Sadly Over-hyped

One of my all time favorites.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The Whole Nine Yards (2000): Dir: Jonathan Lynn / Cast: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Michael Clarke Duncan, Amanda Peet: Caper comedy about the trouble we sometimes find ourselves in and the emotional endurance to figure out a solution. Matthew Perry plays a dentist who hates his marriage. Bruce Willis plays a criminal who moves in next door and refuses the witness protection program. Perry is blackmailed by his wife to expose him and reap profit. Clever concept littered with clichés. The ending uplifts criminals with humour evolving around murder. Director Jonathan Lynn previously made Sgt. Bilko but here his directing is more conventional. Willis plays Jimmy the Tulip as the ominous new neighbour who is way ahead in the con game. Perry as the depressed dentist is miserable until he becomes stranded within danger and lust. Michael Clarke Duncan plays Willis's right hand man who at first is seen as an enemy. The handling of the character in the conclusion is too conventional. Natasha Henstridge is less than effective as Willis's ex-wife. Her romance with Perry is more predictable formula than anything. Amanda Peet steals every scene she is in as Perry's dental assistant who desires to meet Jimmy. Theme regards the curious lifestyles of those living around us. It never goes the whole nine yards but the ground it does cover is a hoot at best. Score: 5 ½ / 10

The Whole Nine Yards gives you all sides to the story. Oz (good name) getting mixed up with his gangster neighbor Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (what a great name) while rival gangster Janni Gogolak (what a great name) is wanting Jimmy and Oz dead but meanwhile Oz is falling for Jimmy's ex-wife Cynthia (really good name) whilst Oz' current wife Sophie (name) is trying to get Special Agent Steve Hanson (fairly horrible name) to whack Oz all while Jill St. Claire (ok name), Jimmy's biggest fan, and Franklin "Frankie Figs" Figueroa (niiiice name) try to team up with Jimmy and Oz to kill Janni and all his men. Bruce Willis is so funny, not in this movie, but just in general. Matthew Perry holds his own and is in no way disappointing. Kevin Pollack is comical and dialed in. Natasha Henstridge is worth all the risk. I cannot get enough of Roseanna Arquette's character. Amanda Peet hands down gives the best performance, she really has nice tits. Michael Clarke Duncan provides a strong supporting presence. Harland Williams is well-cast and adds his bit of funny to the movie. The Whole Nine Yards is silly and entertaining the whole way through. The part at the very end on the boat where Jimmy tosses Oz the canned beer but it just flies right past his head, that's a classic funny moment!

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.

After having seen Marisa Tomei win best supporting actress from "My cousin Vinny" (which I loved), I am surprised that Amanda Peet didn't get as many accolades for her performance as Jill in "Nine Yards".Her facial expressions, her enthusiasm, and her zeal for what she is doing portrayed in the film really caught my attention. Yes, she is a beautiful girl, but the channel I watched the movie on didn't show the completely nude scenes, anyway, so all I can judge is the character she played and not my own fantasies.The giddiness when meeting Tudeski for the first time, the arched eyebrows when asking Cynthia "you do?" when Cynthia says she loves Oz, the flip of her wrist when she summons the bank man back into his cubicle, the leg lock around Tudeski at the dock...how could anyone not like this girl? She seems so real and so happy with herself. I fell for the character she created, but I couldn't win in a fight with Tudeski for her affections.Great job, Ms. Peet. You nailed the magic on that one.