The Whole Nine Yards (2000)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Jonathan Lynn

Writer (WGA):

Mitchell Kapner (written by)

Release Date:

18 February 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

In the heart of suburbia, a hit man with heart has just moved in.

Plot:

Nick is a struggling dentist in Canada. A new neighbor moves in, and he discovers that it is Jimmy "The Tulip" Teduski. His wife convinces him to go to Chicago and inform the mob boss who wants Jimmy dead.

Plot Keywords:

Dentist | Tulip | Neighbor | Canada | Hitman

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Bruce Willis	...	Jimmy 'The Tulip' Tudeski
Matthew Perry	...	Nicholas 'Oz' Oseransky
Rosanna Arquette	...	Sophie Oseransky
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Franklin 'Frankie Figs' Figueroa
Natasha Henstridge	...	Cynthia Tudeski
Amanda Peet	...	Jill St. Claire
Kevin Pollak	...	Janni Pytor Gogolak
Harland Williams	...	Special Agent Steve Hanson
Carmen Ferland	...	Sophie's Mom (as Carmen Ferlan)
Serge Christianssens	...	Mr. Boulez
Renee Madeline Le Guerrier	...	Waitress (as Renée Madelaine Le Guerrier)
Jean-Guy Bouchard	...	Mover
Howard Bilerman	...	Dave Martin
Johnny Goar	...	Hungarian Hood
Deano Clavet	...	Polish Pug

Also Known As:

Le nouveau voisin (Canada: French title)
Üheksa jardi (Estonia) [et]
Bérgyilkos a szomszédom (Hungary) [hu]
FBI: Protezione testimoni (Italy) [it]
Falsas Aparências (Portugal) [pt]
Falsas apariencias (Spain) [es]
Full pakke (Norway) [no]
Keine halben Sachen (Germany) [de]
Koko potti (Finland) [fi]
Komsum bir katil (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Meu Vizinho Mafioso (Brazil) [pt]
Mi vecino, el asesino (Argentina) [es]
Mon voisin le tueur (France) [fr]
Ni fod under (Denmark) [da]
Oss torpeder emellan (Sweden) [sv]
Ubica mekog srca (Serbia) [sr]

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English | French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Iceland:12 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:16 (video rating) | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Colombia:12 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:16 (w) | Hong Kong:IIB | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Chicago Tribune - 435 N. Michigan Avenue, Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Franchise Pictures

Trivia:

When Matthew Perry is cutting the grass at the beginning of the movie, he's wearing a shirt with the crest of the hockey team, the Ottawa Senators. Matthew Perry spent some time growing up in Ottawa.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Cynthia Tudeski visits Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky for the first time in Oz's hotel room in Chicago, she sits on the bed holding a cigarette in her left hand. When the angle changes, the cigarette switches to her right hand, then shifts back to her left hand in the next angle.

Quotes:

[Sophie is driving Oz to the airport; he is on the phone with Jill]
Jill St. Claire: Are you going alone?
Oz: Yes.
Jill St. Claire: Good, can you do me a huge favor while you're there? Go out, and get laid.
Oz: Jill!
[covers the phone]
Jill St. Claire: And call me the second you get back. Better yet, call me right after. Call me during! I want all the details!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Mon Paradis

Pulling Teeth

This is agonizingly dull stuff. But what else do we expect from Lynn, whose career has been almost all about character-based comedies? He'd used all of his best ideas well before this.

For this to work, you need an actor who can stake out a stance, and hold his ground. Woody ("Sleeper")and Chevy ("Fletch")can handle these parts...parts that require playing in that space between the movie and the audience. Scratch out Perry - he just doesn't have the arsenal.

The bright spot, of course, is Willis, who DOES know how to mark off and patrol his territory when playing it strictly 'within the movie'. His timing is always on the money. This is far beneath him, though - he could have done this in his sleep. But at least he had Peet to give him sustenance - she seems to be a capable understudy.