Case Number 05083   Universal // 2004 // 91 Minutes // Rated
PG-13 Reviewed by Judge David Ryan (Retired) // August 30th,
2004  The Charge  -- blurbs on the DVD case for Along Came
Polly.  Opening Statement  I don't know a lot of things in this
world, but I know this: when a box screams "HYSTERICAL!" and
"HILARIOUS!" at me, the odds are good the film in question is
neither. Sure enough...Along Came Polly is funny at times, and
well-acted for the most part, but hysterical? Sorry, no. In
fact, the film is much like one of writer/director John
Hamburg's previous scripts, the popular Meet the Parents, in
that it creates extremely uncomfortable situations for its main
character, but leavens them with a dash of humor. It's a
perfectly acceptable, non-challenging, average film. And that's
just fine.  Facts of the Case  Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller,
Zoolander, son of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara) is about to take
The Plunge. An insurance analyst who studies risk for a living,
he's grown to be neurotically risk-averse;