Who payed the critics

Too many fans seem to be blown away

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Both of the primary actresses smoke heavily. So for me, the movie was gross.I get tired of hearing women bragging during conversation how they smoke and have had kids without birth defects, how their mom or friends etc smoke with no defects.Most birth defects are not visible. I wonder if the movie got some monetary props for this kind of smoking from cig companies

The Whole Nine Yards (2000): Dir: Jonathan Lynn / Cast: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Michael Clarke Duncan, Amanda Peet: Caper comedy about the trouble we sometimes find ourselves in and the emotional endurance to figure out a solution. Matthew Perry plays a dentist who hates his marriage. Bruce Willis plays a criminal who moves in next door and refuses the witness protection program. Perry is blackmailed by his wife to expose him and reap profit. Clever concept littered with clichés. The ending uplifts criminals with humour evolving around murder. Director Jonathan Lynn previously made Sgt. Bilko but here his directing is more conventional. Willis plays Jimmy the Tulip as the ominous new neighbour who is way ahead in the con game. Perry as the depressed dentist is miserable until he becomes stranded within danger and lust. Michael Clarke Duncan plays Willis's right hand man who at first is seen as an enemy. The handling of the character in the conclusion is too conventional. Natasha Henstridge is less than effective as Willis's ex-wife. Her romance with Perry is more predictable formula than anything. Amanda Peet steals every scene she is in as Perry's dental assistant who desires to meet Jimmy. Theme regards the curious lifestyles of those living around us. It never goes the whole nine yards but the ground it does cover is a hoot at best. Score: 5 ½ / 10

A hit-man for the mob moves in next door to a struggling dentist, leading to hilarity...or at least a few chuckles. The cast seems to be having a good time. Willis is well suited to the role of the cool but ruthless hit-man. As the cowardly dentist, Perry delivers the wise cracks as if he were still playing Chandler on "Friends," but he does have some funny moments. Henstridge is pretty but cold as Willis's wife while Peet is sexy and funny as an aspiring hit woman. Sporting a European accent, Arquette is amusing as Perry's nagging wife. Clarke is smooth as a hulking henchman. The script doesn't really mine the material for all the potential laughs but it's entertaining.

After having seen Marisa Tomei win best supporting actress from "My cousin Vinny" (which I loved), I am surprised that Amanda Peet didn't get as many accolades for her performance as Jill in "Nine Yards".Her facial expressions, her enthusiasm, and her zeal for what she is doing portrayed in the film really caught my attention. Yes, she is a beautiful girl, but the channel I watched the movie on didn't show the completely nude scenes, anyway, so all I can judge is the character she played and not my own fantasies.The giddiness when meeting Tudeski for the first time, the arched eyebrows when asking Cynthia "you do?" when Cynthia says she loves Oz, the flip of her wrist when she summons the bank man back into his cubicle, the leg lock around Tudeski at the dock...how could anyone not like this girl? She seems so real and so happy with herself. I fell for the character she created, but I couldn't win in a fight with Tudeski for her affections.Great job, Ms. Peet. You nailed the magic on that one.