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Sarah10106

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I really enjoyed the movie, It was very funny and Ben and Jen did a great job in it. And that scuba guy was good too, I'm sorry I don't know who plays him, but it was a great movie, and I really did enjoy it.

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Posted sep 25, 2007 6:35 am pt

saxa246

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I really enjoyed this one, Jennifer Aniston is a very cute face, IMO and Ben Stiller is hell of a commedian!

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Posted may 10, 2007 4:29 am pt

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Predictable romantic comedy. Some down right hilarious parts though. Philip Seymour Hoffman shows his versatility and and steals scenes.

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Posted mar 11, 2007 5:52 pm pt

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Borderline between a 7-8, but I gave it a 7, because it's another somewhat predictable romantic comedy. Oh no...Ben Stiller eats something that upsets his stomach...Write funny bathroom gags. Nothing bad, but nothing overly uproarious funny...
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Borderline between a 7-8, but I gave it a 7, because it's another somewhat predictable romantic comedy. Oh no...Ben Stiller eats something that upsets his stomach...Write funny bathroom gags. Nothing bad, but nothing overly uproarious funny either. 7/10.

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Posted feb 28, 2007 10:43 am pt

NoOneIsAlone

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Kind of cool, but there were some things missing around it. Jennifer Aniston was cool in her role and Ben Stiller knows how to play his role with perfection, though I think that there were also some things that were missing. I really like Ben...
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Kind of cool, but there were some things missing around it. Jennifer Aniston was cool in her role and Ben Stiller knows how to play his role with perfection, though I think that there were also some things that were missing. I really like Ben Stiller's style, so I am proud to say that this movie did not suck.

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Posted feb 16, 2007 4:45 am pt

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I have to admit that although I'm a huge Ben Stiller fan, I thought that "Along Came Polly" did not hit the mark like his other comedies have in the past. Maybe it had to do with the fact that Jennifer Aniston was in it. Philip Seymour...
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I have to admit that although I'm a huge Ben Stiller fan, I thought that "Along Came Polly" did not hit the mark like his other comedies have in the past. Maybe it had to do with the fact that Jennifer Aniston was in it. Philip Seymour Hoffman's character stole the movie!

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Posted feb 16, 2007 3:57 am pt

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i'm a big fan of romantic comedy and that is why i rented this movie out. Ben stiller play a risk-assessor who doesn't like taking risk and he's quite good at his job and about marry Rita (Debra Messing from Will & Grace), there go on the...
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i'm a big fan of romantic comedy and that is why i rented this movie out. Ben stiller play a risk-assessor who doesn't like taking risk and he's quite good at his job and about marry Rita (Debra Messing from Will & Grace), there go on the honeymoon and this crazy suba-instractor offers them free lesson Rita wanted to go but he doesn't so he will check with them later as he does catch them go at it in the boat.

Everyone at his work knows about it and that is because of his mum told his boss played by Alec Baldwin and he told rest of the company. He get back to his normal life until he meet Polly Prince played Jennifer Aniston, she is a free-loving risk-taker and Ben decided to go out with her, unfortunately she takes him to spicy food restaurant and he make a mess of it in her toilet.

Despite trying it best to be funny it isn't, it a lovely story with a happy ending but still the only thing that separates this from rest as Jennifer Aniston, she has an acting quality where you just can't go wrong, there are a few over-acted scenes but on the whole what made her stick out wasn't her acting but wardrobe person for that film, in practically most of scenes she wear bright clothes that make her stand out. note i don't really notice clothes that actress wear but her clothes could be blinding, that why made her stick out in this film.

Blind ferret her pet, not since There Something About Mary has Ben Stiller been on-screen with an animals at least it didn't bite him. i am sure he has bad memories from that film. The use animal in film should be keep to minimum but this film really stuck to that role.

Despite the film having a good story that has been re-used so many times and it does work i would have to give this film a 5 out 10 rating on the fact that we have seen it many times.

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Posted feb 8, 2007 12:43 am pt

dmarex

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Although it has an interesting cast, a promising story and lots of funny scenes, I didn't see anything special in this movie. Don't get me wrong, this movie is great and worth spending time watching it, but you won't find anything new in it. They...
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Although it has an interesting cast, a promising story and lots of funny scenes, I didn't see anything special in this movie. Don't get me wrong, this movie is great and worth spending time watching it, but you won't find anything new in it. They even did a story from Aniston's "Friends" in it. A good movie, but not the best.

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Posted jan 27, 2007 2:56 am pt

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I liked it, I wouldnt describe it as hilarious. but it was good. I really did like the guys friend at the play scene when he got all on that kid because he wanted a solo, that was cute!

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Posted jan 23, 2007 8:56 am pt

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Along Came Polly came out at the same time as 50 First Date and I liked them both but 50 First Dates was easily the winner. Whenever I get into it these days I enjoy it because it is really witty though it is really predictable.

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Posted dec 17, 2006 4:52 pm pt

• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  Its story is paint-by- numbers...But it's funny, and funny covers a lot of sins.

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  70
  Is Along Came Polly a great film? No, probably not, but it is a very amusing one.

  by Michael O'Sullivan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  67
  Along Came Polly is nothing if not a chick flick for guys.

  by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  67
  So familiar you may have moments of deja vu.

  by Sean Axmaker | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  63
  Polly works best when writer-director John Hamburg gets his mind out of the water closet, and it's in there about two-fifths of the way. The rest of the time, he's assembling a hit-and-miss comedy with reasonable numbers of laughs and lots of personality from its two leads.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  63
  The best reason to see Along Came Polly is the supporting cast.

  by Steven Rea | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  63
  Has plenty of funny moments, but there's no chemistry between stars Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston. It's hard to accept that these two characters are, or even could be, in love. So, while the film is pleasant and sporadically entertaining, it can't be considered an unequivocal success.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
  63
  [Hoffman] gives gross-out comedy a whole new depth.

  by Liam Lacey | Read Full Review »
• [+] Dallas Observer
  
  60
  Hamburg's smartypants banter is a bit spotty, but the bathroom humor, of all things, hits the mark, and Stiller's trademark wide-eyed bafflement wins the day again.

  by Bill Gallo | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
  60
  It’s not bad, but given all the talent involved, it would have been nice for Hamburg to push the envelope a bit further and deliver something with real bite. As it is, this is more of a pleasant, but forgettable, time-filler.

  by Caroline Westbrook | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  58
  Remove the razzle-dazzle provided by Azaria, Hoffman, Baldwin, the gross jokes and that ferret, and you wind up with a pretty dull and ordinary face.

  by Shawn Levy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Miami Herald
  
  50
  Something we've all seen before, far too many times, not only in its premise but also in its lame parade of scatological jokes and its sad, tired pratfalls.

  by Connie Ogle | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
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  With a cast this gifted, some of the throwaway jokes stick, but when Along Came Polly goes for its biggest, grossest laughs, the strings show well in advance.

  by Scott Tobias | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
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  There is no central drama, no surprise, no tension in his comedy. The ads for Along Came Polly make it look so upbeat and simple that you're convinced it must be hiding something, like death or a disease. But the truth is there in the advertising: nothing happens.

  by Wesley Morris | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
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  There isn't a lot in the movie that is funny.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »