2001 · comedy · drama · fantasy
Shallow Hal
Directed by Peter Farrelly1h 54m2001
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.
Our read: Shallow Hal (2001) reads as a cosy, steady, inventive comedy · drama · fantasy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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