Rating: 
Summary: Laugh-Free Comedy That Makes You Sleep
Review: 'The Whole Nine Yards' was not a classic, but made with a surprisingly refreshing tone. The story was unpredictable -- about the ex-hitman and the timid dentist, and some unique characters (including a hitwoman wannabe Amanda Peet). Now, they made a sequel to it, but frankly, do we need it? Or can they really do it when the original was based on the premise you can use just for one time?
The results are lame, tired, even miserable comedy that is not funny at all. Bruce Willis comes back as Jimmy the Tulip, whose life is now, again, in danger because a mafia boss Lazlo is out of jail, who is played by Kevin Pollack. Many characters you saw in 'The Whole Nine Yards' return (not Mr. Duncan, though) But the central story is about the new baddie Lazlo (buried in a heavy make-up) who happens to be the father of the baddie of the original, played by the same Kevin Pollack.
This is the same ruse used in the sequel of 'City Slickers' -- once charming characters, after put in the right places at the end of the original film, are called back simply because another film must be made. Bruce Willis 'must' act like silly, because he was not before; Matthew Perry (as the same dentist Oz) 'must' act like silly because he believes somebody must kill him, the plot nobody believes now. Amanda Peet 'must' act like silly for, well, she has nothing to do this time (except for some bumbling 'jobs'); and most damagingly, Natasha Henstrige 'must' sleepwalk all through the new film simply because her role is nothing but a poor excuse for kidnapping plot, which is pointless and thrillless.
In one earlier scene, Bruce Willis, now in Mexico, appears with tired face, wearing a pair of fluffy, bunny shoes. This is the same thing as Christopher Walken did in 'Country Bears' and that's a bad sign indeed. You know, these films are shamelessly craving for laughs, which they will never get in this so obvious fashion. And as the film goes on, the cast raise the voice (see the scene in a bar), and speak out loud the long, winding, not-so-funny dialogues you can never remember after ten seconds. Well I didn't because I fell asleep. Sorry.
One thing I should praise is that even in this mess, Bruce Willis retains his charisma to some extent. I still don't know whether or not he can really act, like Keanu, but he is unmistakeably a star. In this case, however, that only makes this film more unwatchable.
Rating: 
Summary: Almost as rib-tickling as "Taxi Driver"
Review: At last! "The Whole Ten Yards," that long-awaited, eagerly anticipated sequel to "The Whole Nine Yards," is finally here. Let's just pray no one is seriously hurt in the stampede to the video store. What's that? You honestly haven't been on pins and needles for the past four years, dreaming of the day when Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry would once again share the screen? You're not alone: "Ten" is another pointless sequel that can be tossed in the "thanks, but no thanks" bin, alongside "Analyze That," "Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed" and the blink-and-you-missed-it "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights." "Ten" deserves at least passing mention, however, as one of the sloppiest pieces of hackwork to be put out by a major studio recently. In fact, this flaccid comedy's only laughs come from its sheer ineptitude. Check out the scene in which a character's cigarette is lit in one shot, then is miraculously unlit seconds later and relit again a moment after that. Or how Perry drives home at sunset, arrives at his home in darkness and escapes a few minutes later into mid-morning light. Did editor Seth Flaum make mincemeat out of this movie, or did he merely splice together the scrambled footage director Howard Deutch turned in? Willis returns as hired gun Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski, now living a quiet life in Mexico with wife Jill (Amanda Peet), whose own career as a killer isn't working out as smoothly as she hoped. They both get a chance to exercise their trigger fingers again when Cynthia (Natasha Henstridge), the wife of dentist Oz Oseransky (Perry), is allegedly kidnaped by the henchmen of fresh-out-of-prison mobster Lazlo Gogolak (Kevin Pollak). That crime sets the stage for Oz to become his hyperactive, accident-prone self once more -- and the sight of Perry taking pratfalls lost its novelty long ago -- and for Jimmy and Jill to trade insults and threats almost continually, as if they were playing in a kind of low-rent production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" with revolvers in place of the overflowing glasses of booze. Ponderously paced and atrociously written, George Gallo's screenplay is so incoherent and inconsistent it might have been pasted together from the rough drafts of four completely different storylines. While Oz remains a blithering dolt from start to finish (and we're expected to believe that a go-getter like Cynthia somehow finds this incredibly sexy), everyone else's personality seems to change with whatever the scene requires. Much is made of Jimmy wearing a skirt, bunny slippers and a headscarf and behaving like Martha Stewart in the beginning of the film, but those eccentricities evaporate quickly and never re-appear. As for humor, Gallo offers such rib-ticklers as a little girl with a foul mouth, a crook who mispronounces every other word he says, and the sight of Jimmy beating a dad unconscious while his young son watches. A shaven-headed Willis grimaces and grits his teeth through the entire film, making Jimmy about as adorably wacky as Travis Bickle. And why not? After all, "The Whole Ten Yards" is almost as rib-tickling as "Taxi Driver."
