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, Debra Messing

1 win & 9 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:

butt slap | dance scene | pet | adulterous wife | begins with a wedding | 

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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 [France] Universal

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

16 January 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Risk

Filming Locations:

611 Place, 611 West Sixth Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$42,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$32,450,825, 18 January 2004, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$88,097,164

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$171,963,386

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

When the movie was filmed, Irving Feffer was the name of a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge in downtown Los Angeles. Judge Feffer's daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Feffer (now a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge), worked at 611 West Sixth Street in downtown Los Angeles. The building, now called 611 Place, was the site of the BASE jump in the movie.

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Goofs

After Reuben has used Polly's loofah, he stands at the door with it wrapped in a plastic bag without anything printed on it. The next shot of the bag shows that it has red and blue printing.

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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 La noche de...: Y entonces llegó ella (2008)

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Soundtracks

HEAVEN ON THEIR MINDS
Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

User Reviews

Predictable and vulgar

The film belongs to the demential genre, it's a comedy like "There's something about Mary" -actually there's the same actor, and the same screenwriter of recent Ben Stiller movies as well.

We laugh sometimes, but (as it often happens) we see that the most comical moments were in the trailer! Ben Stiller always does the same character -the Jewish young man, awkward and jinxed-, with a beauty to court (this time is Jennifer Aniston).

Everything here is predictable, nothing surprises us. The film wants to be politically incorrect as well, but many lines and situations are really vulgar. A bad film you can easily forget.