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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanIs Along Came Polly a great film? No, probably not, but it is a very amusing one.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAlong Came Polly is nothing if not a chick flick for guys.
- 63Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanPolly 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.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaThe best reason to see Along Came Polly is the supporting cast.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttMight be a lame, formulaic comedy, but it sets up entertaining sequences cleverly designed for the talents of three of its stars and has the good sense to get out of the way and let audiences enjoy their performances.
- 50VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerWriter-director John Hamburg does everything he can to pair up Ben Stiller's stiff, safety-first corporate man with Jennifer Aniston's free spirit in Along Came Polly, but the two are so fundamentally incompatible that story loses credibility long before the gags stop coming.
- 50Chicago TribuneMark CaroChicago TribuneMark CaroSome movies run out of gas. This one could use an alternate fuel source.
- 50USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkThe civilized running time and breezy editing between scattershot plot threads keep the attention in a superficial way, and it would be misstating the case to deny that the movie has some chuckles (the kind that don't linger).
- 40Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimLargely innocuous and forgettable, Polly lacks "Mary's" romantic pathos and psychosexual anxiety and is a few squirmy set pieces shy of "Meet the Parents."
- 40L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonThe film is sporadically amusing, especially early on. But as the gross-outs dwindle, one is left to contemplate if Stiller has always been this neckless and to wonder just why Aniston wastes her summer vacation on junk such as this.