Name: Along Came Polly.
Released in 2004, by Universal Film Company.
Viewing time: 1 ½ hours.
Rated: PG 13
Directed and written by John Hamburg.
Filmed in New York City and St. Kitts.
The Stars:
Ben Stiller plays Reuben Feffer:
He is a man who works selling insurance. He has a few phobias, and is frightened of his mother.
Jennifer Aniston plays Polly:
At the moment she is working as a waitress. She is a world traveller, and loves to eat exotic food and dance the Salsa. She has some hidden skeletons in the closet.
Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Sandy Lyle:
Reuben and Sandy have been best friends since grade one. He made one movie and believes he is still a great movie star.
Debra Messing plays Lisa Kramer, Reuben's wife.
Alec Baldwin plays Stan Indursky the man Reuben works for.
Hank Azairia plays Claud, a nudist scuba diver, who teaches people how to dive.
Byran Brown plays Leland Van Lew, a rich man from Australia who loves to take risks.
Michell Lee plays Vivian Feffer, Reuben's mother.
Bob Dishy plays Irving Feffer, Reuben's father.
Day One:/i>
The film opens in the mezzanine lobby of a New York City hotel. Mrs. Feffer is rushing around making sure that every thing will be perfect for her sons wedding.
Sandy is not happy about Reuben, but he puts on his tux and is about to watch with Reuben down the aisle. Reuben tells Sandy this is what he has wanted all of his life. Sandy says, ''I'll watch your back'', and they start walking into the banquet hall.
Walking behind them is a camera man and a man holding lights. Sandy tells Reuben, ''A T.V. Show is making a documentary on my life and they have to follow me every where.''
You watch how a Jewish wedding is preformed and what happens at the banquet.
In the receiving line Mrs. Feffer is telling everyone how smart Lisa is, because she works in Real Estate, and gave Reuben a good price, so he would buy a Condo from her.
I loved it when everyone there was dancing the Hora, and holding Reuben and Lisa, who were sitting on separate chairs, high above the dancers.
Stan Indursky gives a toast to the bride, and it is hilarious.
Day Two:</>
Reuben and Lisa arrive at their hotel, in St. Kitts. Reuben decides to carry Lisa into their bedroom. As the walk through the door a green dragon monster drops into her lap.
The next scene we see Lisa and Reuben sun tanning on the beach. Lisa is reading the stock market section of the NY Times. Reuben is reading the new homes section. He has circled one ad, and asks Lisa what she thinks about that house. She replies, ''It will be on the market for a long time, because it's priced to high.'' Reuben answers, ''No it won't, I just bought it for a little over a million dollars!'' Just as Lisa is kissing Reuben, we hear ''Bon Jour, my amies.''
When they look up Claud is standing on their blanket, nude. He points to his boat and asks if they would like to take scuba diving lessons. Lisa says yes, and at first Reuben agrees. When they are on the pier he changes his mind, because he is scared of the Ocean. He tells Lisa to take the lesson alone. He waves good-bye to Lisa and Claud, and to is marriage as well. When he meets the pier, to pick up Lisa, no one comes off the boat. He goes inside and finds Lisa and Claud making love. Lisa tells him she is staying with Claud, because she has fallen in love with him.
Reuben can't get off the Island fast enough. He packs his close and checks out of the hotel. There are no cabs available, to take him to the airport. Claud put Reuben and the luggage on his scooter and takes him to the airport.
Day Three:
Reuben goes back to work and everyone at the offices has heard what happened. When he goes home that night Sandy is waiting for him. He insists that what Reuben needs is to begin a new life. He has a plan how to do this. There is an Art Gallery opening that night and insists that Reuben go with him.
When Reuben, Sandy, the camera and lighting men arrive at the Gallery, Reuben asks Sandy not to leave him alone. Sandy says, ''I'll watch your back''. When Reuben turns around he is all alone.
The first thing that happens to Reuben, is he knocks over a large statue. One of the waitress, helps him get up. Polly recognizes Reuben at once and they begin to chat. Sandy runs up to them, and Reuben tries to tell him who Polly is but Reuben just says, ''Nice to meet you. Comma on Reuben we gotta go right now,'' and yanks Reuben to the elevator doors.
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