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Along Came Polly Movie Rating:  Derivative | |
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Hidebound risk analyst Reuben (Ben Stiller) discovers that there is no insurance
against heartbreak when his bride, Lisa (Debra Messing), leaves him for her scuba
instructor (Hank Azaria) on their honeymoon. When Polly (Jennifer Aniston), a
free-spirited former classmate, breezes back into Reuben's life with all the
subtlety of a hurricane, she upends his sterile world and melts his heart.
Stiller's sober goofiness contrasts well with Aniston's warm earthiness, but these amiable performers are let down by a trite script that relies on flatulence, vomit, irritable bowel syndrome, and a blind ferret's tendency to ram into walls for its humour. A roguish Bryan Brown as a base-jumping, shark-diving millionaire seeking life insurance provides this sixth-formish comedy with one of its few bright spots. |
Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston.©2004 Universal Pictures. |
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