It was written by Mitchell Kapner and stars Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Natasha Henstridge.

Its story follows a mild-mannered dentist as he travels to Chicago to inform a mob boss about the whereabouts of his new neighbor, a former hitman with a price on his head.

Oz meets a new neighbor and realizes he is Jimmy "the Tulip" Tudeski, an infamous Chicago contract killer with a bounty on his head.

Oz returns home, where Sophie has arranged for him to fly to Chicago and share Jimmy's whereabouts with mob boss Janni Gogolak for a reward.

At his office, he alters the dead detective's teeth to match Jimmy's dental records, then sets his and Janni's bodies on fire in Oz's car.

Investigators find the remains and believe Janni and Jimmy are dead, and, while heading to Oz's house with the intent to arrest him, discover a recorder in the detective's car; Sophie's conversation about killing Oz sends her and her mother to prison, despite Sophie's claim that Jill is the real killer.

In addition, Harland Williams plays Agent Hanson, while Stephanie Biddle, who performs the closing song, appears during the film as a jazz singer.

In April 1999, it was announced Matthew Perry would star alongside Bruce Willis in the Franchise Pictures-produced film.

[2] Perry said the environment was open for improvisations, with his own including more slapstick in his role, and suggesting Kevin Pollak to extend the pause in the line "something that doesn't deserve to be breathing the air."

Willis had the whole penthouse of the Intercontinental Hotel for himself and would throw parties lasting all night long, with the cast and crew at times going straight to the set from them.

Perry resorted to taking Xanax pills to ensure he would rest, even knowing that the tranquilizer could react badly with alcohol.

The website's consensus reads: "Despite a charming cast, The Whole Nine Yards can't tickle funny bones consistently enough to distract from its sitcom-like story.