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Along Came Polly [VHS]

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This movie fits the mold of a romantic comedy perfectly. Stiller does well and has some hilarious moments. Jennifer Anniston supports his purpose and does well on her own, also.

For me, the standout role was played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman. From the equivocal sex and relationship advice he gives to Stiller's character - to his commentary on the basketball court (screaming out "Let It Rain", "Iceman" and "Raindrops" while his gut comes flying out of his shirt, for example), he is hilarious. Hoffman also gets to speak the most memorable line of the movie when he tells Stiller's character that he just sharted and that it is indeed time to leave the party.

I recommend this movie if you're a fan of most Ben Stiller movies. It's a movie that will remind you of a dozen other romantic comedies, but it is worth the viewing.

If one is a fan of Ben Siller and one enjoyed him in the films, "Zoolander", "Meet the Parents" and "Something About Mary", then one will enjoy this light, fun filled comedy that does not take itself too seriously. It revolves around insurance risk-assessment analyst, Reuben Feffer (Ben Siller), who marries the woman of his dreams, Lisa Kramer (Debra Messing), only to lose her on their honeymoon, when she betrays him with the very buff Claude (Hank Azaria), the scuba diving instructor with a seriously deranged French accent.

Returning home from the honeymoon, alone and forlorn, he runs into an old childhood friend of his, Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston), who has gone from being a math geek to being a totally free spirit. They begin dating, even though they appear to be total opposites. Let the games begin! There are a lot of jokes in the film, often scatological, and sight gags. The path of true love certainly does not seem to run smoothly when one is plagued with irritable bowel syndrome and one's girl-friend is fond of hot, spicy food.

Ben Siller is funny in a hapless, hang dog sort of way. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, as his best friend, Sandy Lyle, also adds to the humor, lowbrow though it be. Hank Azaria is very buff and over the top in the role of the sexy, scuba diving Frenchman, Claude, with the laughable accent. Jennifer Aniston is a terrific in the role of Polly, a total natural, playing it straight and always charming. The rest of the stellar supporting cast, Alec Baldwin, Debra Messing, Bryan Brown, Michelle Lee, and Bob Dishy, all contribute to the success of this comedic effort by writer-director Jerry Hamburg.

Though it's received mixed reviews, I decided to go and check it out yesterday. Maybe I'm not as picky as some people, but I found this movie highly enjoyable with a lot of good laughs. Of course, the overly-used bathroom gag was unneccessary, but I found myself laughing anyway. Ben and Aniston worked nicely together, and, while the movie is predictable, I enjoyed all of it. You should check it out if you are going for fun and aren't going to be analyzing everything about it.

Along Came Polly is a complete waste of time. Like Zoolander, the only funny parts were in the trailer for the film. Don't get me wrong, Ben Stiller was really funny in Meet the Parents, but don't even expect 1/92nd of the laughs. Dont rent it, dont buy it, or you'll be just like me, warning everyone else not to make the same mistake. Take your money, and if you havn't bought Return of the King, do yourself a favor and buy that instead.

I caught this film while channel surfing after I'd finished "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" on Pay Per View. After watching a few minutes I thought, these are the same characters.

If Uma Thurman's G-girl didn't have any powers in "Ex-Girlfriend" she'd be a lot like Jennifer Aniston's ferret-loving Polly Prince. Ben Stiller plays a risk assessor for an insurance agency who's just as dorky and introverted as Luke Wilson's "Super Ex" architect. And instead of Rainn Wilson ("The Office") as the boorish best friend dishing out bad relationship advice, "Polly" has Philip Seymore Hoffman ("Capote") as a washed-up child-star slob, egging Stiller to slap Aniston's rear during sex and ask "Who's your daddy?" It's this exchange that sets up the film's conflict: Aniston, repulsed by the comment, boots him out of her apartment. Stiller then has to learn to see Polly through his own eyes and prove his love before he loses her in the third act.

