10 Gross Out Comedy Scenes That Made You Lose Your Lunch
10. Along Came Polly (2004) The Basketball Game
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Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) is the kind of man who plays it safe, doesnt take risks and likes everything to be clean, tidy and organised. He then meets old school-friend, Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston) who welcomes him to the world of the unknown; which mostly consists of risk, dirt and stomach aches. In this particular scene, Reuben is having a friendly game of basketball with his best-friend Sandy Lyle (Philip Seymour-Hoffman) and telling him about how he plans on asking out Polly. Theyre partway through the conversation when a couple of men come up and ask if they can join in the game. Reuben politely declines but Sandy butts in and agrees. At a halfway point in the game, a man from the opposing team takes his shirt off. Hes fat, hairy and covered in sweat, so its no surprise when Reuben asks if he could put it back on. But of course, the man ignores him. So, Reuben spends the next half of the game avoiding the advances of the mans sweaty back. He even wipes the residue off the ball when it is passed to him. Reuben asks Sandy if he can swap places with him but Sandy refuses and the game continues. Seconds later, on being passed the ball, the shirtless man jumps up to aim for the basket. As he does so, his sweaty stomach collides with the side of Reubens face. The next shot is in slow motion, as Reubens face slides up and down the mans torso. We then hear him howl in sheer terror as he shakes the sweat from his face. Its quite an unnecessary scene, as it doesnt have any bearing on the actual movie and they could have quite easily cut it. But if you can stomach the idea of another mans sweat in your mouth, it can be very funny.