Along Came Polly
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| Along Came Polly | |
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| Directed by | John Hamburg |
| Produced by | Danny De Vito Michael Shamberg Stacey Sher |
| Written by | John Hamburg |
| Starring | Ben Stiller Jennifer Aniston Philip Seymour Hoffman Debra Messing Hank Azaria Bryan Brown Alec Baldwin |
| Music by | Theodore Shapiro |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 16, 2004 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $42,000,000 |
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Along Came Polly is a 2004 American romantic comedy film written and directed by John Hamburg.
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[edit] Cast
- Ben Stiller ... as Reuben Feffer
- Jennifer Aniston ... as Polly Prince
- Philip Seymour Hoffman ... as Sandy Lyle
- Debra Messing ... as Lisa Kramer
- Alec Baldwin ... as Stan Indursky
- Hank Azaria ... as Claude
- Bryan Brown ... as Leland Van Lew
- Jsu Garcia ... as Javier
- Michele Lee ... as Vivian Feffer
- Bob Dishy ... as Irving Feffer
[edit] Plot
An actuary who's afraid of risk (Stiller) makes a living analyzing risk for insurance purposes, but finds his wife (Messing) cheating on him on their honeymoon with a French scuba instructor (Azaria). Distraught, he gets involved in a risky romance with an extroverted former classmate (Aniston), only to find his wife desperate to rekindle their marriage.
[edit] Trivia
- This film contains the leads from two popular NBC sitcoms: Jennifer Aniston (Friends) and Debra Messing (Will & Grace). They appear together when Lisa (Debra Messing) tries to win back Reuben (Ben Stiller) at his new apartment when he comes home from a date with Polly (Jennifer Aniston).
- The part where Ben and Irving play basketball when Irving's hairy chest slides gruely on Ben would be later spoofed in the 2006 movie, Date Movie.
- The poster in Reuben's forgotten child star best friend's apartment from his movie Crocodile Tears is similar in appearance to that of the movie The Breakfast Club, and the opening song from that movie can be heard in the background.
- At one point, Jennifer Aniston was filming this movie, Bruce Almighty, and Friends at the same time. [1]
- Ben Stiller said on a talk show that the ferret actually bit him a couple of times. [2]
- This is not the first time Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston acted together playing a couple. Stiller played Aniston's boyfriend in NBC's Friends, in the third season's "The One With The Screamer". He played Rachel's boyfriend, who (after Rachel leaves the room) screams at Ross and complete strangers.
[edit] Reaction
Many critics disliked Along Came Polly, blaming the forced chemistry and formulaic scenes. The movie earned the "Rotten" 26% on Rotten Tomatoes. [3] The film actually made back double its budget, making $85 million in total. [4]
[edit] Quotes
Claude: (attempting to explain his love for Reuben’s wife after Reuben walked in on them) It's like the story of the hippo.
Reuben: I'm not familiar with that story.
Claude: The hippopotamus, he is not one going, "Cool beans. I am a hippo." No way, Jose. So he try to paint the stripe on him to be like the zebra, but he fool no one. Then he try to put the spot on his skin to be like the leopard, but everyone know he is a hippo. So, at certain point, he look himself in the mirror and he just say, "Hey. I am a hippopotamus and there is nothing I can do about it." As soon as he accepts this, he live life happy. Happy as a hippo. You understand?
Reuben : (Reuben looks at him with a look of hatred for a few seconds before he runs toward him) I’m gonna kill you!
Sandy : "Let it rain, old skool, rain man" Reuben and Sandy playing basketball
