Shallow Hal (DVD)

[This review is also on DooYoo under the same username.] Main Characters: ---------------------- Hal: Jack Black Rosemary: Gwyneth Paltrow Plot: ------ Hal has only ever dated 'beautiful' women, even if their personality sucks. He judges everyone he meets on appearance, and even tries to avoid one woman just because one of her toes is bigger than her big toe! However, this all changes when Hal has a sudden meeting with a hypnotist, who changes the way he views life. Instead of seeing the outer beauty, Hal starts to see the inner beauty - This leads to him falling in love with his boss's ... more

I watched this rom-com film recently on Channel 4, having seen it once before too. While watching it for the second time it struck me how, well, NICE the whole thing is. And funny - the tag lines of "The Biggest Love Story Ever Told" and "True Love Is Worth The Weight" might make you smirk, but the film will make you smile with a fuzzy warm glow. Almost as much as the thought of seeing Gwyneth Paltrow in a fat suit will ;o) ~~~ Plot ~~~ Hal basically only dates beautiful women, he's very shallow (as you might expect from the film's title), and judges entirely by appearances. But, in a slight ... more

Shallow Hal is a Farrelly Brothers Film that was first released back in 2001. Farrelly Bothers are synonymous with making Comedy Films that are shall we say, slightly Politically incorrect. This Film is no exception since the majority of its laughs seem to come from making fun of people that are overweight. However if you analyse this Film more closely you actually realise that it is also poking fun at people that are shallow enough to judge a person simply by the size of them. Hal Larsen is just about the most shallow person that you are ever likely to meet. He is only attracted to slim ... more

I'm sure most people have seen this film by now, as it has been out for quite a while. But I thought I would review it anyway! Shallow Hall is a Farrelly Brothers film. For Farrelly Brothers, you tend to read "Comedy in a Gross or Politically Incorrect Sort of Way". This film is no exception as it makes fun of fat people. But it also makes fun of the superficiality of the world, so its not all incorrect. Hal (Jack Black) was only a kid when his dad died, but the last thing his father said to him was that he had to set his standards high when it comes to woman and look for someone beautiful. As ... more

I heard on the TV that Shallow Hal was being denoted as an insult against fat people! Apparently a lot of people (fat and otherwise) in the USA had claimed it was insulting! Having an extra stone or two myself, I felt the need to investigate (ok-so I wanted to watch the film too). Gweneth Paltrow plays the leading lady 'Rosemary'. Rosemary’s father (Joe Viterilli) is the owner of a big co-operation in the USA and is Irish. Rosemary’s mother (Jill Fitzgerald) is a typical American mum – albeit an overweight one. Hal the lead character (Jack Black) has the perfect woman in his ... more