Along Came Polly
Screenwriter John Hamburg directs his second film (since his 1998 debut Safe Men) with the romantic comedy Along Came Polly. Ben Stiller plays Reuben Feffer, a professional risk assessor who never takes chances in any aspect of his life. When his new bride Lisa (Debra Messing) leaves him for a European scuba instructor named Claude (Hank Azaria), he finally decides to a risk of his own. At a party, he meets free-spirited Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston), whom he remembers from his seventh-grade Model U.N. Unlike the control-freak Reuben, she's spent her life living on the edge. They reluctantly begin a romance and Polly introduces him to a new world of spicy food and suggestive dances. Along Came Polly also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Reuben's washed-up best friend Sandy Lyle and Alec Baldwin as the obnoxious insurance company boss Stan Indursky. more..
Director: John Hamburg
Starring: Ben Stiller,Jennifer Aniston,Philip Seymour Hoffman, Debra Messing, Alec Baldwin
Its story is paint-by- numbers...But it's funny, and funny covers a lot of sins.
Is Along Came Polly a great film? No, probably not, but it is a very amusing one.
Along Came Polly is nothing if not a chick flick for guys.
There isn't a lot in the movie that is funny.
The civilized running time and breezy editing between scattershot plot threads keep the attention in a superficial way, and it would be misstating the case to deny that the movie has some chuckles (the kind that don't linger).
Theodore Shapiro
BMI Film & TV Awards (2004)
Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy
Casting Society of America (2004)
Best Comedy
Golden Trailer Awards (2004)
Best Dance Sequence
MTV Movie Awards (2004)
Worst Actor
Razzie Awards (2005)
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