Along came Polly
- Identify 5 turning points.
Turning point 1: Rubin gets married.
Turning point 2: Rubin’s wife cheats on him while they were on their honey moon with the scuba driver instructor, Claude.
Turning point 3: Rubin encounter’s Polly at a museum and ask her on a date and they continue dating ever since.
Turning point 4: Rubin’s wife comes back and would like Rubin back. Rubin chooses Polly but Polly decides to leave town.
Turning point 5: Rubin brings his wife to a friend’s play and realizes that it was a mistake and does not want her anymore. He looks s for Polly but she has left but she left behind a pet. Polly comes back and Rubin convinces Polly to stay by eating dirty peanuts.
Turning point 6: Rubin and Polly decide to take things slow and go on vacation together.
- What are the conventions of this drama?
The conventions of this drama are:
- Love at first sight
- Comedy
- There is a complication and two main characters are faced with a decision
- In the end they stay together and they both find love
- How did this film meet or contradict the conventions?
This film meets the conventions the conventions because it has love at first but not with the wife, with Polly. It has comedy very often. There is a complication in the movie, where Rubin’s wife comes back and he is faced with a decision. In the end he finds true love with Polly.
- Write a review of this movie.
Along came Polly was a very good movie. It contained betrayal, love at first sight and comedy. The comedy was put in the right places of the movies, never leaving the viewer bored and uninterested. The directing was done very well, you saw all the actors’ expressions and it never let you wondering how they may be reacting to the situation. The acting was very well done. Ben Stiller was very funny and Jennifer Aniston played her role of a down to earth girl very well. The pro’s of this movie was that it never left you bored, there was enough comedy for those who are not interested in romance but there was also enough romance making a very well done romantic comedy. I would recommend this movie to those who love to watch romantic movies but also those who love to watch comedy. There is enough for both interests and the movie is not drown with romance.
