The Whole Nine Yards | | Cast : | Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry | | Director : | Jonathan Lynn | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | February 18, 2000 | | DVD Released Date : | July 18, 2000 | | Language : | Unknown (Dubbed), English (Dubbed), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 26, 2005 | | Summary | Surprisingly funny movie | Content
 | It took me 5 years and a free DVD rental from the library to get around to watching this movie. I avoided it because I felt that Friends was an annoyingly lame TV show, too predictable, too cute, overacted and just not that funny. But this movie has opened my eyes to the comic genius of Matthew Perry. The guy is funny. The script is wonderfully dark comedy and achieves that rarest of feats: unpredictability. Perry's spastic character is wonderfully balanced by Willis's underplayed cool gangster. Listening to the director's commentary I found out how many of the jokes and laughs were improvisations that the actors, especially Perry and Willis, contributed on the set. The beer toss on the boat is one of the funniest moments I've ever seen on screen. The characters are all demented yet you cant help but love them and I was sorry when it ended. Also, great jazz music and a free tour of beautiful Montreal. Director Jonathan Lynn and writer Mitch Kapner will hopefully work together again. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 23, 2005 | | Summary | Black Comedy at It's Best | Content
| I have always been a huge fan of comedy films,and I have always enjoyed black comedy also--comedy that is a little dark usually tends to be interesting,and that is how it works--you get comedy with a little bit of chemistry to it. And how does one of the first(if not the first)black comedy films of 2000,THE WHOLE NINE YARDS,meausure up? Read on for my review of this:
Nicholas "Oz" Ozeransky(Matthew Perry)is a very unhappy dentist who lives in Canada.His wife,Sophie(Rosanna Arquette)is pretty much a pain in his rear end,and the only reason he married her was because he had to. Things can't be worse for Oz,and it seems that to him that he will be unhappy for the rest of his life.
And then,one day,something strange,surprising,and something a little bit creepy happens. When Oz is outside,he sees that he and his wife have a new neighbor. And after talking to this new neighbor,Oz discovers that the new neighbor is Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski(Bruce Willis)a hitman who has killed over twenty people and sends tulips to his victim's funerals. Oz has known who Tudeski is for several years now,and once he finds out that Tudeski himself is his new neighbor,he wants to leave Canada--right here and right now. But his wife isn't up for that. It turns out that Tudeski is hiding out from Janni Gogolak(Kevin Pollak)one of his(Tudeski's)former partners,so Sophie has the perfect plan. The plan is that Oz will fly to Chicago(where the Gogolak family hangs out),meet Yanni himself,and tell him that he knows where Jimmy is. Oz goes--except he is not even up there to rat out Jimmy. The only reason why he is really up there is because Sophie has promised him the divorce he has wanted for years now if he does that for her,and he just wants her off of his back. But when Jimmy has word of everything and sends his former partner Frankie Figgs(Michael Clarke Duncan)up to Chiacgo to find Oz,Oz really is in for a meeting with Yanni Gogolak,and then,several funny,dark,and hillarious events happen.
I really enjoyed THE WHOLE NINE YARDS. It is my favorite black comedy film,as well as one of my favorite movies of all time. The chemistry here is really funny--and I like the performances in this film a lot also. Matthew Perry is sort of Chandler in Canada in this film,and Bruce Willis is kind of both David Addison and John McClain--except this time,he is a hitman. Having Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry in a movie together was a really smart idea,because in this film,both Willis and Perry work together really well. I'd say that this film shows Bruce Willis,Matthew Perry,and Michael Clarke Duncan at their best comedically. And with a funny story,a funny script,and a DVD with cool bonus feautures(an interview gallery with the cast,the film's theatrical trailer,filmographies,among other cool bonus feautures)THE WHOLE NINE YARDS is one film(and one DVD)you can't go wrong with.
Highly Recommended!
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| Rating | | | Date | June 29, 2005 | | Summary | A surprisingly good comedy | Content
| This movie was actually surprisingly funny with a good cast including Matthew Perry, Bruce Willis, Michael Clarke Duncan and Amanda Peet. The plot is centered around a dentist living in Canada named Oz (Matthew Perry) whose wife is crazy. Their marriage isn't at all a happy one. And then one day, Oz gets a new neighbor. He goes over to greet him, and finds out that his name is Jimmy Tudeski (Bruce Willis). He then realizes that Jimmy "the tulip" is a contract killer. So, obviously, Oz is freaked out now.
What's funny about the movie is how scared Oz is of Jimmy. He's always nervous and quite scared and makes really strange remarks. It's a funny movie that will deliver plenty of laughs. Willis, Perry, Duncan, and Kevin Pollak all deliver great laughs. A good cast, an original plot and many funny moments make this comedy a winner. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 23, 2005 | | Summary | The Whole Nine Yards | Content
| Absolutely one of the funniest movies ever! Reminded me a lot of My Cousin Vinny. Great dialogue, great casting and lots of fun! |
| Rating | | | Date | May 20, 2005 | | Summary | A hilariously funny must-see movie! | Content
| Matthew Perry plays an honest dentist whose wife is trying to get him killed so she can collect his insurance money. She has already hired one person to kill him, but this person was unable to fulfill the contract. A new neighbor moves in, who happens to be Jimmy "the Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis) a mobster hit-man with a reward on his head. The wife sends the dentist to Chicago to collect a finder's fee for Jimmy. Meanwhile she tries to get Jimmy to kill her husband by telling him where he is and what he is up to. The story unfolds into many other plots and schemes of getting other people murdered, but I think it would be better to watch the show than read a synopsis. Enjoy the show. I did!!
All-in-all excellent acting and the perfect comedic touch to a story of a dentist caught in a struggle between his wife, a mob boss, and a hit-man. |
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