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Shallow Hal (2001)
description written by member Zara:
The writing-directing siblings Peter and Bobby Farrelly train their camera on Hal (Jack Black), a terminal bachelor obsessed with scoring a knockout babe. A chance encounter in an elevator with a self-help guru imbues Hal with the (hallucinatory) power to see people's inner beauty over their outer shell. Soon, he finds true love in Rosie, a 400-lb. social worker who appears to Hal in the lithe form of Gwyneth Paltrow.
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
| Running Time: | 113 minutes |
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Shallow Hal Movie Review by Zara  (1/28/2007) |
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There were people who were supremely offended by the concept of this movie even before seeing it. Much like those who got up in arms over the movie THE RINGER (which according to some I should have been riled up about since I work with individuals with developmental disabilities), they assumed that the subject matter was...
(complete Shallow Hal review by Zara)
| Shallow Hal Movie Review by Douglas (9/7/2007) |
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A movie that is extremely insulting to obese people (which I am not). I could understand an actor of Jack Black's level doing this movie, but Gwyneth Paltrow--no way. She must have been promised the lead role in Gone With the Wind II. Bobby and Peter Farrelly should send a thank you letter to Tom Cruise and the crew who...
(complete Shallow Hal review by Douglas)
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