Shallow Hal is a 2001 romantic comedy film starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Rosemary Shanahan, Jack Black as Hal Larsen and Jason Alexander as Mauricio.

Co-starring in the film are Rene Kirby, Joe Viterelli, and Brooke Burns. In addition, motivational speaker Tony Robbins has a small role as himself.

Jack Black's ex-girlfriend, Laura Kightlinger, and Tenacious D bandmate, Kyle Gass, have supporting roles, with Molly Shannon and Bruce McGill in cameo roles.

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In an interview with The Guardian on 27 January 2006, Paltrow admitted that Shallow Hal was in the category of "shite" films that she made only for money .

Plot summary

A shallow man named Hal (Black) meets Tony Robbins while stuck in an elevator. Robbins hypnotises him into seeing people's inner beauty, not their external selves. Subsequently he falls in love with Rosemary (Paltrow), an obese woman who appears to him to look slender. But then his friend Mauricio (Jason Alexander) talks to Robbins and has Hal un-hypnotized. Yet Mauricio himself has a "dog" of a secret.