In Shallow Hal, the usually antic Jack Black goes bland as Hal Larsen, a genial guy with a superficial flaw: He only goes after gorgeous women from the land of Hot. After an impromptu session with self-help coach Tony Robbins, suddenly all Hal can see is the inner beauty of people, and he finds himself smitten by beautiful but big Rosemary (Gwyneth Paltrow, emoting admirably in a fat suit). The Farrelly brothers temper their trademark gross-outs with a nice look-at-what's-inside message, but the thin, tame jokes end up blanching this softhearted comedy.
BIG GULP The superficial Black falls for the larger-than-she-seems Paltrow in ''Shallow Hal''
EW's GRADE
B-Details Release Date: Jul 02, 2002; Movie Rated: PG-13; Genre: Comedy; With: Jack Black and Gwyneth Paltrow; Distributor: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
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