Along Came Polly

Name: Along Came Polly
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: January 16, 2004
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 44
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Ben Stiller, Bob Dishy, Bryan Brown, Debra Messing

2004

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 16, 2004 | PG-13

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Ben Stiller, Bob Dishy, Bryan Brown, Debra Messing, Hank Azaria, Jennifer Aniston, Jsu Garcia, Michele Lee, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Summary: Reuben (Ben Stiller) has made a fine life and a good career out of playing it safe. Polly (Jennifer Aniston) plays her life like a game of chance. So when a chance encounter reunites these childhood friends, Reuben finds his world turned upside down.

Director: John Hamburg

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 90 min

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Mick LaSalle

Its story is paint-by- numbers...But it's funny, and funny covers a lot of sins. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

Polly works best when writer-director John Hamburg gets his mind out of the water closet, and it's in there about two-fifths of the way. The rest of the time, he's assembling a hit-and-miss comedy with reasonable numbers of laughs and lots of personality from its two leads. Read full review

Dallas Observer Bill Gallo

Hamburg's smartypants banter is a bit spotty, but the bathroom humor, of all things, hits the mark, and Stiller's trademark wide-eyed bafflement wins the day again. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Firmly ensconced among the forgettables in Stiller's career, a generic romantic comedy of the one-from-column-A, one-from-column-B variety. Read full review

Jonathan Foreman

Recycles gags from various, more successful gross-out and romantic comedies, but without any zest or imagination. Read full review

Chuck Wilson

The film is sporadically amusing, especially early on. But as the gross-outs dwindle, one is left to contemplate if Stiller has always been this neckless and to wonder just why Aniston wastes her summer vacation on junk such as this. Read full review

David Sterritt

Weak acting, even by Hoffman. Aniston is so far above this material she should never, ever have signed on. Read full review

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Perineum

Jan 14, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Along Came Polly has various slapstick gags that are very amusing. Ben and Jen have perfect chemistry through the whole movie. This movie should have been a bigger hit, this is one of Ben's funniest movies.… Expand

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Trev29

Jul 3, 2013

Enjoyable enough for what you except it to be. Jennifer Aniston's presence is always easy to watch while Ben Stiller can be obnoxious. Predictable as any romantic comedy can be.

1 of 9 users found this helpful18

drlowdon

Oct 29, 2014

Reuben Feffer (Stiller) is a risk assessment manager who has played everything safe his entire life. When he catches his fiance in a compromising position with her scuba diving instructor he returns home heartbroken and unsure how to get his life back in order. Taking advice from his bossReuben Feffer (Stiller) is a risk assessment manager who has played everything safe his entire life. When he catches his fiance in a compromising position with her scuba diving instructor he returns home heartbroken and unsure how to get his life back in order. Taking advice from his boss and friend he soon runs into the risk-taking, and slightly crazy, Polly (Aniston).

Anyone that has seen this type of movie before (particularly the superior 'Theres Something About Mary') will know exactly what to expect, namely all manner of crazy scenarios in which Ben Stiller is able to do what Ben Stiller does, and that includes the now mandatory silly dance. There are a number of funny moments throughout this movie, many provided by the excellent Philip Seymour Hoffman as a washed up 80's movie star, and for any men in the audience Aniston is as gorgeous as ever. It is however hard not to feel that you have seen it all before.… Expand

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Spielberg00

Sep 2, 2011

ALONG CAME POLLY is a sometimes-funny, average Ben Stiller film. Keep in mind he was also working on MEET THE FOCKERS and DODGEBALL in 2004, so you can't expect much.

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heyitsmegrif4

Jan 2, 2012

Without its major silliness it would've had heart and some good performances. But sadly it is too raunchy to be taken seriously at all. I give this movie 16%. Yeah don't see this.

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