Shallow Hal
- IMDb link: 0256380
- IMDb rating: 6 (154,101 votes)
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Director: Jason Alexander, Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
- Cast: Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joe Viterelli and others
- Release date: 9 Nov 2001
- Release year: 2001
- Runtime: 114 minutes
- Country: United States, Germany
- Keywords: inner beauty, nudity, alternative reality, alternate world, nickname as title, physical beauty, woman feels unattractive, high concept comedy, fatphobia, 21st century
Plot:
A 9 year old boy named Hal visits his father in the hospital who's about to pass away. On a pain killer called morphine. Due to the side effects, he ends up giving Hal all the wrong advice about what to look for in women for love's sake. Which then leads him to grow up focusing only on outward beauty. Eventually, he meets psychologist Tony Robbins in an elevator. Once they get trapped, Hal reports his history with dating to him. From being so shocked by his shallow methods, Tony gives Hal a special psychic power to see into people's souls if he meets them for the first time then for the remainder of his interactions with them. Which then encourages him to focus more inward on people and not judge a book by its cover.