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The Whole Nine Yards
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette,
Michael Clarke Duncan, Amanda Peet
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| MPAA Rated: |
R
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| Released By: |
Warner
Bros.
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| Web Site: |
www.nineyards.net
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| Kiddie Movie: |
Nah, pretty adult for kids, lots of swearing,
boobs, etc.
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| Date Movie: |
She might not want to go but will probably enjoy
it.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Blatant nudity.
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Violence: |
It's about a contract killer.
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| Action: |
Some action.
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| Laughs: |
Lots of them.
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| Memorable
Scene: |
I almost spit my soda all over the dude in front
of me during the scene where Jimmy tosses Oz a beer
on the boat.
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| Memorable
Quote: |
Jimmy to Oz: "Now, go change your pants - We're
going out.
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| Directed By: |
Jonathan Lynn
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| Produced By: |
David Willis, Allan Kaufman
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The Whole Nine Yards
A Movie Review |
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Alright, it would be unfair of me to say that the track
record of the "Friends" stars in transitioning to the big
screen has been, well lackluster, but for most of their
success on the series, it's been really hard to place any of
them in a really good film. This weekend that seems to have
changed with Matthew Perry in a movie that spotlights Bruce
Willis at some of his comic best, "The Whole Nine Yards."
And Matthew Perry is pretty darn good, too.
The story run-down is a little like this. Matthew Perry
plays "Oz", a dentist relocated to Canada with a bitch of a
wife, Sophie (Rosanna Arquette). He gets a new neighbor,
Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis), a relocated
contract killer sort of hiding out from some mobsters.
Sophie decides the way out of her and Oz's debt is for Oz to
rat out Jimmy's location to the mob, but she has other ideas
as well. So, she ships Oz off to Chicago to find the mob.
Well, he runs into Frankie (Michael Clarke Duncan in another
great role) and the mob, and ends up a player in a twisted
scheme for Jimmy to get the $10 million dollars left for a
triad of people. Oh yea, Oz also sleeps with Jimmy's wife,
Cynthia (Natasha Henstridge), but then again, who wouldn't
take that opportunity. In the end it's not all about money,
as it should be for a contract killer, and maybe the five
years in prison softened up Jimmy a little, or maybe he just
got too close to someone again.
Sure, the movie is kind of stupid, but sometimes that
what makes it work. Oz is a guy whose life sucks but is
still goofy enough to make us laugh. Jimmy is cool, calm,
and collected, but in a funny hit-man sort of way. Frankie
scares you just looking at him, but seems like a cuddly
teddy bear at other times, and then there is Jill (Amanda
Peet), Oz's dental assistant with a weird twist in how she
fits in, a wannabe contract killer whose dream comes true
when she finds out Jimmy is living next to Oz and Oz
introduces her to Jimmy. It's stupidly comical and works
well.
In the end most everyone lives happily ever after, it is
a movie about a contract killer after all. But it was good
to see a comedy that didn't try to push things too far,
didn't waste the comedic talents Bruce Willis can have, and
put Matthew Perry in a movie that fit him just about
perfectly. "The Whole Nine Yards" did those things, had some
blatant nudity that fit in comically, had some fun violence,
and had some scenes where the timing of drinking some of my
55 gallon drum of soda almost caused the dude in front of me
to it all over the back of his head from my laughing so
hard.
And with that I'm giving "The Whole Nine Yards" 4 stars
out of 5. Sure it's not going to win any awards, but it did
make me laugh and that's what it was supposed to do.
That's it for this one! I'm The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
