
Shallow Hal
ComedyDramaFantasyRomance
ā 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.
Top credits
Directors
Cast
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Jack Black ā Hal
Gwyneth Paltrow ā Rosemary
Jason Alexander ā Mauricio
Joe Viterelli ā Steve Shanahan
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
ā 7/10
I actually liked it
š 60 Ā· 11/22/2003
ā 7/10
Funny and Sweet
š 33 Ā· 9/14/2014
ā 6/10
A shallow but well-intentioned understanding of the actual worth of beauty
š 12 Ā· 8/15/2024
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- DTS, Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
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