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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 9231
Released: June 8, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston) is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside down, as he makes an uproarious attempt to change his life from middle-of-the-road to totally-out-there! Along Came Polly is the most hilarious comedy smash to come along in years!
Description of Along Came Polly (Widescreen Edition):
Opposites are forced to attract in Along Came Polly, a dose of featherweight fluff that could've been better and could've been worse--surely no pairing of Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston can be a complete waste of time, right? Faint praise indeed, but fans of these mainstream funny-folk will enjoy this movie as a lazy-weekend distraction. Ben's a newlywed insurance risk-assessment analyst whose wife (Debra Messing, in a throwaway role) betrays him on their honeymoon. His uptight, play-it-safe lifestyle (which includes acute aversion to germs and irritable bowel syndrome) makes him seemingly incompatible with the spontaneous, free-spirited Polly (Aniston), but writer-director John Hamburg (whose writing credits include the previous Stiller hits Meet the Parents and Zoolander) is determined to give them at least the appearance of romantic potential. No such luck. You will, however, get a few laughs from supporting players Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bryan Brown, and Alec Baldwin. --Jeff Shannon
Along Came Polly (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Along Comes Jennifer...again... 
2008-07-22 - Some see this as a comedy but it goes beyond that easy classification.It's a happy film. Plot: Ben Stiller gets married and his wife cheats on him on the honeymoon! He's through with that relationship and accidentally meets up with an early middle school classmate: Jennifer Aniston. They have entirely different interests and occupations and yet there is something that keeps clicking when they get together. Some critics are so used to seeing Aniston in the old "Friends" role they don't really appreciate how her acting has grown.She makes the film interesting from beginning to end. Her easy style leads to seeing her start to form the relationship between them as if you are watching a reality show.
The outcome is never obvious and you will want to see this film more than once. It is fun to see a star developed like this.
The fans will also be happy to see her in a pair of tight red shorts on the bed with Stiller, a picture which will probably stay in one's mind's eye for some time. So will Aniston's acting.
Good Romantic Comedy
2008-05-26 - This was a very good movie, most romantic comedies aern't that good but this one is. if you have'nt seen it then you should. it's good.
along came a good movie 
2008-04-15 - a simple love story taht is as funny as hell! poor ben!, you have to see it to understand! a cool date movie!
A cute safe movie
2007-07-10 - A movie that you can watch with your girlfriend or wife that the guys will enjoy and can get bonus points for not being a action or horror flick. Ben and Jennifer make a funny couple in this movie. There are so many points that get you laughing that you will enjoy it from start to finish.
A movie you can have in the library that you will enjoy from time to time.
Not a bad flick; good for a laugh. 
2007-06-21 - I have always been a fan of Ben Stiller since I first saw him, and he always seems to be good for a laugh, no matter how bad the actual movie itself may be.
With that being said, I do want to say one thing, Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston have NO chemistry on screen; I mean absolute zero chemistry together! Stiller and Debra Messing however, do have pretty good chemistry together and I think having them as a couple for a bit longer would have been better.
The movie does have its laughs and in my opinion is worth a rent or two. The blind ferret, as many have said does steal the screen when present and also provides nice comic relief. The scuba instructor for me, was thje funniest part, as the accent is absolutely hilarious.
As I mentioned, its good for a rent and some good cheesy laughs, but the lack of chemistry between Stiller and Aniston really dampens the whole movie. I'm not a big fan of Aniston myself and maybe I'm just being a bit biased, but I believe it was her portrayel of her character that made the whole thing a bit forced and fake.
