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The Whole Nine Yards
2000
A mob comedy in which ex-mobster Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Willis), who's now living in Canada as part of the Witness Protection Program, becomes a target yet again, much to his dismay. All of this is because of the couple next door--more specifically, his neighbor's greedy wife, Sophie (Arquette). When Sophie learns of Jimmy'.. Read more
| Starring | Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan |
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| Director | Jonathan Lynn |
| Genres | Comedy |
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The Whole Nine Yards
A mob comedy in which ex-mobster Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Willis), who's now living in Canada as part of the Witness Protection Program, becomes a target yet again, much to his dismay. All of this is because of the couple next door--more specifically, his neighbor's greedy wife, Sophie (Arquette). When Sophie learns of Jimmy's true identity, she sends her befuddled husband Nicholas (Perry) to Chicago to track down the mob and inform them of Jimmy's whereabouts, expecting a fruitful reward in return. From there, events spiral even further out of control.
| Starring | Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet, Kevin Pollak, Harland Williams |
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| Director | Jonathan Lynn |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Nov 2000 Production year: 2000 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (6)
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Friends star Matthew Perry made another bid for big-screen stardom in this limp black comedy from British director Jonathan Lynn (Yes, Minister, My Cousin Vinny). Perry plays the humble, hen-pecked dentist who's none too chuffed to discover that Mafia iceman Jimmy “The Tulip” Tudeski (Bruce Willis) has just bought a house in his dull Montreal neighbourhood. At the instigation of his shrewish wife (Rosanna Arquette), Perry rats on Jimmy to Chicago crime boss Kevin Pollak, only to find himself up to his eyeteeth in trouble. The cast includes The Green Mile's Michael Clarke Duncan and Species star Natasha Henstridge. But the farce is too forced, the humour too broad and the end result a far cry from such superior hitman comedies as Prizzi's Honor and Grosse Pointe Blank.
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Crude farce, in which Willis does his familiar tough-guy act, Arquette and Pollak use the oddest accents ever heard, and Perry provides the physical comedy; it somehow misses its target.
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Excellent
Although not a great hit in the box office or particularly critically well acclaimed, this film is histerically funny and with a twist. Full of stereotypes portrayed very comically, a great mix of characters that all fit in together very well. Great acting from Willis and Perry.
By the way, the whiole nine yards was an American World War II expression used for a plane that returned from combat having shot all its bullets; it had gone the whole nine yards. A bullet belt was nine yards long. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Fantastic
Both myself and my partner loved this film! Characters are brilliant, the sweet 'hero' is just so damn nice, the baddies are dispicable and you really hate the ones you are meant to. The hitmen are cool and quirky, the plot brilliant and engrosing and so many twisty turny bits, and just sooo damn funny! highly reconmended!
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Peet's New York home burgled
- 31 Oct 2009
Actress Amanda Peet has lost £565-worth of jewellery after a thief broke into her New York loft apartment. The Whole Nine Yards star's assistant, Michelle Werner, stopped by Peet's home in downtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning (28Oct09) when she was confronted by a burglar who had broken in through the skylight. The man, who was holding Peet's jewellery box when he was interrupted, allegedly snapped, "What's up, b**ch? I live here", before fleeing the property, reports the New York Post' Read more
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