Along Came Polly, 2004, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston
Along Came Polly is a 2004 American romantic comedy film written and directed by John Hamburg.
Many critics disliked Along Came Polly, blaming the forced chemistry and formulaic scenes. The movie earned the "Rotten" 26% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film actually made back double its budget, making $87 million in total.
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.
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 Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny.
At one point, Jennifer Aniston was filming this movie, Bruce Almighty, and Friends at the same time.
Ben Stiller said on a talk show that the ferret actually bit him a couple of times.
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.Wikipedia
