The Whole Ten Yards (2004)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

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 | Father Son Relationship | Bomb | Hit By Door | Paranoia

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:

The tattoo on Jimmy the Tulip's back is the logo of the production company.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Strabo leaves the house to climb into the trunk, he still has the rope on his hands. When he goes to lift up the trunk, the rope is gone.

Quotes:

Lazlo: Your wife is in a safe...
Nicholas 'Oz' Oseransky: My wife is in a safe?
Lazlo: Place! Safe place! Let me finish the sentence.

Movie Connections:

References "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1952)

Soundtrack:

Superfunk

By no means as good as the original...

When Oz's (Matthew Perry) new wife Cynthia (Natasha Henstridge) is captured by the mob, he is no one else to turn to but his old friend Jimmy the Tulip (Bruce Willis). Teaming up with Jimmy and his new wife (Amanda Peat), Oz experiences another crime filled adventure with the mob.

Although not nearly as funny or as exciting as the original, The Whole Ten yards will surely entertain…for the most part. About half of the movie is clever and entertaining and would have deserved my recommendation, but the twist at the end is terrible and made the movie seem worthless. After the twist, follows a ridiculous display of events that are horrible, making the movie in my opinion a failure but still not absolutely terrible. Overall, the movie follows in the footsteps of an entertaining comedy but falls short of what could have been.

I do not recommend this film.