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Plot summary
Oz is a dentist in California, married to Cynthia, Jimmy Tudeski's ex-wife, and the couple is expecting a first child. Oz's paranoia and Cynthia's continued contact with Jimmy strain the marriage. Jimmy, believed dead thanks to falsified dental records that Oz once supplied, lives quietly with his wife Jill, an assassin who has yet to complete a clean hit. The Hungarian mob grabs Cynthia, and the man leading it, Lazlo Gogolak, wants Jimmy's whereabouts. Oz escapes the mob and reaches Jimmy and Jill, begging them to help him rescue Cynthia. Jimmy turns him down until Laszlo's men, who followed Oz, attack.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Whole Ten Yards (2004)
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- In his memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew Perry wrote that this film's disappointing reception drastically curtailed his film career, calling it "the moment Hollywood decided to no longer invite Mr. Perry to be in movies". He sought more dramatic roles afterward.
- Unlike the first film, which was a commercial success, The Whole Ten Yards was a box office bomb, taking $16.3 million in North America and $9.8 million internationally for a worldwide $26.2 million, less than a quarter the original's gross and short of its $40 million budget.
- The Whole Ten Yards had initially been intended for release on 17 October 2003, but because of reshoots Warner Bros. Pictures delayed it until the following year.
