I'm surprised that this movie has such a low rating, since I did find it to be genuinely charming and funny, much better an most modern romantic comedies. As a matter of fact, this movie was almost great, and it could have reached that level if only a few little tweaks and changes were made. Personally, I thought that the ending was an absolute bummer. It was overly sweet when it could have ended on a slightly darker note, which was the path that I felt the film was taking. Now I am not saying that this movies ending could not have been sweet, but it was so sickeningly cliché and obnoxiously over the top unrealistically happy that it disappointed me. A good example of a film ending that is both sweet and slightly tragic would be the ending of "Chasing Amy", another romantic comedy drama.Other flaws have to do with various jokes not really working and the plot of the movie being restated over and over again by characters to an annoying degree.However, the overall movie is surprisingly good and somewhat underrated. It is very funny, and juggles mocking and feeling sympathy for its characters really, really well. And I enjoyed the fact that the humor was not afraid to get super dark at times. The entire opening sequence is classic dark comedy!There is also quite a bit of heart and soul to this movie. Believe it or not, it actually,are me tear up a little at one point, very unexpected for this type of movie! I was impressed with the emotional conflicts and they had me really engaged and moved, but then all of that was screwed up by the ending!This is a movie that I would recommend, but with mild caution since the ending does largely ruin the experience, at least it did for me, anyway.

I thought this was going to be mediocre based on the reviews,but I was wrong,this film has a good concept,and it executes that concept great.First,the good,when the jokes are there they don't feel forced,they feel natural,and they are funny.The pacing,the movie goes by nicely,not too slow,not too fast.The story is really good,and has a great message about inner beauty.The best part though,the characters,they feel real and are well acted.Now,the bad,I feel like the score dates the film a bit,and some jokes don't work.I feel like the movie was a bit too long,but the biggest flaw is that it is hypocritical,if the message is that inner beauty is more important than what's on the outside,why make fun of the disabled?All in all,the pros outweigh the cons,I thought this was a good movie.

Shallow Hal is shallow and can't get a date. Hal's a nice guy but he's always going for girls out of his league. Hal cares too much about outward appearances and not enough for a woman's inner beauty. Well, meet Tony Robbins, and now Hal can see women for who they truly are, making their inner beauty appear as outer beauty, but only to Hal.Shallow Hal is hilarious! It's genuinely sweet & basically comedy genius, like is Jack Black. Jack Black graces us all with his comedy sweetness, and man he's got a lot of it, with some to spare! Jack is 2 funny & 2 cool that he should be put in jail. Thanks, Farrelly Brothers! You guys are way 2 cool 2. Shallow Hal's 1 of my favorite comedies that can be watched and rewatched like 100 times because it is so sweet & so funny & so not ungood.When Shallow Hal meets Rosemary Shallow Hal enters the realm of super awesomeness. God Gwyneth Paltrow is hot. I mean she looks incredible in this movie & I swear she's the hottest girl in the whole wide world. I love you. Gwyneth haters get real. Gwyneth Paltrow is way 2 hot & it's not even fair. She's super hot. Gwyneth Paltrow is the sexiest girl ever, she looks seriously hot in Shallow Hal and I think I love her.Great music. Farrelly Brothers did it.

At the age of 9, Hal Larson gets superficial advise from his delirious dying preacher father. He tells him to judge woman by their looks and forget about love. Hal (Jack Black) turns into a shallow man almost as bad as his friend Mauricio Wilson (Jason Alexander). His neighbor Jill (Susan Ward) dumps him. He gets stuck in an elevator with motivational guru Tony Robbins who hypnotizes him into seeing inner beauty as outer beauty. He starts dating overweight Rosemary (Gwyneth Paltrow) but he can only see her inner beauty.For a movie making fun of shallow behavior, it's actually pretty shallow itself. All the beautiful people are ugly inside. It's difficult to see Hal or Wilson ever getting a date. All the fat jokes essentially clash with the theme of judging people by their inner self. Even if a joke hits, I wonder about who the joke is making fun of. I am willing to give the Farrelly brothers credit for trying to tackle something substantial. There is a touching rom-com buried beneath everything. They do it in such a loopy way that I don't think it actually works. Although the little girl really hits me in the heart.