/09
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

A subtle but unmistakable aura of jolliness sneaks from the screen during The Whole Nine Yards.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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The casting is so good it purrs.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

Director Jonathan Lynn cleverly combines broad slapstick, witty jabs at movie conventions, very dark humor, and wild sight gags into a lively mix that keeps the laughs coming.

Full Review Source: Flint Journal | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Forsmark
David Forsmark
Flint Journal

The film's stand-out performance ... is by Peet.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

The more frenzied the action gets, the duller the film becomes.

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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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There's precious little that's funny about [Perry's] frantic stab at farce--and, since that's the primary commodity of The Whole Nine Yards, it makes a long haul.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/01/00
Harry Haun
Harry Haun
Film Journal International

Almost everybody wants Matthew Perry dead in The Whole Nine Yards. This would be a good thing if it were to stop him from making more movies.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
01/01/00
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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The main reason to see this movie would be the cast.

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JoBlo
JoBlo
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For Matthew Perry, it offers evidence that there may be life beyond Friends after all.

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01/01/00
Edward Johnson-Ott
Edward Johnson-Ott
NUVO Newsweekly

Nothing more than standard lowbrow fare featuring a little bathroom humor, lots of pratfalls, and an awfully silly army of hackneyed bumblers, plotters, wimps and Jezebels.

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01/01/00
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve
 
 
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