Shallow Hal
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- Synopsis
- A womanizer (Jack Black) undergoes hypnosis and comes out able to see only a person's inner beauty, and not what they actually look like. Thus he falls for an obese woman (Gwyneth Paltrow), but when he realizes she's enormous -- Paltrow appears ......
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- Starring
- Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli, Rene Kirby
- Director(s)
- Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
- Distributor(s)
- Fox
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 113 min.
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The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites
The most shocking thing about it may be its unabashed sincerity.Read the full review
Slate | David EdelsteinAdd Critic to Favorites
The Farrellys have set themselves the awesome task of arguing passionately for the non-importance of appearance while at the same time making relentless sport of it. The happy news is that they pull it off: In Shallow Hal, they've contrived a deeply humanist gross-out comedy.Read the full review
San Francisco Chronicle | Bob GrahamAdd Critic to Favorites
The belly laughs finally start to come --legitimately.Read the full review