The Whole Ten Yards (2004)

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.

Director:

Howard Deutch

Writers:

Mitchell Kapner (characters), Mitchell Kapner (story),

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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'

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

hitman | shotgun | drunkenness | accidental killing | sequel | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Manga Films [es] Warner Bros.

Country:

USA

Language:

English Hungarian Hebrew

Release Date:

9 April 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Whole Nine Yards 2

Filming Locations:

13705 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$193,620 (Brazil) (22 October 2004)

Gross:

$391,854 (Brazil) (29 October 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nine Yards Two Productions, Cheyenne Enterprises, Eclipse Catering

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Buttercup girl is played by Bruce Willis's daughter, Tallulah Belle Willis.

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Goofs

hen Cynthia is talking to Jimmy the Tulip in the car, she hangs up her cell phone in one shot, and then later after saying a couple more lines, hangs up the phone again.

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Quotes

Lazlo: Los Angeles. How interesting. All right, we'll get going and cut them off at the piss.

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Connections

References The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952)

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Soundtracks

"I Don't Wanta"
Written by Durwood Haddock, E.C. Miller and W.S. Stevenson
Performed by Patsy Cline
Courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC d/b/a/ Masters International
By Arrangement with Source/Q

User Reviews

Step back nine yards

After the fun time I had watching The Whole Nine Yards, I was looking forward to seeing The Whole Ten Yards. But I watched it last night and I was pretty much disappointed with where they took the story. It just seemed like they took the characters and turned them into something completely different. For me, I'm such a Bruce Willis fan, so when I saw him growing and acting like a bull while he was drunk in one scene, I didn't laugh, I actually wanted to cry for him, it was pretty pathetic what they did to this cool, smooth, charismatic hit man that we knew and loved in the first film. The script and story was just up to par like the first film was, in fact, I would've appreciated it if they just left The Whole Nine Yards alone if they really felt like this one had a chance for a great comedy.

Jimmy has changed from this tough guy hit man to a Martha Stuart and Jill is not happy with it. Oz and Cynthia are in a quiet life in hiding from the gangsters. Lazlo is out of prison and wants revenge, so he "kidnaps" Cynthia and now Jimmy, Jill, and Oz get together to save her only to find out there are more twists and turns than they expected. But Jimmy has to go deep back into his roots of being the tough guy, not Mr. Clean.

Now don't get me wrong, The Whole Ten Yards has a few laughs here and there, but for the most part I just actually felt bad for Bruce Willis with the silly attempt to be a soft like Martha Stuart type of guy, he's just such a great tough guy, it's hard to see him as anything else. Matthew Perry wasn't as fun as he was in the first movie and neither was Amanda, it just seems like everyone lost their magic and chemistry with each other in this film. I really wish that I loved this film, but I'm having a hard time, I'm sorry.

4/10