Product Details

• Actors: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet, Kevin Pollak
• Directors: Howard Deutch
• Writers: George Gallo, Mitchell Kapner
• Producers: Allan Kaufman, Andrew Stevens, Andrew Sugerman, Arnold Rifkin, David Bergstein
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
• Language: English, Hebrew, Hungarian
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: July 27, 2004
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00029NMRC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #331,302 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Paltry Shadow of the Original, July 24, 2005

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A. Vegan (Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Whole Ten Yards (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)

Thanks to falsified dental records supplied by his former neighbor Nicholas Oz Oseransky, retired hitman Jimmy The Tulip Tudeski now spends his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife, Jill, a purported assassin who has yet to pull off a clean hit. Suddenly, an uninvited and unwelcome connection to their past unexpectedly shows up on Jimmy and Jill's doorstep: it's Oz, and he's begging them to help him rescue his wife from the Hungarian mob. To complicate matters even further, the men, who are out to get Oz, are led by Lazlo Gogolak, a childhood rival of Jimmy's and another notorious hitman. Oz, Jimmy and Jill will have to go the whole nine yards--and then some--to manage the mounting Mafioso mayhem.

There isn't much about this film to enjoy. I was hoping it would be a lot funnier than it was, but I just didn't laugh at anything except Kevin Pollack's character who was hard to understand most of the time. I had no problem with the cast, I enjoyed all of their performances. Especially Kevin Pollack and Natasha Henstridge who really made the film at least somewhat watchable. If only Bruce Willis could have had more funny lines, or Matthew Perry been a little funnier, or if Amanda Peet...wait there's nothing wrong with her. Anyway, I can only recommend this to someone who likes the cast but not necessarily the story, otherwise, this movie gets a 5 out of 10 because they did try...to some degree.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 9 is Greater than 10, August 14, 2004

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DJK ver 2.0 "Reader and Movie Buff" (Richardson, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Whole Ten Yards (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)

'The Whole Ten Yards' continues the stories of the dentist Oz (played by Matt Perry) and his former neighbor and retired contract killer, Jimmy the Tulip Tudeski (played by Bruce Willis). After escaping with millions of dollars in Mob money in the 'The Whole Nine Yards,' Oz has married Jimmy's ex-wife and moved to California to set up a practice. Jimmy has moved to Mexico with Jill, Oz's former assistant, who has taken up contract killing herself. Jimmy's former boss, Lazlo, is released from jail, and quickly sets out to find Jimmy and what happened to his son, Yanni.

The Good: two words: Kevin Pollack. He stole the show and was the highlight of the movie. His character is like a father to a gang of bumbling mobsters that are constantly bickering and can't keep their hands to themselves. His accent and tendency to mix up his idioms is hysterical.

Also Good: There are select scenes between Jimmy and Oz, and some with Jill (played by Amanda Peet) that bring back the feel of the movie where Oz is the befuddled dentist that can't believe he got caught up in this mess and Jimmy is the cool and collected hitman always one step ahead. Those scenes are both cool and funny.

The Bad: What was with the neurosis of Jimmy's character? The character from 'The Whole Nine Yards' was great and perfect for the part of hitman for that movie. In this movie, Jimmy is breaking down, and the thing is, you're not sure if it is for real or not. Plenty of the scenes could have been much better if Jimmy didn't come off as such a complete lunatic which required Willis to play him way too over the top. Also bad: the plot. It was a good idea. I liked the idea. The execution was bad with the plot twists coming at awkward times. The script probably could have been better.

Overall, this movie exceeded my expectations because I thought the previews made it look terrible. However, it did not live up to its predecessor (and that is taking into consideration that many sequels are not as good as the original). I was still kind of disappointed with it. This movie lacked the edge the first movie had. I'd recommend it as a rental, but I'd spend your money on 'The Whole Nine Yards' for a purchase instead.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst Movie I have seen in Several years, August 21, 2004

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E. C. ELDER "Wirehead" (Tampa Bay) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Whole Ten Yards (Full Screen Edition) (DVD)

My wife brought this turkey home from Blockbuster. The plot and dialogue is lame. A husband and wife team are "hit men." The wife can't shoot straight and the husbnad is retired from the business. the plot centers around a Hungarian mob leader who is released from prison and wants vengance on the retired hit man (Bruce Willis) and a dentist, Mathew Perry. It goes down hill from here. The only interesting characters were the mobster and his son and the son was killed off about mid-movie. This move is a real stinker. Don't waste your time.