Time is 2000. Bruce Willis fresh off 'the Fifth Element'. An on-form Matthew Perry fresh off 'Friends'. This is a crime-comedy with all the goods from either world, and it's done *just right*. The plot is good, and the film's got that typical contorted type story at the middle of it linking many different characters, but still absolutely coherent and compelling. Perry really is very funny in this one, and it's about to be one crazy ride for this prude of a dentist when an ex- big time conman is his neighbor and he finds out who he is and somehow finds himself involved. This is a crazy ride, with lots of great fun and action, good laughs, a good atmosphere between tight tension and comedy relief, the supporting cast is great, and the plots within the plots are strong enough to make this a fairly layered piece of genre-hybrid cinema. Just all in all, an excellent comedy.

Well, this is one of those hard movies to rate. Even thought we have an innovative direction with an ironic and original story, sometimes we have bad conversations, allied with bad performances and an implausible plot. Matthew Perry acts in this movie exactly like he does in "Friends", which shows he's not able to perform much differently than that. Bruce Willis does his job professionally, but the absurd plot ruins his character. You know, EVERYBODY in this movie seems to be a potential killer, and they talk about that very calmly. People who want to kill others usually aren't that peaceful. My other complaint is that we have too few funny scenes; after 40 minutes of length we don't know if this is a comedy or just a random and pointless film. I must confess I turned it off before completing the first hour, due to the great tedious it lured me into. It's not my fault as a viewer that it is simply boring and nothing ever happens; maybe with a more plausible story this would've worked better. Bad movie anyways.

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.