"Along Came Polly" is as safe, generic and cut-and-paste as a romantic comedy can be. Surprising, since director/screenwriter John Hamburg provided plenty of laughs in "Meet the Parents," and "Zoolander" was at least somewhat original, if a little stinky. That's not to say "Polly" isn't beyond repair: there are several amusing sight gags involving Aniston's blind ferret and Stiller's indigestion; Aniston and her salsa instructor give Stiller several opportunities to make light of his inadequacies (something he's a master at). Bryan Brown ("FX") is entertaining as Stiller's potential insuree, an Austrailian millionaire who also happens to be an extreme sports enthusiast. And Hoffman gave me a lot of laughs when he tried to be the lead instead of Judas in the Hell's Kitchen community theater version of "Jesus Christ Superstar."

So, "Along Came Polly" is worth a shot if you catch it on TV, but ultimately forgettable. Actually, the soundtrack is better than the movie, though it's still nothing to swoon over.

Forget what the people who analyze every movie they watch say and go and see this one.
If you liked Theres Something About Mary and all those other politically incorrect movies then you will absolutely love Along Came Polly. Yes it is obvious that Jennifer Anniston's character and Ben Stiller's would end up together but you still wont predict the unbelievable yet side splittingly funny situations they both get themselves into along the way.

One of Anniston's best and definitely worth watching.

Ben Stiller plays risk-averse Reuben Feffer, whose best-laid plans for life and love careen wildly off track when his bride dumps him on their honeymoon for a muscle-bound scuba instructor. Stunned, humiliated and in the grip of acute indigestion, Reuben plans to play it safer than ever. But a chance encounter with an adventure-craving, childhood friend named Polly (Jennifer Aniston) shoots him into a whirlwind of extreme sports, spicy foods, ferrets, salsa dancing and living in the moment. Its a very funny and well made movie :)

Wow...I really can't believe the glowing reviews for this flick. It's gotta be the movie studio folks, because this movie is nowhere near this superb or delightful. "ALONG CAME POLLY" is your typical romantic comedy, so bland and predictable. Yes, there are a couple of laugh-out-loud moments, but the rest of the movie simply plods along its cookie-cutter script. Ben Stiller plays his usual awkward self, Jennifer Aniston is pretty and has a nice screen presence but doesn't stretch her acting chops on this one, an incredibly buffed Hank Azaria is passable (though the outrageously fake French accent has to go) and Debra Messing reprises her "Will & Grace" persona in a different setting. I must agree with the other reviewers, however, that the ferret does indeed steal the show and deserved to get MUCH more screen time than it did. A host of B-grade stars in cameos make for some interesting viewing, but don't add much to the mix. Being that this is a Ben Stiller movie, there's the usual plethora of crude bodily function gags with A LOT of emphasis on flatulence. Very juvenile.

Do yourself a favor and see another film.

Typical Hollywood fluff: all style, no substance.

Well if you're expecting any kind of Something About Mary/Meet the Parents quality comedy, it aint here. Stiller and Aniston appear in this although I would like to think when they read the script (if they did?) they rejected it and were then offered more money than they could turn down. Maybe Stiller has turned into another Adam Sandler thinking that him just being in the movie makes it a quality comedy, I hope not. Another animal oriented automatic laugh producer falls flat with this time a ferret being the actor, which is an awful failure. Did I mention the atrocious "salsa" dancing bits? The only decent bit is Phillip Seymor Hoffman playing the sidekick to Stiller that still doesnt make up for the rest of the generic comedy witnessed here. This one was obviously shot out of the meatgrinder too quickly and it shows......Waste Of Talent for an hour and a half anyone? No, I thought not.

Wow, another Ben stiller movie, MY FAVORITE! Hey Ben, you played the EXACT SAME CHARACTER in Something About Mary!!!! Wake up! Too bad the dog from that movie wouldn't even be seen with you again, they had to get a ferret to attack you this time! Do us a favor and cover yourself with honey for your next remake "Gentle Ben". Ugh.

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