Product Description

Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston) is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside down, as he makes an uproarious attempt to change his life from middle-of-the-road to totally-out-there! Along Came Polly is the most hilarious comedy smash to come along in years!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6947 in DVD
• Brand: Universal
• Released on: 2004-06-08
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, NTSC
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Subtitled in: Spanish, French
• Dubbed in: Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 91 minutes

Amazon.com
Opposites are forced to attract in Along Came Polly, a dose of featherweight fluff that could've been better and could've been worse--surely no pairing of Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston can be a complete waste of time, right? Faint praise indeed, but fans of these mainstream funny-folk will enjoy this movie as a lazy-weekend distraction. Ben's a newlywed insurance risk-assessment analyst whose wife (Debra Messing, in a throwaway role) betrays him on their honeymoon. His uptight, play-it-safe lifestyle (which includes acute aversion to germs and irritable bowel syndrome) makes him seemingly incompatible with the spontaneous, free-spirited Polly (Aniston), but writer-director John Hamburg (whose writing credits include the previous Stiller hits Meet the Parents and Zoolander) is determined to give them at least the appearance of romantic potential. No such luck. You will, however, get a few laughs from supporting players Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bryan Brown, and Alec Baldwin. --Jeff Shannon

From The New Yorker
Even by the standards of romantic comedy, the pairing of Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston feels like the product of an artificial intelligence. Stiller, employing his paranoid persona, plays a risk analyzer who sees E. coli in a bowl of bar nuts. Aniston, in a cautious performance, is a catering employee with commitment problems; we know she's a free spirit because she wears knit hats. Yet, despite the absence of chemistry, the two stars occasionally connect for a good gag, and the writer-director John Hamburg sets up some very funny moments, especially for the naturally squeamish. Hank Azaria, last seen as the editor Michael Kelly in "Shattered Glass," is unrecognizable as a nudist French scuba instructor, and Philip Seymour Hoffman does a hilarious bit as a basketball spaz. -Michael Agger
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

Lightweight, but entertaining enough
This one won't solve any world problems, but as a night's entertainment, you could do worse. The chemistry isn't really there between Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston, but she's always fun to look at anyway. There are really only a couple of funny scenes: Ben in Jen's bathroom, and the fake French dialect of the St. Bart's beach boy. The rest is fairly routine. No great loss if you miss this, but nothing risked by watching, either.

That other Ben and Jen serve up a cute romance
This isn't a movie that needs a long, involved review. Basically, it's a cute, funny movie that reminded me of all those Farrelly Brothers and Judd Apatow flicks. You know the formula of those movies: gross-out and daringly sexual jokes combined with a sweet story and an undercurrent of genuine decency. In other words, the frat boy humor makes the heartfelt stuff go down easier. And that's what this movie does. And, as the actual story is pretty good (always a plus), the pleasing formula supplements the story instead of covering for its weaknesses. Oh, and you get an added bonus: an entertaining supporting performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman, who plays Ben Stiller's washed-up, former-child-star buddy.

I viewed the widescreen DVD, which features a stunningly sharp image which nicely filled up my entire widescreen TV surface with no black bars. Extras are pleasant and worth the half hour or so it takes to watch them (though the "celebrity interview" with the ferret was pretty dumb). All in all, this is good DVD for some modest, mid-week evening entertainment.

Along Comes Jennifer...again...
Some see this as a comedy but it goes beyond that easy classification.It's a happy film. Plot: Ben Stiller gets married and his wife cheats on him on the honeymoon! He's through with that relationship and accidentally meets up with an early middle school classmate: Jennifer Aniston. They have entirely different interests and occupations and yet there is something that keeps clicking when they get together. Some critics are so used to seeing Aniston in the old "Friends" role they don't really appreciate how her acting has grown.She makes the film interesting from beginning to end. Her easy style leads to seeing her start to form the relationship between them as if you are watching a reality show.
The outcome is never obvious and you will want to see this film more than once. It is fun to see a star developed like this.
The fans will also be happy to see her in a pair of tight red shorts on the bed with Stiller, a picture which will probably stay in one's mind's eye for some time. So will Aniston's acting.