Along Came Polly
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| Directed by | John Hamburg |
| Produced by | Danny DeVito 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] Plot
An insurance 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] Critical reception
Many critics disliked Along Came Polly, blaming the forced chemistry and formulaic scenes. The movie earned a "Rotten" 27% on Rotten Tomatoes. [1] The film actually made back more than double its budget, making $87 million in total. [1]
[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
- Masi Oka as Wonsuk
[edit] Trivia
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- 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. The opening song from that movie, Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds, can be heard in the background.
- The role of Sandy Lyle was originally offered to Jack Black, who turned it down because of filming delays on his film Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny.
- At one point, Jennifer Aniston was filming this movie, Bruce Almighty, and Friends at the same time. [2]
- Ben Stiller said on a talk show that the ferret actually bit him a couple of times. [3]
- Stiller played Aniston's boyfriend in Friends' third season episode "The One with the Screamer".
- The film was mentioned in Family Guy episode, Whistle While Your Wife Works, where Quagmire tells Peter every scene of Along Came Polly, and started talking about the scene where Ben Stiller didn't like spicy food.
[edit] References
In the scene where Stiller is convincing Aniston to stay with him and not leave the city, the band posters on the wall behind her are from the popular punk band Box Car Racer.
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| Preceded by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
Box office number-one films of 2004 (USA) January 18, 2004 |
Succeeded by The Butterfly Effect |
