Information about Along Came Polly
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| Directed by | John Hamburg |
| Produced by | Danny DeVito Michael Shamberg Stacey Sher |
| Written by | John Hamburg |
| Starring | Ben Stiller Jennifer Aniston Philip Seymour Hoffman Debra Messing Hank Azaria Bryan Brown Alec Baldwin |
| Music by | Theodore Shapiro |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 16, 2004 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $42,000,000 |
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Along Came Polly is a 2004 American romantic comedy film written and directed by John Hamburg.
An insurance actuary who's afraid of risk (Stiller) makes a living analyzing risk for insurance purposes, but finds his wife (Messing) cheating on him on their honeymoon with a French scuba instructor (Azaria). Distraught, he gets involved in a risky romance with an extroverted former classmate (Aniston), only to find his wife desperate to rekindle their marriage.
This film falls within a cross-genre film type from the late 1990s and early 2000s in which grooms are saved, or nearly saved, from distasteful marriage.[1]
Critical reception
Many critics disliked Along Came Polly, blaming the forced chemistry and formulaic scenes. The movie earned the "Rotten" 26% on Rotten Tomatoes. [1] The film actually made back double its budget, making $87 million in total. [2]Cast
- Ben Stiller ... as Reuben Feffer
- Jennifer Aniston ... as Polly Prince
- Philip Seymour Hoffman ... as Sandy Lyle
- Debra Messing ... as Lisa Kramer
- Alec Baldwin ... as Stan Indursky
- Hank Azaria ... as Claude
- Bryan Brown ... as Leland Van Lew
- Jsu Garcia ... as Javier
- Michele Lee ... as Vivian Feffer
- Bob Dishy ... as Irving Feffer
- Masi Oka... as Wonsuk
Trivia
- This film contains the leads from two popular NBC sitcoms: Jennifer Aniston (Friends) and Debra Messing (Will & Grace). They appear together when Lisa (Debra Messing) tries to win back Reuben (Ben Stiller) at his new apartment when he comes home from a date with Polly (Jennifer Aniston), but they are still not seen in the same shot at the same time.
- The scene where Ben and Irving play basketball when Irving's hairy chest slides on Ben would be later spoofed in the 2006 movie, Date Movie.
- The poster in Reuben's forgotten child star best friend's apartment from his movie Crocodile Tears is similar in appearance to that of the movie The Breakfast Club. The opening song from that movie, Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds, can be heard in the background.
- The role of Sandy Lyle was originally offered to Jack Black, who turned it down because of filming delays on his film .
- At one point, Jennifer Aniston was filming this movie, Bruce Almighty, and Friends at the same time. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343135/trivia
- Ben Stiller said on a talk show that the ferret actually bit him a couple of times. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343135/trivia
- Stiller played Aniston's boyfriend in NBC's Friends in the third season's "The One With The Screamer". He played Rachel's boyfriend who screams at Ross and complete strangers after Rachel leaves the room.
- The scene where Polly finds that she has been "Sussed out" by Reuben's program by weighing out the advantages and disadvantages of each of Reuben's love interests has similarities to an episode of NBC's "Friends" entitled "The One With the List",where Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) finds a similar list, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of her and Julie (Ross' other love interest).
- In the scene where Ben Stiller's character confesses his love to Aniston's there are several posters for the band Box Car Racer in the background.
- In the scenes of the play, Masi Oka can be seen. He plays the role as Wonsuk
- Bryan Brown is wearing a Australian Republican Movement cap while on the yacht scene of the movie.
References
1. ^ Adam Sternbergh, The Devil Wears Pearls: In recent movies, grooms across America flee their frigid fiancees, Slate, January 28, 2004
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| Preceded by | Box office number-one films of 2004 (USA) January 18, 2004 | Succeeded by The Butterfly Effect |
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