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Avg. Critic Score: 44 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
14 Iffy for 14+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Its story is paint-by- numbers...But it's funny, and funny covers a lot of sins. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    Is Along Came Polly a great film? No, probably not, but it is a very amusing one. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Along Came Polly is nothing if not a chick flick for guys. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    Firmly ensconced among the forgettables in Stiller's career, a generic romantic comedy of the one-from-column-A, one-from-column-B variety. Read full review

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Might 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. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    The 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). Read full review

  • 50
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    There isn't a lot in the movie that is funny. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    Writer-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. Read full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    On paper it has every advantage, from gifted stars Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston to an established comedy writer-director with a promising idea about a romance between a carefree woman and a worried man. But instead of maximizing those pluses, Along Came Polly so completely fritters them away that even its brief 90 minutes feels unhappily long. Read full review

  • 30
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    The spectacle of two mature stars forced to grovel in the bathroom for cheap laughs is pathetic. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+ Talented actors in dumb film with gross sex humor.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that there are many, many "ewwwwwwwwwwww" moments, some strong language and very explicit sexual references and situations for a PG-13, including male nudity (full rear view), adultery, spanking as foreplay, and concerns about premature ejaculation.
  • Families can talk about how they assess risks and rewards and how different people are comfortable taking different kinds of chances.
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Gross-out humor.
What to watch for
  • violence false0 Violence: Not an issue
  • sex false5 Sex: Very explicit sexual references and situations for a PG-13.
  • language false3 Language: Strong languge used.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Social drinking.
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