“Dude — I just sharted.”
There are about a dozen big laughs in this romantic comedy in which Ben Stiller plays a man who analyzes risk for a living and Jennifer Aniston plays a flighty and spontaneous woman who seems to rub her personality off on anyone she meets. The film is basically one long “meet-cute” with standard romantic comedy scenes throughout.
There are two things to ask yourself about a film like this: It is funny? And is it romantic? I have to admit that there are some hilarious scenes in ‘Along Came Polly’. The ones that are truly memorable involve some truly awful basketball shooting by Stiller’s best friend played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman. When he exclaims “White Chocolate Make it Rain!” as he drives to the hoop for a lay up, you will have a hard time not wetting yourself.
There are a few too many jokes centered around Stiller’s irritable bowel syndrome, but for the most part the jokes work well. I laughed more than enough to make the film successful. The romance is cute and fluffy. All in all, this is a good example of a modern rom-com.
