Shallow Hal is funny, uplifting and pleasant to watch, taking on the phrase "beauty is only
skin deep" with heart.
Jack Black plays Hal Larson who, due to his fathers dying wish, seeks out woman with
great outer beauty, which are typically out of his league.
One day he meets Tony Robinson, the self help guru, while stuck in a lift, and he is de-hypnotised
by him to see inner beauty and believes he is irresistable to woman, oblivious to what they really look like on the outside.
It is then he meets Rosemary Shanahan, a 300 pound woman with a heart of gold, and falls completely in love with her. Before
happiness is reached, Hal is pulled out of the trance by his shallow friend Mauricio.
Its up to Hal to decide whether to look past Rosies outer appearance and be happy, or to go
back to being Shallow Hal. The movie tackles the issue of inner and outer beauty with terrific humour and great dialogue and Jack
Black, Gwenyth Paltrow and Jason Alexander give a brilliant performance.
