Shallow Hal
Shallow Hal is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by the Farrelly Brothers. The film stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black, with Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli, and Susan Ward in supporting roles. Filming took place in various areas including Charlotte, North Carolina, and Sterling and Princeton, Massachusetts at Wachusett Mountain. The plot centers around a sexist man who, while under a hypnotic guise to only see a person's inner beauty, falls in love with a 300-pound woman.
Plot
As a boy, Hal Larson visits his reverend father on his deathbed. His father, delirious from painkillers, encourages Hal to never settle with the women he pursues in life and stresses the importance of appearances.
Cast
- Alina Pușcău
- Bonnie Aarons
- Britt Hagedorn
- Brooke Burns
- Bruce McGill
- Daniel Greene
- Erinn Bartlett
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Ivy Snitzer
- Jack Black
- Jason Alexander
- Jennifer Sky
- Joe Viterelli
- Kyle Gass
- Michael Corrente
- Molly Shannon
- Nan Martin
- Nichole Hiltz
- Rob Moran
- Stacy Marie Fuson
- Susan Ward
- Tony Robbins
- Zen Gesner
- Zoe Graham
More details
| author | Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Montana |
| director | Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly |
| editor | Christopher Greenbury |
| genre | comedy fantasy |
| keywords | burn scar deathbed dinner date hypnosis hypnotherapy hypnotize inner beauty kiribati life coach little girl morbid obesity morbidly obese night club payphone peace corps recruit reject trapped in an elevator trophy blonde trophy wife vestigial tail |
| musicBy | Glen Ballard |
| producer | Bobby Farrelly Bradley Thomas Charles B. Wessler Peter Farrelly |
| productionCompany | Farrelly brothers |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | North Carolina |
| theme | romantic comedy |