Along Came Polly (2004)

A buttoned up newlywed finds his too organized life falling into chaos when he falls in love with an old classmate.

Director:

John Hamburg

Writer:

John Hamburg

Stars:

Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Stiller	...	Reuben Feffer
Jennifer Aniston	...	Polly Prince
Philip Seymour Hoffman	...	Sandy Lyle
Debra Messing	...	Lisa Kramer
Alec Baldwin	...	Stan Indursky
Hank Azaria	...	Claude
Bryan Brown	...	Leland Van Lew
Jsu Garcia	...	Javier
Michele Lee	...	Vivian Feffer
Bob Dishy	...	Irving Feffer
Missi Pyle	...	Roxanne
Judah Friedlander	...	Dustin
Kevin Hart	...	Vic
Masi Oka	...	Wonsuk
Kym Whitley	...	Gladys (as Kym E. Whitley)

Storyline

Reuben Feffer thinks he's found the love of his life but on his honeymoon he discovers her cheating on him with a scuba instructor. Reuben travels back home to get his life on track. On a night out with best pal, Sandy Lyle, Reuben discovers an old school friend, Polly Prince. Reuben feels a connection straight away, and tries constantly to get her to like him. But it's not going to be easy for Reuben, especially when he spends his days calculating risks, and when someone unexpected turns up.

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Plot Keywords:

honeymoon | friend | insurance | love | bride | 

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Taglines:

For the most cautious man on Earth, life is about to get interesting.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language, crude humor and some drug references

Details

Official Sites:

UIP France [fr] Universal

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

16 January 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Risk

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$42,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$98,279 (Sweden) (2 April 2004)

Gross:

$1,223,723 (South Africa) (16 April 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Jersey Films, Loofah Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to an interview, Jennifer Aniston stated that the reasons she worked on this film was both to work with her friend Ben Stiller and to dance the salsa.

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Goofs

The first time Reuben walks up to Polly when she is outside her apartment he runs across the road with no cell phone in his hand. When the shot switches to her then back to Reuben, he has his phone in his and is faking a phone call.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Reuben Feffer: [practicing] I, Reuben, take you, Lisa... I, Reuben, take YOU, Lisa, to be my lawfully wedded wife. I do. I do.

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Connections

Referenced in Family Guy: Whistle While Your Wife Works (2006)

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Soundtracks

"NBRIK DUB"
Written by Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects
Performed by Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects and Bill Laswell
Produced by Bill Laswell and Pat Jabbar
Courtesy of Barraka El Farnatshi Prod.

User Reviews

If it wasn't for the supporting roles...

I'm sorry, but yet another childish loo-going-movie is two too many. If it wasn't for the supporting roles - Alec Baldwin, Bryan Brown and Philip S Hoffmann - it would have been flushed down the WC right from the beginning. And the way Stiller and Aniston behave phoning one another at work, well, you just don't do it if you're over 13. Afer all, Stiller has shown that he is able to do better things if the script ant the guidance is right; I am thinking of "Meet the parents", but who doesn't act their best when Robert De Niro is around? There are rumours that yet another "...parents"-movie is planned and why not? If De Niro is in it this time too.