A dentist discovers a notorious hit-man who testified against the mob has moved in next door to him in "The Whole Nine Yards," a 2000 comedy starring Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Roseanna Arquette, Michael Clark Duncan and Natasha Henstridge. Perry is Oz, an unhappily married dentist, whose slutty, greedy wife (Arquette) decides they can grab some money if Oz goes to Chicago and turns Jimmy "The Tulip" Tadeski (Willis) into the men who want him. Reluctantly, Oz goes. As the story continues, everybody is out to kill everybody else, Oz's wife has approached Jimmy to kill Oz, and, failing that, has found someone else to kill him; Oz's pretty dental assistant (Peet) turns out to be more than she appears; and Oz has fallen in love with Jimmy's wife, who is still in Chicago.
This is a funny movie with a couple of slapsticky-laugh out loud moments provided by Perry, who is very good as a man entering an insane world that he doesn't know if he can ever escape. Willis is Willis, playing his role as a real cool guy who rarely gives away what he's thinking.
The story lags a little bit - it's a good premise that with some script tightening could have been absolutely hilarious. As it is, it's fine entertainment and a great rental.
This is a funny movie with a couple of slapsticky-laugh out loud moments provided by Perry, who is very good as a man entering an insane world that he doesn't know if he can ever escape. Willis is Willis, playing his role as a real cool guy who rarely gives away what he's thinking.
The story lags a little bit - it's a good premise that with some script tightening could have been absolutely hilarious. As it is, it's fine entertainment and a great rental.