The Whole Nine Yards
The Whole Nine Yards
R | 18 February 2000 (USA)
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After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbours figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit—suburban style.

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Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Ploydsge just watch it!
Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
classicsoncall A lot of early twists and turns in the identities and motivations of the characters makes this a fun outing. Bruce Willis is equally adept at both comedy and drama, and he was a perfect casting choice as a foil for Matthew Perry's cluelessness about mob hits and his own wife's predilection for murder. When Oz's (Perry) dental assistant Jill (Amanda Peet) came out of the closet as a would be assassin in training, it added a whole new dimension to the story. Her chemistry with Willis was a whole lot better though than Perry and Natasha Henstridge as a couple. Even when it worked out at the end of the story it didn't work, if you know what I mean.I was a little disappointed with Kevin Pollack in the role of gangster Janni Gogolak, he didn't seem to exhibit any charisma for a mob boss. Pacino or De Niro might have worked better, but it looked like enough payroll was tied up with the other principals. The tip off for me that The Tulip (Willis) was going to whack Frankie Figs (Michael Clarke Duncan) instead of his new pal Oz was when Frankie shook his head and rolled his eyes when Jimmy talked him down from killing Oz on the boat ride. I got a kick out of the sight gag of the Miller Genuine Draft going over the side right after Frankie Figs did. Matthew Perry's deadpan clueless reactions can be quite hysterical.Hey, it's not high drama and that's not the reason to tune in to this flick. Willis and Perry have good chemistry, and the picture compares favorably with other assassin-comedies like "Grosse Pointe Blank", "You Kill Me" and the two "Red's". At just a little over an hour and a half, it won't kill you.
Uriah43 "Oz Oseransky" (Matthew Perry) is a dentist who lives in Montreal with his narcissistic wife "Sophie" (Rosanna Arquette) and his equally selfish "Mother-in-Law" (Carmen Ferland). Needless to say, his life is not very pleasant. As a matter of fact, about the only person who seems to understand what he's going through is his new assistant "Jill" (Amanda Peet) who came to work for him just three weeks ago. Then one day he notices that he has acquired a new neighbor and being a friendly person he walks over to welcome him. However, he soon realizes that his new neighbor is a notorious hit-man named "Jimmy Tudeski" (Bruce Willis) who has just been released from prison and has a contract out on his head for turning state's evidence against a powerful mafia don by the name of "Janni Gogolak" (Kevin Pollak). Naturally, being the mild-mannered person he is, Oz simply wants to mind his own business. Unfortunately, he makes the mistake of telling his wife who pressures him into going to Chicago in order to inform Janni Gogolak where Jimmy can be found in order to collect a finder's fee. Yet, even though he goes to Chicago, he remains firm in his decision not to meet or discuss anything with Janni Gogolak. This changes, however, when he is met by a cold-blooded hit-man named "Frankie Figs" (Michael Clarke Duncan) who unceremoniously convinces him to tell Janni Gogolak everything he knows. And this decision results in dangerous complications for everyone involved. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this turned out to be a decent comedy with Bruce Willis turning in a surprisingly funny performance. Likewise, having a beautiful actress like Natasha Henstridge (as Jimmy Tudeski's wife "Cynthia") didn't hurt either. In any case, I enjoyed this film for the most part and have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
westinowich This movie is quite poor, in passages slow and quite unexciting and in general a quite poor actor performance, although a fair share of the cast are regarded movie stars. The plot and climax are both pretty, silly to say the least... HOWEVER all this being said it is most important for me too add that i somehow enjoy the movie. Some of the deliveries in the script are pretty funny and the whole situation built up around 'the tulip' (one of the main characters - portrayed by Willis) is very nicely depicted throughout the movie. The awkward and fearsome atmosphere is fairly well captured in the movie.The movie in general doesn't contribute with that much, and it IS pretty poor in general. But i can't help to be entertained by it.
leplatypus Well, after "Léon" and "Grosse Point Blank", hit-man movies are hot. Unlike the previous mentioned, this one is a pure comedy that is first successful by its cast: mixing some experts in comedy (Perry, Peet) with others who play against nature: Rosanna is cute as a dangerous desperate housewife and Willis plays a hit-man "à la" Brando in the "Godfather": no action, just a presence with his stare and words. The plot is imaginative with a lot of surprises and funny moments. Another good point is having Montréal as location because it's a refreshing change and as french is spoken there, the cast tries it as well. All this is done with an unknown director (at last for me) so this is finally a very good surprise!