Shallow Hal [Blu-ray]

Jack Black shines, as always. Gwyneth Paltrow is beautiful, as always.

The Farrelly Brothers' Shallow Hal gives Jack Black his first starring role in a major Hollywood motion picture. The movie also stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Jason Alexander.Jack Black plays Hal Larson, a completely shallow individual who judges women solely on their appearances, even though Hal isn't what most would consider an attractive man. This precludes him from developing any meaningful relationships in his life, but given him and his friend's Mauricio (Jason Alexander) views towards women in general, they garner little sympathy from the viewer. A chance meeting with television self help guru Tony Robbins changes this for Hal. After a lengthy discussion in a stalled elevator, Tony Robbins decides to give Hal a gift, allowing Hal to only see the inner beauty of not only women, but people in general. This causes Hal to see women who may not be considered physically attractive to most appear to be the most beautiful women in the world, given that they have inner beauty. This new view on women, or beer goggle laser surgery, as Mauricio puts it, allows Hal to meet Rosemary (Gwyneth Paltrow), the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, and who also happens to be the daughter of his boss. Hal is instantly smitten with Rosemary, even though in reality, she is profoundly obese. Eventually Mauricio discovers what happened to his friend, and convinces Tony Robbins to tell him how to bring back the 'old' Hal. Does Hal, who now can see Rosemary as she really is, revert back to his old ways or accept that beauty is in the eye of the beholder?Jack Black is truly funny in this movie, but I think Jason Alexander almost outdoes him in basically bring the role of George from the television show Senfield to the film, tweaking it a little bit to make him so completely hollow in character. Paltrow also performs very well, despite her having to wear a suit that makes her appear a couple of hundred pounds heavier than in reality. The Farrelly Brother succeed again in bringing humor to subject matter most probably wouldn't touch, and allowing us not an opportunity to laugh at obesity, but to laugh at the superficialities many of us have, conditioned into us through the various forms of media we ingest on a daily basis. This movie, while maybe not as funny as There's Something About Mary (1998) or Dumb and Dumber (1994), is a bit more touching and that served to balance the story out nicely.Presented here is a wide screen anamorphic print, with quite a bit of extra features like deleted scenes, featurettes, a music video by Shelby Lyne, and commentary by the Farrelly Brothers. I'll leave you with a couple of my favorite lines from the movie involving Mauricio (Jason Alexander) and Tony Robbins debating Hal's new perspective...Mauricio: The thing is all the women he's been seeing are ugly.Tony Robbins: Who says they're ugly?Mauricio: Bausch & Lomb.Tony Robbins: Haven't you ever heard that beauty is in the eye of the beholder?Mauricio: Have you heard the song "Who Let The Dogs Out"?Cookieman108

Such a clever plot-- love it.

When Hal is a boy of 9 his father is dying. On his deathbed he tells his son to try to always go after women who are very good looking with nice bodies because he made the "mistake" of marrying a woman for her heart, now he has a hag as a wife. Hal agrees, and the father dies.Years later, this shallow boy is now a shallow man who aims to get women who are WAY out of his league. He's dating a girl who lives across the hall, but she dumps him because he's so shallow. His best friend is just like him and together they scope the clubs looking for beautiful women who don't want them.Hal meets an inspirational speaker who ends up hypnotizing him into seeing every individual's inside instead of their outside. The only thing is, it only applies to new people he meets, not those he already knows. He meets a woman named Rosemary and falls in love not realizing his perception of people's looks is altered.This is the jist of Shallow Hal. I love this movie and find it very funny. Some think the movie makes fun of big people. And while they certainly have the right to their perception, I feel they're missing the point. However, Shallow Hal does have logistical flaws.Flaws/Plot holes1. It's too good to be true that every single person who is overweight, ugly, deformed, or crippled is automatically a good person on the inside; yet, all of them are in the movie.2. There's a major flaw in the fact that even though Hal is now dating regular looking people HE still thinks they're babes, therefore he is actually learning nothing about shallowness. He's simply having the wool pulled over his eyes. He's being hypnotized into doing the right thing for the wrong reason.3. Gwyneth Paltrow is cute, but to think that Hal sees her as being so much better looking than the other girls he met prior is just implausible. They should have made Gwyneth the girl across the hall, and Susan Ward his love interest since she's much better looking than Gwyneth. I guess I'm being shallow too.Even with these plot holes, the movie is fun and its heart is in the right place. Jack Black is hilarious and Gwyneth Paltrow is good here too. In the end Hal gets his gal and does learn that valuable lesson that eluded him 3/4 of the film.

When Hal’s dad was dying he told his son to be superficial. Don’t marry for love, marry for someone that looks good. He told him look for someone that had a good body and God would be happy with him. Hal wanted to make his dad happy and based his life around his words. That’s the basis of Shallow Hal, which was about him learning a lesson and changing his worldview. The story is about not basing people off of looks. This is a surprising theme because the movie was by the Farrelly brothers who were known for their crude humor.Instead of going raunchy like the Farrellys usually did they were far more light hearted as this was a romantic comedy. For example they played on the opposites that Hal and his friend Mauricio (Jason Alexander) would see in women. It worked overall as this was a very funny love story with a message.C

If only people could see the inner beauty in everyone, and I mean everyone, this world would be an entirely different place. It is sad how society bases beauty on looks alone. I found a great guy when I was 15 yrs old. He was a burn victim, but I honestly only saw him as very good-looking, charming, kind, sweet, and affectionate. I couldn't wait to bring him home to meet the family. When I introduced him to the family, they all just stared at him. Then they started making jokes right to his face. I was mortified!! After that, he wouldn't go out with me. It broke my heart because I was really in love with him. To this day, and I am 63 yrs old, I have never found a man that I loved as much as him. I hope everyone who reads this learns something from my comment here.

I really enjoyed this movie its another classic 👌

Great comedy

I love this film. I find it hilarious from beginning to end and when i seen it being released on blu-ray I had to have it, as all i tend to watch these days has to be on blu-ray!! I wasnt expecting much from the picture quality because lets face it a film like this doesnt need to be in high def,but Im so glad I did upgrade as the picture quality is spot on.I saw this film in a totally different light and enjoyed it all over again. I would recommended if your a fan.

My wife and I have watched this film so many times and it really is so funny. If you haven't seen it, you really must. Guaranteed to make you laugh over and over

If you like Jack Black humour, I suggest you add this to your collection. I found it outrageously funny and typical Jack Black sense of humour. Oh! and Paltrow was sensational.

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Fast delivery great bluray