Shallow Hal

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Shallow Hal (2001)

PG-13 11/01/2001 (US) Comedy, Romance 1h 54m

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True love is worth the weight.

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After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru Tony Robbins. Intrigued by Hal's shallowness, Robbins hypnotizes him into seeing the beauty that exists even in the least physically appealing women. Hal soon falls for Rosemary, but he doesn't realize that his gorgeous girlfriend is actually a 300-pound-not-so-hottie.

Peter Farrelly

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Bobby Farrelly

Director, Screenplay
Sean Moynihan

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Jack Black

Hal
Gwyneth Paltrow

Rosemary
Jason Alexander

Mauricio
Joe Viterelli

Steve Shanahan
Rene Kirby

Walt
Bruce McGill

Reverend Larson
Tony Robbins

Tony Robbins
Susan Ward

Jill
Zen Gesner

Ralph
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on November 13, 2014

Shallow Hal wants a gal.

Hal Larsen (Jack Black) only ever dates beautiful trophy women on account of advice he received on his death bed from his father. However, a chance meeting with a self-help guru helps him to see inner beauty first and foremost. Soon after, he falls in love with his boss' severely overweight daughter, which as it raises eyebrows everywhere the couple go, Hal is oblivious as to what everyone else is on about.

Tender, sweet and subtle are not words one readily attributes to the Farrelly Brothers, but in Shallow Hal they have managed to blend all three with their penc... read the rest.

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