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Along Came Polly

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Along Came Polly

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Summary

Romantic comedy starring Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston. Insurance company risk assessor Reuben Feffer's apparently perfect life takes a nose-dive when his new wife cheats on him during their honeymoon. Broken-hearted, he meets up with old school friend Polly Prince and romance ensues. But Polly's blasé attitude to life causes problems for overly cautious Reuben.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Sloan Freer

The problem with this film from Meet the Parents co-writer John Hamburg is that it doesn't know what kind of comedy it wants to be. Predominantly, it's an agreeable romantic comedy, derivative yet cute, with Ben Stiller playing an overly cautious risk assessor who falls for wild former school pal Jennifer Aniston after his new wife cheats on him during their honeymoon. Stiller and Aniston's performances are reassuringly familiar, demonstrating a comfortable chemistry that's enjoyable to watch. However, getting gentle amusement from the foibles of modern romance is evidently insufficient for Hamburg, who insists on throwing in incongruous gross-out humour that would make even the Farrelly brothers wince. Such attempts to widen the movie's appeal give it an entirely uneven tone, and turn the usually brilliant Philip Seymour Hoffman into a nausea-inducing horror as Stiller's vulgar best friend. Ultimately, it's the characters' pratfalls and behavioural idiosyncrasies that provide the loudest laughs - better dialogue could have worked wonders here.

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Cast

rolenameReuben FefferBen StillerPolly PrinceJennifer AnistonSandy LylePhilip Seymour HoffmanLisa KramerDebra MessingClaudeHank AzariaLeland Van LewBryan BrownStan IndurskyAlec BaldwinJavierJsu GarciaVivian FefferMichele LeeIrving FefferBob Dishy

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rolenameDirectorJohn Hamburg

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Theatrical distributor

UIP

Released on

2004-02-27

Languages

English | Spanish

Guidance

Edited for language and sex scenes.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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