Along Came Polly (2004)

• Year: 2004
• Released: 16 Jan 2004
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 1 win & 9 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343135/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Along_Came_Polly
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/along-came-polly
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English, Spanish
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Runtime: 90 min
• Writer: John Hamburg
• Director: John Hamburg
• Cast: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing
• Keywords: los angeles, california, beach, romantic comedy, scuba diving, bride,

	6.0/10
	44/100
	27% – Critics
	47% – Audience

Along Came Polly Storyline

While in his honeymoon in a paradisaical beach, the conservative risk analyst of an insurance company Reuben Feffer finds his wife Lisa Kramer having intercourse with her scuba instructor Claude in his boat. Reuben immediately returns to New York and his friend Sandy Lyle invites him to go to a party. There he meets his former high school friend Polly Prince, who is a very independent woman that lives in the edge with her blind ferret in a cozy but simple apartment. Although having very different behaviors, they date and fell a great attraction for each other. When Lisa returns, Reuben has to decide if he wants to live his life in the suburb with his unfaithful wife, or have a risky relationship with Polly.

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Along Came Polly Movie Reviews

Sweet and fun romantic comedy, with nice performances; the story isn’t always that engaging though

I confess I did have to see this film more than once to really suss out what I thought of it. In the end, Along Came Polly is very sweet and fun, that delivers the laughs when it needs to. It is beautifully shot with very nice performances from Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston as Reuben and Polly who have good chemistry together. Solidly supporting them is the always great Phillip Seymour Hoffmann as Sandy Lyle and Alec Baldwin as Reuben’s slime-ball of a boss. Hank Azaria is good too, if you look past his bad French accent. The film has a lovely soundtrack, and there are some fun comedic moments, particularly the pillow liberation episode. And the characters are memorable, especially Polly, she is the sort of woman I would relate to. In an otherwise good film, there are one or two problems; the script does have its ups and down and the story isn’t always that engaging and is a little predictable in places. All in all though, this is a sweet and fun film. 7/10 Bethany Cox

not funny, Ben Stiller too pathetic

Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) is a by the numbers guy who calculates risks for a living. He’s with his wife Lisa Kramer (Debra Messing) on their honeymoon when she runs off with horribly accented Claude (Hank Azaria). So he goes home alone, and meets an old schoolmate Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston). She’s his opposite, a freestyle no-plans nomad.

If this was a simple boy meets girl story, there’s a chance for a good rom-com here. But this movie starts off bad. Hank Azaria has a really stupid accent. And having his butt shoved in our face isn’t funny. In fact this movie tries very hard and gets very few laughs.

It seems that everybody is trying to one up everybody else. Besides wacky Hank Azaria, Alec Baldwin is his inappropriate boss. Philip Seymour Hoffman is his annoying best friend. But Ben Stiller is the biggest problem with a way too pathetic character. Ladies like confidence, so it’s hard to see why she likes him. They could fix this easily by Reuben showing passion for the numbers, and Polly loving Reuben for his passion. It’s OK to love the numbers. And it’s OK to love somebody who loves the numbers.

Love (and Jennifer Aniston) Deserve Risk

While in his honeymoon in a paradisaical beach, the conservative risk analyst of an insurance company Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) finds his wife Lisa Kramer (Debra Messing) having intercourse with her scuba instructor Claude (Hank Azaria) in his boat. The cuckold Reuben immediately returns to New York and his friend Sandy Lyle (Philip Seymour Hoffman) invites him to go to a party. There he meets his former high school friend Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston), who is a very independent woman that lives in the edge with her blind ferret in a cozy but simple apartment. Although having very different behaviors, they date and fell a great attraction for each other. When Lisa returns, Reuben has to decide if he wants to live his life in the suburb with his unfaithful wife, or have a risky relationship with Polly.

“Along Came Polly” is a good entertainment, where the beauty of Jennifer Aniston shines. The story is funny, and I was almost hypnotized with the cute Jennifer Aniston, who is also a great comedian. I also can understand the reaction of Reuben with Polly, since she is “too much sand for the truck of Ben Stiller”. There is an interesting discussion in the Message Boards about the hypothesis of Jack Black performing the role of Sandy. I like Philip Seymour Hoffman very much, he has a good performance in this film, but indeed the character of Sandy Lyle seems to be tailored for Jack Black. Good perception of this user. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): “Quero Ficar Com Polly” (“I Want to Stay With Polly”)

Obs.: On 28 December 2008, I watched this funny comedy again.