Along Came Polly

Theatrical Release Date: 2004 01 16 (USA)

UPC: 025192442926

Studio: Universal Studios

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Adult Humor, Sexual Situations, Drug Content, Scatological Humor]

Summary: Screenwriter John Hamburg directs his second film (since his 1998 debut Safe Men) with the romantic comedy Along Came Polly. Ben Stiller plays Reuben Feffer, a professional risk assessor who never takes chances in any aspect of his life. When his new bride Lisa (Debra Messing) leaves him for a European scuba instructor named Claude (Hank Azaria), he finally decides to a risk of his own. At a party, he meets free-spirited Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston), whom he remembers from his seventh-grade Model U.N. Unlike the control-freak Reuben, she's spent her life living on the edge. They reluctantly begin a romance and Polly introduces him to a new world of spicy food and suggestive dances. Along Came Polly also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Reuben's washed-up best friend Sandy Lyle and Alec Baldwin as the obnoxious insurance company boss Stan Indursky. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Category: Romance

Features: "Rodolfo Goes to Hollywood": The feisty ferret gets a fabulous makeover and attends his first Hollywood premiere
Cutting Room Floor: Exclusive deleted scenes
Do Overs: Outtakes, goof-ups, and other moviemakng bloopers
"Making the Movie": Behind-the-scenes featurette
The Inside Scoop: Movie commentary from director John Hamburg

Along Came Polly

Format: DVD

Release Date: 06/08/2004

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Digital Theater Systems

Runtime: 91 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 -- Along Came Polly [P&S]
1. Main Titles [1:47]
2. Reuben's Marriage [4:41]
3. Claude [5:13]
4. Home Alone [6:58]
5. Polly [3:15]
6. Basketball [2:37]
7. A Date [9:19]
8. Rodolfo [2:49]
9. Mr. Van Lew [2:02]
10. Reuben's Parents [2:49]
11. Salsa [3:51]
12. The Spank [3:12]
13. Pillow Talk [2:16]
14. Dirty Dancing [8:21]
15. Lisa's Surprise [5:40]
16. Sailing a Storm [5:48]
17. Sandy Superstar [9:19]
18. Reuben and Rodolfo [2:47]
19. Back to St. Barts [1:59]
20. End Titles [5:22]

Perry Seibert

John Hamburg had previously worked on the screenplays for Zoolander and Meet the Parents before this film, proving that he had the ability to shape material for Ben Stiller. With Along Came Polly, Hamburg graduates to the director's chair as well, and his inexperience behind the camera is noticeable. Although he takes his time and carefully establishes the failed marriage that opens the movie, the body of the film lacks continuity. There are bits of business that seem like they will payoff later but never do, and the scenes fluctuate wildly in their pacing. Although the film fails to work as a whole, there are moments that generate real laughter. Philip Seymour Hoffman uses his potent physicality to get laughs out of both an introductory pratfall and a handful of basketball scenes. In his too few scenes, Alec Baldwin finds the perfect tone as Stiller's boss, combining authority, unctuousness, insincerity, and affection in equal measure. Stiller himself is very comfortable playing this type of character -- for him it is the equivalent of an old pair of sneakers. He's fine, but he does nothing new. Jennifer Aniston could have been interesting, but aside from goading Stiller's character into coming out of his shell, she has almost nothing to play. The film glosses over her emotional issues in order to focus on Stiller's gastrointestinal issues. Along Came Polly lacks inspiration, but for all its faults, it does give the supporting performers enough room to make it better than it could have been. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Nathan Dean  Actor 
Missi Pyle  Actor 
Masi Oka  Actor 
James DuMont  Actor 
Suzanne Whang  Actor 
Mitch Silpa  Actor 
Amy Hohn  Actor 
Christine Barger  Actor 
Jeffrey Ross  Actor 
Danny DeVito  Producer 
Michael Shamberg  Producer 
Stacey Sher  Producer 
Jane Bartelme  Executive Producer 
Theodore Shapiro  Composer (Music Score) 
John Hamburg  Director 
John Hamburg  Screenwriter 
Dan Levine  Executive Producer 
Ben Stiller  Actor 
Jennifer Aniston  Actor 
Philip Seymour Hoffman  Actor 
Debra Messing  Actor 
Alec Baldwin  Actor 
Hank Azaria  Actor 
Bryan Brown  Actor 
Jsu Garcia  Actor 
Michele Lee  Actor 
Bob Dishy  Actor 

Country: USA