Along Came Polly is a comedy featuring Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston, as two former high school classmates, who begin a new romance after a chance meeting years later.
There are several scenes that I got a good laugh out of, like the overflowing toilet bit and the basketball er how shall I say, "mishap". Hank Azaria was also pretty funny as the Francophone scuba diver (too bad he gets such limited screen time). Oh yes, and the accident prone ferret is also a cute recurring joke.
But overall the film misses more that it hits. It never really settles on much of a direction until the predictable conclusion. It just meanders from one location to the next, with an occasional sight gag thrown in for good measure (only 2 or 3 of which are really that funny). Ben and Jen's characters have no believable chemistry. Philip Seymor Hoffman's former child actor character is annoying and feels forced (look at me I'm trying to be wacky and unconventional, give me some attention already!). The subplot of some wealthy thrill seeker trying to get approved for insurance, or whatever, is just pointless and really adds nothing to the main plot or provides any laughs.
We also have Stiller playing essentially the same role he's been playing for the bulk of his career, a naïve guy who gets more than he bargained for after starting a new relationship. ACP offers us nothing that Stiller and crew haven't done before and to better effect in films like "Flirting with Disaster", "There's Something About Mary", and "Meet the Parents".
All said and done you have another average, flavor of the month comedy, among a sea of countless others like it. Worth catching on TBS if you want something light to kill 90 minutes, otherwise I wouldn't bother.
There are several scenes that I got a good laugh out of, like the overflowing toilet bit and the basketball er how shall I say, "mishap". Hank Azaria was also pretty funny as the Francophone scuba diver (too bad he gets such limited screen time). Oh yes, and the accident prone ferret is also a cute recurring joke.
But overall the film misses more that it hits. It never really settles on much of a direction until the predictable conclusion. It just meanders from one location to the next, with an occasional sight gag thrown in for good measure (only 2 or 3 of which are really that funny). Ben and Jen's characters have no believable chemistry. Philip Seymor Hoffman's former child actor character is annoying and feels forced (look at me I'm trying to be wacky and unconventional, give me some attention already!). The subplot of some wealthy thrill seeker trying to get approved for insurance, or whatever, is just pointless and really adds nothing to the main plot or provides any laughs.
We also have Stiller playing essentially the same role he's been playing for the bulk of his career, a naïve guy who gets more than he bargained for after starting a new relationship. ACP offers us nothing that Stiller and crew haven't done before and to better effect in films like "Flirting with Disaster", "There's Something About Mary", and "Meet the Parents".
All said and done you have another average, flavor of the month comedy, among a sea of countless others like it. Worth catching on TBS if you want something light to kill 90 minutes, otherwise I wouldn't bother.