When the final act descends into preachiness, it's nearly earned the indulgence.
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10/14/02
Shallow Hal (2001)
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Reviews Counted:119
Fresh:60
Rotten:59
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: While surprisingly sweeter and warm-hearted than previous Farrelly outings, Shallow Hal is also less funny and more bland.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly continue their string of hilarious oddball comedies with SHALLOW HAL. Hal (Jack Black of HIGH FIDELITY) is a "regular guy" who has no luck with women because he... [More]
Starring: Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander, Zen Gesner
Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
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09/10/02
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08/17/02
Shallow Hal is the most endearing portrait of outcasts since last year’s Ghost World.
07/03/02
No comedy classic, but the Farrelly Brothers are on the right track here by bringing heart into their filmmaking. 'Shallow Hal's' deep message surprised me.
06/29/02
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06/22/02
although the ad campaign makes it appear the movie is an outrageous attack on the obese, in truth "Hal" saves its sharpest jabs for the small-minded and mean-spirited.
06/10/02
It has moments of sweetness, and moments of hilarious comedy; but when it comes down to it, the tendency to use gross-out tactics makes it hardly worth sitting through.
05/30/02
While saying that appearances don't matter, the Farrellys prove that appearances are everything.
05/29/02
Amor Ciego pretende ser moralista, lo que choca con los Farrelly, para quienes significa un retroceso en su carrera, que de por si no tiene nada de extraordinaria.
04/02/02
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03/24/02
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03/05/02
Don’t expect me to say this too often, but I hope the Farrellys maintain their immaturity, if only because they do it so well.
02/26/02
si lo que buscan son guarradas gratuitas y humor corporal, quizá salgan contrariados, o hasta algo confundidos con el tono moral y la idea central que expresa la película.
02/14/02
Disguised as a gross-out comedy simply in order to get made, it's a heartfelt portrait of living in our own skin.
02/04/02
This time they've added some heart and insight and cut back on the gross-out humor.
02/02/02
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01/22/02
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01/04/02
The Farrelly Brothers retreat to a gentler mode--and, in the process, a far less funny one.
01/03/02
A comedy that is as lame in its storytelling as it is in its physical execution.
12/09/01
Latest News for Shallow Hal
November 28, 2005:
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August 20, 2001:
'They didn't want an overtly slick Ferrari dude,' Black says. 'That's why they came to me, because I'm just such a snugly, lovable, chubby little bo-bo.' 
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