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.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedDirector John Hamburg's 2004 romantic comedy pairs an anxious, risk-averse man with a spontaneous free spirit, mining laughs from the friction between caution and impulse. The premise is a familiar opposites-attract setup, but the tone leans broad and farcical, finding awkward humor in one buttoned-up life suddenly thrown off course. Themes of stepping outside your comfort zone and learning to embrace uncertainty run throughout. With a MagicMovieScore of 6.0, it's an easygoing pick for viewers who enjoy lighthearted relationship comedies and don't mind a healthy dose of physical, situational gags along the way.
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Trailer
Top Cast
Ben Stiller
Reuben Feffer
Jennifer Aniston
Polly Prince
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Sandy Lyle
Debra Messing
Lisa Kramer
Alec Baldwin
Stan Indursky
Hank Azaria
Claude
Bryan Brown
Leland Van Lew
Jsu Garcia
Javier
2,937 ratings. The score is reasonably stable but could shift up to 0.06 as more ratings come in.
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Movie Info
Release Date
January 16, 2004
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
PG-13
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director