The Whole Nine Yards was something I saw as either a hit or miss. I preferably like to see just about anything with Bruce Willis, some are a huge hit (The Sixth Sense, Die Hard) while some are a huge miss (Striking Distance). This turned out to play a lot different than I expected. I was happy to walk out of the theatre liking it a lot, but it wasn't Bruce Willis that stole the show.
The two that will stick in your mind after viewing this film are Matthew Perry and Amanda Peet. Michael Clark Duncan and Bruce Willis (also not to forget Kevin Polluck in a small role) do a great job but every scene that Matthew Perry and Amanda Peet are in they steel the show. Both are very different, Matthew Perry is the more goofy sense of humor played with perfection while Amanda Peet just does so much with her character from being a complete bimbo to being incredibly charming. You just have to see her role played to understand how great her performance is, especially with some of those dumb little smiles she makes.
The story is relatively simple and complex at the same time. A hit man moves next door, neighbor wants other hit men to hit him - while his wife wants to hire the hit man next door or just about any hit man to kill her husband - while the hit man next door has a friend hit man to keep an eye all of them. See what I mean? There's a lot going on but it's just a film where you are more happy to just lay back and watch the fun instead of taking note. There are just so many scenes in the film that everyone will find funny that it will require a few extra viewings to pick up on everything.
To explain the film in a sentence - think of Grosse Pointe Blank without John Cusack (meaning not nearly as fast with jokes) filled to the top with different styles of humor while combining it with a little bit of action. It's a film entirely about it's cast, if someone else played Matthew Perry, Bruce Willis, or Amanda Peet it would not nearly be the same. This won't be the best comedy you've seen in a long time, nor will it be the best of the year, but it'll make you leave it with a smile on your face.
The two that will stick in your mind after viewing this film are Matthew Perry and Amanda Peet. Michael Clark Duncan and Bruce Willis (also not to forget Kevin Polluck in a small role) do a great job but every scene that Matthew Perry and Amanda Peet are in they steel the show. Both are very different, Matthew Perry is the more goofy sense of humor played with perfection while Amanda Peet just does so much with her character from being a complete bimbo to being incredibly charming. You just have to see her role played to understand how great her performance is, especially with some of those dumb little smiles she makes.
The story is relatively simple and complex at the same time. A hit man moves next door, neighbor wants other hit men to hit him - while his wife wants to hire the hit man next door or just about any hit man to kill her husband - while the hit man next door has a friend hit man to keep an eye all of them. See what I mean? There's a lot going on but it's just a film where you are more happy to just lay back and watch the fun instead of taking note. There are just so many scenes in the film that everyone will find funny that it will require a few extra viewings to pick up on everything.
To explain the film in a sentence - think of Grosse Pointe Blank without John Cusack (meaning not nearly as fast with jokes) filled to the top with different styles of humor while combining it with a little bit of action. It's a film entirely about it's cast, if someone else played Matthew Perry, Bruce Willis, or Amanda Peet it would not nearly be the same. This won't be the best comedy you've seen in a long time, nor will it be the best of the year, but it'll make you leave it with a smile on your face.