The Whole Nine Yards

2000
15
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

131K

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Dark Comedy Comedy Crime

A struggling dentist's life is turned upside down when a famous gangster moves in next door, and his wife convinces him to inform a notorious mob boss about the gangster's whereabouts.A struggling dentist's life is turned upside down when a famous gangster moves in next door, and his wife convinces him to inform a notorious mob boss about the gangster's whereabouts.A struggling dentist's life is turned upside down when a famous gangster moves in next door, and his wife convinces him to inform a notorious mob boss about the gangster's whereabouts.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

131K

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POPULARITY

3,462

715

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Awards
- 6 nominations

Sophie's Mom
(as Carmen Ferlan)

Serge Christiaenssens

Mr. Boulez
(as Serge Christianssens)

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

Stephanie Biddle

Jazz Singer

Charles Biddle Sr.

Bass Player
(as Charles Biddle)

Geoff Lapp

Pianist

Director
- Jonathan Lynn
Writer
- Mitchell Kapner
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Trivia
The three kids who run between Jimmy and Oz when they are standing next to the flower cart are Bruce Willis's three daughters, Tallulah Willis, Scout Willis, and Rumer Willis.

Goofs
Dental records cannot be faked. It isn't just a matter of matching up dental work on a couple of Panellipse films (as shown in the movie). There is also everyone's unique bone density/structure, unique root structure, individual tooth sizes and variations in shape to be considered. These are things that cannot be altered. Moreover, those are the things that they look at when identifying someone from dental records.

Quotes
Jimmy: It's not important how many people I've killed. What's important is how I get along with the people who are still alive.

Crazy credits
Leanna McOemmecon is listed in the credits as the stand-in for Rosanna Arquette. It should read "Leanna McLennan.": "I worked as a stand in for Rosanna Arquette while filming in Quebec. The correct spelling of my name is Leanna McLennan. Each day, my name would be spelled differently on the call sheet--McLean, etc. Each day, I would correct it. In the end, I am listed in the credits as Leanna McOemmecon, which I find quite amusing."

Alternate versions
On most TV broadcasts, including TBS, Jill, although naked, has her left arm covering her breasts.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Beach/Snow Day/Holy Smoke (2000)

Soundtracks
Mon Paradis
Written by Phil Steele and Marco Marinangeli
Performed by Meredith Marshall

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Featured review

7/10

Gee, everyone is so sensitive to a mob comedy!

Judging from the comments below, I guess being a hitman is not much to laugh at...and the term 'black comedy' doesn't come to anyone's mind? Does that extend to the fact that without George Raft going after Jack Lemmon & Tony Curtis in "Some Like It Hot", they would have no reason to meet Marilyn, get on a train to Miami, etc. etc. ??

Of course its not funny in real life that people get killed. But this comedy starring Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry is very well done and had me laughing about it even when it was over. It was so over the top and so overpopulated with killers and gangsters and contract killings that at times its hard to remember what's going on and who is out to kill whom, but it does not matter at all since its all in fun.

I do not like either of the leads, generally speaking. I liked about five out of all Bruce Willis' movies and Perry I've seen on his tv show and enjoyed him but never really thought about him much. In this they are both very well cast and when they strike up a friendship, its believable. Willis does not do a 'goombah, fuggetaboutit' attitude or accent, thankfully, even though his character has an Italian surname, and does not mug for the audience at all.

Amanda Peet is very funny as a wanna-be hitwoman and a fan of the real killers, and Michael Clarke Duncan is also very funny.

Only downside is Rosanna Arquette - bad casting choice here! Maybe someone owed her a favor. Ironically, she is not one of the people who has a contract out on her, though God knows she's annoying enough for one.