The Whole Nine Yards
(2000)
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A mob comedy in which ex-mobster Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Willis), who's now living in Canada as part of the Witness Protection Program, becomes a target yet again, much to his dismay. All of this is because of the couple next door--more specifically, his neighbor's greedy wife, Sophie (Arquette). When Sophie learns of Jimmy's true identity, she sends her befuddled husband Nicholas (Perry) to Chicago to track down the mob and inform them of Jimmy's whereabouts, expecting a fruitful reward in return. From there, events spiral even further out of control. |
Friends star Matthew Perry made another bid for big-screen stardom in this limp black comedy from British director Jonathan Lynn (Yes, Minister, My Cousin Vinny). Perry plays the humble, hen-pecked dentist who's none too chuffed to discover that Mafia iceman Jimmy “The Tulip” Tudeski (Bruce Willis) has just bought a house in his dull Montreal neighbourhood. At the instigation of his shrewish wife (Rosanna Arquette), Perry rats on Jimmy to Chicago crime boss Kevin Pollak, only to find himself up to his eyeteeth in trouble. The cast includes The Green Mile's Michael Clarke Duncan and Species star Natasha Henstridge. But the farce is too forced, the humour too broad and the end result a far cry from such superior hitman comedies as Prizzi's Honor and Grosse Pointe Blank.