The Whole Ten Yards
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: April 9, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
24
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
9
Negative:
18
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Things spin swiftly out of control with uneven acting and misfired physical gags. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
It's every bit as nonsensical and overitalicized a mess as ''The Whole Nine Yards.'' Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A big, empty picture full of star turns, artificial energy and jokes that don't quite work, even if stars Willis and Perry do their best to slam them across. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
Destined to be on DVD by the time 2004 reaches the 50-yard line, Ten is more stale than it is ungodly. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
The obvious problem with The Whole Ten Yards is that it begins with the wrong kidnapping. Instead of taking Oz's wife, the criminals should have grabbed the authors of the original movie. Read full review
42
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
This is one of those movies that also hand reviewers a ton of their own quotes as ammunition. Perry, just summing it all up: "I've never been this confused in my entire life!" Read full review
40
VarietyRobert Koehler
The strain needed to extend The Whole Ten Yards a yard -- and to feature length -- is so painfully evident it breaks new pic's comedy spirit, making it a particularly dubious member of the Sequel Hall of Shame. Read full review
40
Village VoiceBen Kenigsberg
An anemic attempt at Coen-style bodies-and-bowling deadpan, The Whole Nine Yards compensated for its comic shortcomings with a casual, uncharacteristically likable performance by Bruce Willis. Read full review
40
Dallas ObserverJean Oppenheimer
Peet is still adorable, and a couple of twists enliven the plot, but the jokes are lame, the timing is off, the physical pratfalls are too broad, and there's still no chemistry between Perry and Henstridge. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Where the first pic breezed along with gags and gunplay, this forced follow-up is artificial to the hilt - fueled on a kind of trying-too-hard hilarity that makes even good actors look bad. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The least necessary sequel since "Agent Cody Banks" embarked on a London mission a few weeks ago. Read full review
30
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
At least it isn't a remake -- though given how slovenly and forced this movie is, maybe that wouldn't have been such a bad idea. Read full review
30
Washington PostMark Jenkins
Will go anywhere for a gag, including into the realms of homophobic, gastrointestinal and erectile dysfunction humor. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
The funny thing about this unfunny movie is that the cast is brimming with actors who are usually quite engaging. The Whole Ten Yards must be very potent chloroform, indeed, to make Willis, Perry, Peet and Pollak such zombies. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Strenuously unfunny sequel. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
An excruciating rehash that has virtually none of the wit and charm of the original. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleCarla Meyer
Lacks the clever twists and turns that made the original such fun. The sequel has exactly one twist, and it's not very clever. Read full review
25
PremiereSharon Allen Burke
The gags are flat, and the plot twists aren’t enough to keep the film moving. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A fog of gloom lowers over The Whole Ten Yards, as actors who know they're in a turkey try their best to prevail. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Not as desperate, unfunny, and nonsensical as its title. It's worse. Worse than you can imagine. Unless, of course, you've imagined 90-something minutes of bloopers and outtakes that congeal into a story -- much the way a scab is formed. Read full review
20
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
Miserably unfunny, wholly unnecessary affair. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
Disastrously unfunny sequel. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
What really sinks the film, though, is the utter absence of chemistry between Perry and Willis. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderHank Sartin
Every joke is stretched to the breaking point, and no one seems to be having any fun. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
The characters all feel like concoctions, like synthetic movie people forged in a crucible of Red Bull during late-night meetings at the studio compound. Read full review
12
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Bereft of inspiration, the agonizingly witless screenplay - blamed by the credits on George Gallo - resorts to pathetic cheap jokes about flatulence and impotence, lame slapstick and that juvenile gag about the horror of two men waking up naked in the same bed. Read full review
10
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Leaden, laugh-free, lacking anything resembling a heart, mind or soul. Read full review
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