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Shallow Hal (2001) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Shallow Hal (2001) a score of 2.6891 out of 4

based on (214) reviews

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Excellent

(11)

Very Good

(153)

Good

(45)

Fair

(5)

Poor

(0)

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Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)

Brilliant critique of society�s obsession with physical beauty. While this is a one-joke movie, what it has to say to teens is so valuable that it should be required watching....read the complete Shallow Hal (2001) review at Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)

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Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)

As a fan of both Jack Black and Gwyneth Paltrow and directed by the Farrelly brothers, whom I also enjoy (most of the time), Shallow Hal, seemed to be a lock for a good time. Starring Jack Black as Hal, a shallow, superficial, chauvinistic pig, the film...read the complete Shallow Hal (2001) review at Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)

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RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Tom Grealis)

There's just about enough charm and laughs here to keep Farrelly fans happy. Even the fat ones....read the complete Shallow Hal (2001) review at RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Tom Grealis)

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Poffy The Cucumber's Movie Mania

Hal (Jack Black) only pursues hot women, unthinking of their other qualities; Tony Robbins (playing himself) bequeaths Hal with a power to "see" a woman's inner beauty, after which Hal only pursues women whom most men would regard as physically hideous, y...read the complete Shallow Hal (2001) review at Poffy The Cucumber's Movie Mania