Rating: 
Summary: Fun
Review: Bruce Willis loses his tough guy look and turns it in for bunny slippers and an apron. Matthew Perry is just a fun guy to watch. Both give great comedic performances in a movie thats not going to win any awards but a fun movie to watch on a rainy day.
Rating: 
Summary: Good movie, but bad dvd
Review: I bought this on Tuesday and finally watched it last night. I liked it but not as much as i liked the first one. I was very upset that there are no special features except commentary and some trailers. There could have at least been a gag reel or deleted scenes. Because I watched the trailer and the movie and there were some things that were not in the movie that were in the trailer. I think people should see it. Amanda peet and natasha hendridge are hot.
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Summary: I actualy paid to see this
Review: I have seen many crappy films in my life and many of them were five star hits compared to this one. Nothing works as the broken pieces of the plot propel the actors who rely on shticks alone to get their pay check along the way and you sit in the dark of the theatre thinking WHY did I come here instead of paying a few drug addicts to stay at my house for a few days.
Don't see this on film and if this airs on your TV screen change the channel fast. Pray for the tortured soul who wrote this.
Rating:
Summary: ten yards, but no first down...
Review: I really enjoyed The Whole Nine Yards, but this sequel was a letdown, not to mention unnecessary in the first place. There's a few worthwhile moments, but overall the movie screams "money grab". The various head games Bruce Willis plays was funny in the original, but feels sorta recycled here. It might be worth checking out if you come across it while channel surfing, but otherwise you should probably save your cash for something else...
Rating:
Summary: Not As Good As the First, But Still Good!
Review: I thought that "The Whole Nine Yards" was a great movie, and I was excited when I found out that they were making a sequal called "The Whole Ten Yards." They were keeping the cast from the first movie, and they were also continuing from the first. This movie picks up exactly from where the first one left off, only a little while later. The best thing about the first movie was that it was fresh and new, and the characters were just so damn funny. The only problem with this one is that it is using things from the first movie to the point where to understand this one, you would have to see the first. I saw the first, and that was not a problem to me, but to other people it could be. It was also a little predictable, up until the ending, which includes a surprise twist that I would have never seen coming. Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky is a nice man, but a very scared dentist whose life changed a few years back when he found that Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski moved next door to him. The Tulip is a professional killer who has a large crime record. After the long story that happened then, Jimmy is in hiding, with his wife Jill, from people that think he is dead, and Oz just wants to start a family and end the Jimmy chapter with his wife Cynthia. This plan ends when Cynthia is kidnapped by Lazlo Gogolak, the father of the man that Jimmy killed. Lazlo reunites with his son Strabo. They almost kill Oz, causing him to flee to Mexico where Jimmy is not happy that he can't get Jill pregannt, and Jill is not happy that she is not a good professional killer. Jimmy could care less about Cynthia, but when Lazlo's gunman come to attack, the three flee and try to find Cynthia using Strabo, who they soon capture and use as ransom. Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry were good as Jimmy and Oz, but it was Kevin Pollack, who plays Lazlo that I had a problem with. Pollack was in the first movie as Lazlo's son, and I was glad that he died. That would mean that he would not be in the next movie, but he fit himself in somehow. The moivie had a good story, and a good final twist, but the sequal was not needed. If "The Whole Ten Yards" was one star less then "The Whole Nine Yards," I am hoping that they don't make a "The Whole Eleven Yards." That might kill the entire seris. They should quit right now while they are ahead. This was a good movie, despite that the critics have to say about it. ENJOY! Rated PG-13 for sexual content, some violence and language.
Rating: 
Summary: What you talkin' about, Willis?
Review: I'll tell you what he's talkin' about - a whole extra yard of movie fun, Baby!
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Summary: A perfect companion to my FAVORITE movie!
Review: My husband and I have seen The Whole Nine Yards at least three dozen times, it is absolutely hysterical! So when the sequel came out we rushed to see it and were not disappointed! I LOVED this movie! I laughed so hard I was in pain! However, the movie won't mean a thing to you if you haven't seen and loved the first. It is a dark comedy with twists and turns that keep you guessing. (What is up with the people that say it was confusing! Yes, you actually have to pay attention and maybe even see it twice!) Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry make an incredible team. My only complaint is the crude language & sex jokes were over the top. (So NO kids around for this flic.) So if you loved the first this is a MUST SEE!
Rating:
Summary: Better than watching paint dry... barely.
Review: The first movie (...Nine Yards) was entertaining. This one is - or should be - an embarrassment to everyone involved in its production. They should have called it "One More Yard", since it is about 1/10 as good as the first one. When the actors are interviewed in the future, this should be the answer to the question "What is the worst movie you ever made?". With all due respect, I have to believe that anyone who writes a positive review of this movie is either not sober, or stands to make money from it in some way.
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