The Whole Nine Yards

The Whole Nine Yards (2000)

  • 45% of critics liked it
    (100 reviews)

  • 67% of users liked it
    (193,714 ratings)

In this black comedy, a criminal discovers a market for murder in the suburbs. After doing time in prison, mobster Jimmy the Tulip (Bruce Willis) moves to a suburban neighborhood. But Jimmy's new neighbors (Rosanna Arquette and Matthew Perry) soon figure out who he is. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Mitchell Kapner
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Feb 18, 2000 Wide
Warner Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Todd McCarthy, Variety

    Director Jonathan Lynn keeps a loose rein on the nuttiness but never lets it get out of bounds and maintains the film's comic buoyancy throughout.

  • Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    Director Jonathan Lynn keeps the comedy rolling smoothly.

  • Nell Minow, Common Sense Media

    Some very funny moments, but not for kids.

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    There are a number of genuinely clever twists and ideas that it's unfortunate that someone decided to muck it up with cheap slapstick.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Candy R


    Great cast. Matthew Perry is very funny in this black comedy about a dentist whose wife hires a hit man to kill him. He gots caught up in mob contract killings.

  • Spencer S


    Funny, well though out, and great casting. Worth watching overall.

  • EightThirty .


    10/06/2010 (DVD) Its seriously not serious, the type of flick that "takes a piss" out of "taking a piss", seriously. Quite an intelligent style of comedy with awkward situations that add to the twists that keep it interesting and amusing. Although it's so… More

  • Jason R


    Kind of cheesy, but highly entertaining.

  • Anthony L


    It feels like they didn?t really think this one through too much. It?s messy and un-entertaining. Matthew Perry is a great actor but he was still in ?Friends mode? here.

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