The Whole Nine Yards
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: February 18, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
19
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
It provides the first genuine laughs I've had at the movies in this young year. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A subtle but unmistakable aura of jolliness sneaks from the screen. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Light on its feet and reveling in its deviousness, it stays one step ahead of us . Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
An offer you shouldn't refuse: It's laugh-out-loud, side-splitting funny. Read full review
70
Film.comSean Means
A funny, frenetic and surprising comedy. Read full review
70
Washington PostDesson Thomson
This Matt Perry vehicle is funnier than anyone could hope to expect. Read full review
63
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
A sometimes clever, sometimes clumsy movie. Read full review
63
San Francisco ExaminerEdvins Beitiks
It's not easy to wrench belly laughs out of contract killing, but Nine Yards does just that. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
Well-tuned wisecracks and clever plot twists. Read full review
60
VarietyTodd McCarthy
A crudely funny farce that covers no new ground but sees its talented players running some surefire plays. Read full review
50
TimeRichard Schickel
You're entitled to ask for more than that in a comedy, but these days you're often obliged to settle for a lot less. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Underwhelming, amusing only in fits and starts. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
A pedestrian movie with a predictable romance at its heart. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Wacky and heartless, bloody and silly -- and it ends in a flourish of grotesque sentimentality. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
A comedy without much zing but with an occasional zing-er that enables the film to pick up . . . well, if not nine yards, maybe an inch or two on the gridiron. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Runs out of good ideas long before it's over, falling below "Prizzi's Honor" and "The Freshman" in the dubious genre of contract-killer comedies. Read full review
50
SlateDavid Edelstein
A second-rate but bearable black comedy. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldCurtis Morgan
Sporadically amusing. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
The film falls short; only Peet goes the whole nine yards.
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
A peppy affair that works in fits and starts but is unable to put its successful moments together in any consistently satisfying way. Read full review
50
Film.comTom Keogh
A dark comedy that squanders its potential and never quite, as they say, suspends disbelief. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
For quite of few of The Whole Nine Yards, it appears that the most clever thing in the movie is going to be the opening credits, monstrous close-ups of the morning toothbrushing routine. Read full review
49
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
It's so plot heavy it never finds its nimble comic rhythm. Read full review
45
TNT RoughCutGraham Verdon
It's a sad day when good ideas turn into bad movies. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Bruce Willis's marvelous performance as a contract killer only makes everything else about this comedy seem more pathetic. Read full review
40
Film.comJohn Hartl
The script seems flimsy and disposable when compared with such similar takes on the subject as "Analyze This,""The Sopranos" and the upcoming "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai." Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Goofy and surprisingly slow-moving. Read full review
38
Baltimore SunAnn Hornaday
(Perry and Willis) are blown off the screen by Amanda Peet and Natasha Henstridge. Read full review
30
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Stupid, empty and -- worst of all -- fantastically boring. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
A convoluted ''dweeb meets the Mob'' farce in which everyone is trying to kill everyone else, but it's the movie that's the real corpse -- albeit a busy, twitching one. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
No matter your standard of measurement, this production falls short. Read full review
16
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
A witless, listless muck-up that sends you reeling from the theater with thoughts of suicide instead of a chipper grin. Read full review
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