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The Whole Ten Yards (2004)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:1

Rotten:29

Average Rating:3.2/10

Consensus: A strained, laugh-free sequel, The Whole Ten Yards recycles its predecessor’s cast and plot but not its wit or reason for being.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content, some violence and language

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Apr 9, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $16,247,590

Synopsis: Retired hit man Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (BRUCE WILLIS) is enjoying the quiet life in a beachfront bungalow in Mexico. Thanks to falsified dental records supplied by onetime neighbor and friend... Retired hit man Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (BRUCE WILLIS) is enjoying the quiet life in a beachfront bungalow in Mexico. Thanks to falsified dental records supplied by onetime neighbor and friend Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky, D.D.S. (MATTHEW PERRY) at the end of The Whole Nine Yards, Jimmy double-crossed the Gogolak gang and escaped the Feds by faking his own death. Now, secure in his Baja hideaway, Jimmy has traded in his shotgun for a dust buster and is learning to channel his natural intensity into more domestic pursuits like cleaning, decorating and perfecting his culinary skills while working through some of the personal issues that led him to a life of crime. Meanwhile, his wife Jill (AMANDA PEET), an idealistic wannabe assassin who has yet to pull off a clean hit, dreams of the good old days when the only thing her wild man Jimmy cared about wiping up was evidence. Suddenly, an uninvited guest shows up on the Tudeskis' doorstep. It's Oz, breathless and desperate, begging them to help rescue his wife, Cynthia (NATASHA HENSTRIDGE), who has been kidnapped by the Gogolaks. Jimmy couldn't be less interested. It's not his job anymore. But before he can toss Oz out on his ear, more gate-crashers arrive. Newly paroled mob boss Lazlo Gogolak (KEVIN POLLAK) and his goons have followed the naïve dentist down from L.A. and right into Jimmy's front yard. All that crazy old Lazlo has been thinking about in jail is how he's going to get even with Jimmy for knocking off his favorite son, Yanni, and how he's going to fix that conniving Oz for helping him get away with it. Now Jimmy, Oz and Jill will have to go the whole nine yards - and then some - to save Cynthia, teach Lazlo a lesson and keep one step ahead of the mounting mayhem in this sequel to the 2000 hit comedy The Whole Nine Yards. [More]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet

Starring: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet, Kevin Pollak

Director: Howard Deutch

Director: Howard Deutch
Screenwriter: George Gallo
Story: Mitchell Kapner
Producer: David Willis, Allan Kaufman, Elie Samaha, Arnold Rifkin
Composer: John Debney
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Every joke is stretched to the breaking point, and no one seems to be having any fun.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/08/07
Hank Sartin
Hank Sartin
Chicago Reader
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Inconsistencies in tone are minor when compared to the confusion created by the editor's butchery.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
04/17/04
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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A heavily made up Kevin Pollak -- (over)playing a Hungarian gangster -- best sums up the mood: 'Thees ees reminding me of my favoreet soup opera.'

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
04/13/04
Ben Kenigsberg
Ben Kenigsberg
Village Voice
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... an utter disaster.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
04/12/04
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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Will go anywhere for a gag.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
04/09/04
Mark Jenkins
Mark Jenkins
Washington Post
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Leaden, laugh-free, lacking anything resembling a heart, mind or soul.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
04/09/04
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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So mirthless is this misbegotten enterprise, the sound of fake chucklers busting a gut would at least have given us valuable clues as to when we're supposed to laugh.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
04/09/04
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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Slap-happy and slapdash, Ten Yards lacks the clever twists and turns that made the original such fun.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
04/09/04
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
San Francisco Chronicle
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For all its loud gunplay and manic shouting, the movie never works up much of a head of steam.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
04/09/04
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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A time waster.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
04/09/04
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
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A mostly funny film with occasional dead spots that does best letting the caricatures say exactly what you'd thought they'd say in next week's episode.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
04/09/04
Denver Post
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This is one of those movies you look at quizzically: What did they think they were doing?

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
04/09/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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The Whole Ten Yards is not as desperate, unfunny, and nonsensical as its title. It's worse.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
04/09/04
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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If The Whole Nine Yards was a by-product of the hit man genre of dark comedies launched by Quentin Tarantino and Pulp Fiction, Ten Yards is just a copy of a copy.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
04/09/04
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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A dumb, pointless sequel.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
04/09/04
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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Ten Yards' collection of sight gags and silliness never gels into anything more than a desperate attempt to wring laughs out of a tapped-out premise.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
04/09/04
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Nowhere amidst all the frantic clutter do we find anything resembling the sweet, nutty playing that elevated The Whole Nine Yards.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
04/09/04
Stephen Cole
Stephen Cole
Globe and Mail
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Here's another major-studio comedy that makes you want to apply for frequent-misery mileage.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
04/08/04
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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The sequel to The Whole Nine Yards is more afterthought than accomplishment, a cocktail made with orange juice and Champale instead of actual bubbly.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
04/08/04
Elvis Mitchell
Elvis Mitchell
New York Times
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A disastrously unfunny sequel.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
04/08/04
Kevin Crust
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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