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- 2004
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
- 2004
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
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.
Directed By: John Hamburg
Written By: John Hamburg
- 2004
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
- 2004
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
Along Came Polly
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8.1
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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.
Directed By: John Hamburg
Written By: John Hamburg
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
44
23% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
60% Mixed
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
17% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
44
23% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
60% Mixed
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
17% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Its story is paint-by- numbers...But it's funny, and funny covers a lot of sins.
The best reason to see Along Came Polly is the supporting cast.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 198 User Ratings
8.1
74% Positive
146 Ratings
146 Ratings
18% Mixed
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
8% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 198 User Ratings
8.1
74% Positive
146 Ratings
146 Ratings
18% Mixed
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
8% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
With a cast this gifted, some of the throwaway jokes stick, but when Along Came Polly goes for its biggest, grossest laughs, the strings show well in advance.
Recycles gags from various, more successful gross-out and romantic comedies, but without any zest or imagination.
Might be a lame, formulaic comedy, but it sets up entertaining sequences cleverly designed for the talents of three of its stars and has the good sense to get out of the way and let audiences enjoy their performances.
Largely innocuous and forgettable, Polly lacks "Mary's" romantic pathos and psychosexual anxiety and is a few squirmy set pieces shy of "Meet the Parents."
Weak acting, even by Hoffman. Aniston is so far above this material she should never, ever have signed on.
Overall great movie. However, there are some weird scenes. This movie shows us that you can fall in love again after a bad relationship and that you can fall in love with a person that's not necessarily "your type". It also shows us that the fast-paced lives we live nowadays sometimes prevent us from seeing the big picture. It also shows us how finding "Mr./Mrs. Right" can change your life. The central message of the film is there is love for everyone no matter how "crazy" you think you are.
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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 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.
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Not the worst movie ever made, but Stiller and Aniston play predictable and overdone characters in a setting that proves to be too familiar. Minus the laughs and the two big stars flounder in a romantic comedy that fails to intrigue or move those who watch it. You'd expect a lot from this pairing but Stiller just plays a safer and more boring version of '**** ****' whilst Aniston feels very much like her 'friends' character without the antics (although she promotes herself as a risk taker) Both actors have excellent movies in their collections, simply erase this one from memory and switch to some of their golden material.
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Awards
Teen Choice Awards
• 3 Nominations
BMI Film & TV Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
