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Review: Shallow Hal
'S hallow Hal" is given words of wisdom at the deathbed of his father, who under the influence of pain-killers is speaking from the deepest ...
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
Review: Shallow Hal
Since they burst upon the motion picture scene with Dumb and Dumber , the Farrelly Brothers, Bobby and Peter, have been known as the Kings of ...
Reelviews - James Berardinelli
Inner Beauty Counts, And She's a Perfect 10
The NY Times review of Shallow Hal, a Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black. Shallow Hal movie trailer, ...
The New York Times - A. O. Scott
Steady diet of jokes
Ask Calista Flockhart or Elizabeth Taylor if they find jokes about body image funny. Both women have been the brunt of cruel jokes about their ...
Canoe.ca - LOUIS B. HOBSON
Shallow Hal hits bottom
Brothers Bobby & Peter Farrelly are a couple of Rhode Island rascals who struck it rich in Hollywood with juvenile comedies that have lurched from ...
Canoe.ca - BRUCE KIRKLAND
Review: Shallow Hal
Shallow Hal has problems. Not just the jerk title character, played with charmlessness to spare by the usually estimable Jack Black, but the movie ...
Rolling Stone - Editorial Review
Review: SHALLOW HAL
A well-intentioned romantic comedy from gross-out auteurs Bobby and Peter Farrelly, featuring Gwyneth Paltrow in a fat suit and some of the most ...
TV Guide - Steve Simels
Shallow Hal (2001) - Family Movie Review
Although a minister, Hal's dad (who had been prescribed morphine to ease his dying moments) expressed his last words frankly and crudely, ...
Grading the Movies - Rod Gustafson
Review: SHALLOW HAL
There's nothing wrong with the moral of "Shallow Hal," the latest farce from America's reigning kings of crude, the Farrelly brothers; ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Editorial Review
Flak Magazine: Review of Shallow Hal, 11-22-01
Brimming with chuckles and well-intentioned sentimentality, Shallow Hal , the fifth picture from Peter and Bobby Farrelly, is neither a bad film ...
Flak Magazine - Aaron Tassano - 11/22/01
BBC - Films - review - Shallow Hal
A skirt-chasing dork falls for an obese woman he thinks is thin in the Farrelly brothers' latest comedy. The Farrelly Brothers have displayed ...
BBC - Neil Smith - 01/31/02
Review: Shallow Hal
Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black in Shallow Hal. Oh, those irreverent Farrelly Brothers, who can't distinguish between humor and offense. ...
Palo Alto Online - Jeanne Aufmuth
JoBlo's movie review of Shallow Hal: Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander
Some laughs, a surprising amount of genuine emotion, a great shot of Gwyneth's ass (g-string, baby!), the incomparable Jack Black and Tony Robbins ...
JoBlo's Movie Emporium - Berge Garabedian
Review: Shallow Hal
The Farrelly brothers' latest film, Shallow Hal , was intended to be a comedy that pulls a few heartstrings, and although it does engage the ...
Kinnopio.com - Ed Malinowski
Review: Shallow Hal (2001)
Advertised as a wild, raucous comedy much like the Farrelly brothers' "There's Something About Mary" and " Me, Myself & Irene ," "Shallow Hal" is ...
TheMovieBoy.com - Dustin Putman - 11/10/01
Review: Shallow Hal (2001)
The Farrelly brothers have redefined "lowest common denominator" over the years with films like Dumb and Dumber . Recently, they've made an ...
CultureVulture.net - Bob Aulert
SHALLOW HAL Film Review
After a string of moderate to major disappointments following their breakthrough success with There s Something About Mary, brothers Bobby and ...
Boxoffice Online - Wade Major
Review: Shallow Hal
Say, do you like fat jokes? 'Cuz if you do, Shallow Hal should just about rank as the greatest movie of all time ! Indeed, this "biggest love ...
FilmCritic.com - Christopher Null
Review: Shallow Hal
Bobby and Peter Farrelly have a reputation for writing and directing films that are grossly, outrageously funny, movies like "There's Something ...
EricDSnider.com - Eric D. Snider
Review: Shallow Hal
For all the buzz generated by its gross-out gags, the Farrelly Brothers' There's Something About Mary likely would not have become the phenomenon ...
Film Threat - Michæl Dequina - 11/10/01
Movie Review for Shallow Hal - 2004-04-11
Jack Black is a terrible actor. He might be the worst I ve ever seen. I love him. The thing is, the guy doesn t act, he just talks. ...
Cinema Blend - Joshua Tyler - 04/11/04
Review: Shallow Hal
A bit hit and miss, and devotees of the siblings more adolescent work might be left wanting. But its leads make it consistently enjoyable. ...
Empire Online - Caroline Westbrook
Review: Shallow Hal

Empire Online - Caroline Westbrook
Farrelly's take a look at superficial beauty

The Boston Globe - Jay Carr
The Farrelly Brothers' Shallow Hal-2001
Pros Paltrow in both personas, Jack Black, and Jason Alexander Cons Implausible and sometimes just a little too dumb The Bottom Line This is an ...
Epinions - artbyjude
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