Shallow Hal
Only a man this shallow could fall in love this deep.
After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection.But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru Tony Robbins.Intrigued by Hal's shallowness, Robbins hypnotizes him into seeing the beauty that exists even in the least physically appealing women.
- Director
- Bobby Farrelly
- Worldwide
- $141M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru Tony Robbins. Intrigued by Hal's shallowness, Robbins hypnotizes him into seeing the beauty that exists even in the least physically appealing women. Hal soon falls for Rosemary, but he doesn't realize that his gorgeous girlfriend is actually a 300-pound-not-so-hottie.
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Box Office & Release
Shallow Hal returned 3.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $40M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $141M
- Release date
- Nov 1, 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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