Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black in Shallow Hal (2001)

Shallow Hal

Movie#3310ā–¼10282001• PG-13• 1h 54m
ComedyDramaFantasyRomance
⭐ 6.0 / 10(154,265)

A superficial man now sees only the inner beauty of a very fat woman.

Rated
PG-13
Runtime
1h 54m
Released
2001
Country
United States, Germany

Details

Release year: 2001

Storyline

A superficial man now sees only the inner beauty of a very fat woman.

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Did you know

• Ironically, Jack Black had to lose weight for the role of Hal.

• Jack Black's 20th feature film role, but his first as the lead actor.

• After getting into her make up for the first time, Gwyneth Paltrow spent the rest of the day walking around in public. No one recognized her, and she used people's reaction to her as an obese woman to help understand her character in the film.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $70,839,203

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $22,518,295 (2001-11-11)

User reviews

⭐ 7/10

I actually liked it

šŸ‘ 60 Ā· 11/22/2003
⭐ 7/10

Funny and Sweet

šŸ‘ 33 Ā· 9/14/2014
⭐ 6/10

A shallow but well-intentioned understanding of the actual worth of beauty

šŸ‘ 12 Ā· 8/15/2024

Technical specs

Sound mix
DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
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