Fresh
We've seen so many crummy comedies that try to be There's Something About Mary or something like this. And the Farrelly brothers come to the rescue and show us how it's done.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Shallow Hal
True love is worth the weight.
2001 · 1h 54m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Bobby Farrelly
,
Peter Farrelly
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Bobby Farrelly Director
- Peter Farrelly Director
- Jack Black as Hal Larson
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Rosemary Shanahan
- Jason Alexander as Mauricio Wilson
- Joe Viterelli as Steve Shanahan
- Rene Kirby as Walt
- Bruce McGill as Reverend Larson
- Tony Robbins as Tony Robbins
- Susan Ward as Jill
- Zen Gesner as Ralph
- Brooke Burns Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
49%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The film itself is little more than a series of fat jokes.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
Not only light on laughs but discomfitingly didactic in its disgust.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Rotten
Makes the case for restricting the Farrellys to mere gross-out movies.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
An ill-conceived, slovenly executed and disingenuous comedy.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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