The Whole Nine Yards

by Jonathan Lynn

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0790750422
• ISBN13: 9780790750422
• Release Date: July 2000
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A WONDERFULLY FUNNY FILM...

When this movie first came out, I passed on it, mistakenly believing it to be a football film. Was I ever wrong! It is a terrific black comedy, with wonderful performances by Matthew Perry, the ever cool Bruce Willis, Michael Clarke Duncan, and a break out performance by Amanda Peet. Quite frankly, the movie is just plain hilarious, and a little gem of a film which one could happily see again and again, as I already have, and laugh each and every time. Matthew Perry is wonderful as the hapless everyman, a dentist who finds himself living in Canada with his witchy French-Canadian wife who is, decidedly, not in love with him. His shrewish wife, played by Rosanna Arquette with a French accent which is over the top and laughable, wants to have her husband bumped off for insurance money. As luck would have it, a notorious Chicago based hit man, with a mob contract out on his own life, just happens to move in next door to the unhappily married duo. This hit man, coolly played to perfection by Bruce Willis, meets his neighbor, Matthew, who also happens to be from Chicago. Bruce looks familiar to Matthew who ultimately recognizes him for who he is. While initially unnerved by Bruce, they somehow hit it off. Matthew, however, foolishly tells his wife that he believes the neighbor to be a hit man with a price on his head, and the games begin. She sends Matthew to Chicago to have him give up their neighbor, the hit man, for the contract money. Matthew goes, mainly to appease her, as he really has no intention of giving up his new found friend. Meanwhile, no sooner does he leave, than she herself goes to the neighbor to give her husband up in hopes that he will get rid of her husband for her. In the interim, Matthew is met in Chicago by Michael Clarke Duncan who takes him to the mob boss who wants to bump off Bruce. There, Matthew meets Bruce's wife, with whom he becomes smitten. What transpires next compels Matthew to return to Canada, where he gets the surprise of his life. This all sets in motion a series of events which will have the viewer howling with laughter. Needless to say, there are numerous unexpected twists and turns in this movie, all of which contribute to its success as a black comedy. This film is, undoubtedly, one of the best in this genre. Michael Clarke Duncan, who also happens to play a hit man, gives an ingratiating performance as Bruce Willis' buddy. Amanda Peet is absolutely hilarious as a hit man wanna be. I do not want, however, to give away any more of the plot. Suffice to say, watch this film. You will not be disappointed. In fact, you will be too busy, laughing up a storm. Enjoy!

Underappreciated mob movie

Ever get the feeling that someone wants to kill you? If you have, you're sharing your paranoia (or maybe not, he he he), with dentist Nick Oseransky (played by the bumbling and adorably clumsy Matthew Perry). He has an awful wife (played by Roseanna Arquette) who chain smokes and plans absurd ways to make money. Suddenly, who moves in next door then Timmy 'the Tulip' Tedeski (played by the anyman actor Bruce Willis). Timmy used to be a contract killer for a Hungarian crime mob and this, as you can imagine, makes Nick a little nervous. But there's more, a lot more! I don't want to give any more away, I'll just say that there are great performances by Amanda Peet as a wanna-be contract killer, Micheal Clark Duncan as Freddie Friggs, one scary big guy, and Kevin Pollack as Vinny, another one of the guys invovled with getting 'the whole nine yards'. The thing that makes this movie great is great performances. I've never seen Matthew Perry better then here(except maybe on 'Friends, but that's another story)and as one of Amanda Peet's first movie roles, I thought she was pretty funny too. But still I say again that the stand-out was Matthew Perry. He's really a guy to watch. He reminded me a little of Kramer from 'Seinfeld'. Rent this movie and try it out. Keep in mind, it's not 'Godfather' or 'Goodfellas'. But it's definately a fun movie!

A real winner

The Whole Nine Yards is about an unhappy Dentist, Dr. Nicholas Oseransky (Mathew Perry), whose married to a horrid wife, Sophie (Rosanna Arquette), whose new neighbor, Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis), is a hit man, who just got out of prison. What Nick doesn't know is that almost everyone wants someone dead, including him. Bruce Willis, like in the Sixth Sense gives a great performance, without doing much. Mathew Perry is the best as the comic Dentist, and his reaction faces are very believable. Michael Clarke Duncan (Who started filming shortly after The Green Mile) gives another perfect performance as Frankie Figs, another hit man in the way. Amanda Peet has some great scene as a hit man wannabe. In fact there are no slackers in this cast. The film comes off great and I really enjoyed it. It was much better than I expectedThe Whole Nine Yards is a very clever and entertaining film, with a great score. It's a real winner. I was happy to add it to my DVD collection. I recommend you see it.

Go Buy it now!

I saw the movie so many times and it just kept getting better:) The cast is brilliant, especially Matthew Perry. I think he and Bruce Willis worked so well together:):) If you are looking for a movie which has you laughing the whole way thrugh... then this is the one for you.

Friends meet The godfather

The whole nine yards is a very good film, a truly entainting movie. It has a cocktail of comedy, action and a nice twist. The movie never really lets you get to grips with a possible ending, just as you think you have it figured out a gentle twist takes you away again.The movie includes a great cast, following the foot steps of Matthew Perry (tv's friends), along with Bruce Willis who plays a mob hit man. If I go into the story too much it'll spoil most of the twist for you, but this is a good movie, with Perry breaking it up very nicely with his trademark humour. This will be a great movie to add to your DVD collection.