The Whole Ten Yards (2004)

Director:

Howard Deutch

Writers (WGA):

Mitchell Kapner (characters)
Mitchell Kapner (story)

Release Date:

9 April 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

They missed each other. This time, their aim is better.

Plot:

Jimmy the Tulip's (Willis) quiet new life is shaken up by his old pal Oz (Perry), whose wife (Henstridge) has been kidnapped by a Hungarian mob. The Tulip and his wife Jill (Peet) spring into action.

Plot Keywords:

Hitman | Choking | Shot In The Foot | Pistol | Kidnapping

Cast

Bruce Willis	...	Jimmy
Matthew Perry	...	Oz
Amanda Peet	...	Jill
Kevin Pollak	...	Lazlo
Natasha Henstridge	...	Cynthia
Frank Collison	...	Strabo
Johnny Messner	...	Zevo
Silas Weir Mitchell	...	Yermo
Tasha Smith	...	Julie
Elisa Gallay	...	Anya
Tallulah Belle Willis	...	Buttercup Scout
Johnny Williams	...	Vito
George Zapata	...	Guy in Trunk #1
Carlos Zapata	...	Guy in Trunk #2 (as Carlo Zapata)
McNally Sagal	...	Maitre D'

Also Known As:

The Whole Nine Yards 2 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, some violence and language.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Hungarian | Hebrew

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG (re-rating) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Nine Yards Two Productions

Trivia:

When Jill and Jimmy are having their make-up sex, we hear Bruce Willis saying "Yipee-ki-yay." This alludes to his famous line in the movie Die Hard (1988).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lazlo tears the bill apart in the beginning of the film, the tear forms more or less rectangular pieces. The pieces, which were put together in the end of the film, are triangular and the tear meets exactly the corners of the bill, what was actually not the case as the bill was parted.

Quotes:

Nicholas 'Oz' Oseransky: I don't think God keeps an eye on your sperm. What kind of job is that for God? It'd take him all day. I'm gonna throw up.
Jimmy Tudeski: [later] Did you have a good relationship with your father?
Nicholas 'Oz' Oseransky: Yeah, we were like pals.
Jimmy Tudeski: I wanna to kill my father. I want to take a icepick and stick it right in his eyeball.
Nicholas 'Oz' Oseransky: Still gonna throw up.
Jimmy Tudeski: We had some great times though.
Nicholas 'Oz' Oseransky: You and your father?
Jimmy Tudeski: No. Me and Cynthia.
Nicholas 'Oz' Oseransky: [burps] That's almost vomit.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Jack Black/Neil Young (#31.9)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Are You Having Any Fun

Brilliantly Funny

i always approach sequels with a lot of caution. especially one's that follow great first movies, as is the case with the whole nine yards. and even worse, the idea that a movie that it was clever to call itself the whole ten yards just had me wanting to take a book to the cinema with me. i was pleasantly surprised. that's an understatement. i nearly wet myself at how good this movie was. but a prerequisite to truly appreciate this movie is to watch the first one. not just for the storyline but for the characters. bruce willis outdoes himself as a hit-man undercover as a housewife. caring for his chickens and following martha stewart recipes. then his complete turnaround to mental loony running (but with tons of cards up his sleeve). cool and collected as bullets fly overhead but drawn to tears like a big baby over a dead chicken. matthew perry has a lot to do to move away from chandler (his friends character) and here he sorta does it, but still sorta keeps it. brilliantly funny, running around bumbling idiot who has the feel of wrong place, wrong time, wrong universe about him. But above and beyond these two, as well as excellent performances by the rest of the cast - kevin pollak. this man outdid himself. his character rendition of a mob boss with a crazy personality and even better turns of phrases and accents. watch this movie if not just to hear him speak. it will make your day. overall, the story - really complex at times, and rather anticlimactic in the end. but this movie is not about a deep storyline. it's about the minute by minute laugh ride that just didn't disappoint.