Shallow Hal
6.2/10
Rating
114 min
Runtime
2001
Release Year
Peter Farrelly
Director
Cast
Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli, Rene Kirby
Quick Synopsis
Hal, a man who has always followed his late father's advice to date only women who fit his idea of physical perfection, experiences a change after meeting self-help guru Tony Robbins. Robbins, noticing Hal's superficial attitude, hypnotizes him so that he perceives people's inner beauty rather than their outward appearance. As a result, Hal begins to see women differently and falls in love with Rosemary, whom he believes to be very attractive, unaware that she actually weighs 300 pounds and does not fit conventional standards of beauty.
Detailed Synopsis of Shallow Hal
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.
