Rotten
Without the rom-com requisites of charm, chemistry, comedy and character, this doesn't even meet low expectations.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Along Came Polly
For the most cautious man on Earth, life is about to get interesting.
2004 · 1h 30m · PG-13
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
John Hamburg
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Along Came Polly
Overview
Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside down, as he makes an uproarious attempt to change his life from middle-of-the-road to totally-out-there.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Like the rest of today's alleged comedies that are never funny, this one pretends to be hip, but lacks every semblance of intelligence and depends on the basest common instincts in the kindergarten I.Q. for laughs.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
A movie where love means diarrhea.
Charles Taylor, Salon.com
Rotten
One of those films that celebrate spontaneity and risk-taking yet are so formulaic and un-risky that they strangle their own message.
David Edelstein, Slate
Fresh
I ... laughed myself sick.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
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