Shallow Hal (DVD)

shallow hal is a romcom that i will never forget becuase even though theres alot of comedy in it theres a deeper meaning to the film that beauty is only skin deep. the plot hal loses his dad at a young age and on his dead bed he promice his dad he wont ever go for second best.So as he grows up he sarts to only date realy pretty girls so he becomes very shallow. then one day his life changes for ever as he gets stuck in a life with a self help hypnotist who he has a heart to heart with and without knowing it helps him to see peoples inner beauty instead of judging then for their looks.So without knowing it that day he start seeing girls differently ...  Read the complete review

I watched this rom-com film recently on Channel 4, having seen it once before too. While watching it for the second time it struck me how, well, NICE the whole thing is. And funny - the tag lines of "The Biggest Love Story Ever Told" and "True Love Is Worth The Weight" might make you smirk, but the film will make you smile with a fuzzy warm glow. Almost as much as the thought of seeing Gwyneth Paltrow in a fat suit will ;o) ~~~ Plot ~~~ Hal basically only dates beautiful women, he's very shallow (as you might expect from the film's title), and judges entirely by appearances. But, in a slight twist, this is entirely ...  Read the complete review

As my regular readers will testify I'm a fan of the Farrelly brothers and their patented brand of gross out humour. I liked Roy having it off with the wrinkled landlady in 'Kingpin' and who didn't laugh at the hair gel scene in 'There's something about Mary'?. You can therefore imagine my delight when I read their next film was to be about fatties. Don't get me wrong I'm 15s 7lbs myself but a bit of un-PC fatty bashing may be just the thing to keep me away from the Big Macs. I was however somewhat disappointed by this offering it was thin on laughs but enormous on preachiness and trite platitudes. But first tell us the plot, ...  Read the complete review

Shallow Hal is a Farrelly Brothers film that was first released back in 2001. Farrelly Bothers are synonymous with making comedy films that are shall we say, slightly politically incorrect. This film is no exception since the majority of its laughs seem to come from making fun of people that are overweight. However if you analyse this film more closely you actually realise that it is also poking fun at people that are shallow enough to judge a person simply by the size of them. Hal Larsen is just about the most shallow person that you are ever likely to meet. He is only attracted to slim, beautiful looking women and every woman that he takes a fancy too he ...  Read the complete review

The Farrelly Brothers rose to fame with some rather classic gross out comedies such as Dumb and Dumber and Me, Myself and Irene. They've also had some lesser efforts like The Heartbreak Kid, and Shallow Hal. That's not to demonise this film too much, because it is fun, just not as off the wall hilarious as the aforementioned films. It's somewhat sweeter and less crass than their funnier films, but does sacrifice some of the comedy element as a result, and fans of their work may be left waiting for the next sight gag or riff of toilet humour. Hal (Jack Black) is a very shallow young man who has set for himself inexorably high standards. However, during a chance ...  Read the complete review