Shallow Hal

Shallow Hal (2001)

  • 51% of critics liked it
    (120 reviews)

  • 52% of users liked it
    (557,644 ratings)

Jack Black continues his march to stardom with this typical Farrelly brothers blend of broad comedy and a heartfelt message. Black is Hal Larsen, a shallow man rapidly approaching middle age whose superficiality can be attributed to his father's deathbed admonition to only date young, beautiful… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 54 min.
Directed By
Bobby Farrelly, Bobby Farley
Written By
Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Sean Moynihan
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 9, 2001 Wide
On DVD
Jul 2, 2002
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    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.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    The film itself is little more than a series of fat jokes.

  • J. Hoberman, Village Voice

    Not only light on laughs but discomfitingly didactic in its disgust.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    Makes the case for restricting the Farrellys to mere gross-out movies.

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    An ill-conceived, slovenly executed and disingenuous comedy.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Sophie B


    Quite a generic Hollywood chic flick.

  • Matt G


    I simply don't care enough to lay out a full review, so I'll just say that this film was decently funny despite a few lazy performances. The writing was horrible, the story was horrible, yet I still enjoyed it quite a bit.

  • Bethany M


    Absolutely hilarious! A must see!

  • Anthony L


    Apart from the fact that this film has only one joke in it and tells it a hundred times, it's not too bad. I don't particularly like Jack Black either, especially in this film. Credit due though, the message is there and the scene with the little girl in the burns unit is… More

  • Nicki M


    Good comedy movie. It doesn't all work, but comes close enough to. Gwyneth Paltrow is great as Rosemary (although the fat suit really is the worst, especially around her face. Does not look right at all. She would be prettier than that, even with extra weight). And Jack Black… More

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