Shallow Hal
Only a man this shallow could fall in love this deep.
Only a man this shallow could fall in love this deep.
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
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2001
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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.
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Details
Runtime:
114 min
Release date:
1 Nov 2001
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$40,000,000
Revenue:
$141,069,860
Awards:
3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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,
27 Nov 2001
rotten:
The film itself is little more than a series of fat jokes.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
24 Nov 2001
rotten:
Not only light on laughs but discomfitingly didactic in its disgust.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
13 Nov 2001
rotten:
Makes the case for restricting the Farrellys to mere gross-out movies.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
9 Nov 2001
rotten:
An ill-conceived, slovenly executed and disingenuous comedy.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
9 Nov 2001