Shallow Hal is a 2001 American romantic comedy film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black about a man who falls in love with a 300-pound (140-kilogram) woman after being hypnotized into only seeing a person's inner beauty.

He holds a steady job at JPS Funds, a financial institution run by president Steve Shanahan, but is dismayed after being denied a long-sought promotion.

One day, Hal becomes trapped in an elevator with life coach Tony Robbins, who hypnotizes him into only seeing a person's inner beauty.

Because of her kind and generous personality, Rosemary appears to Hal as a slender, beautiful trophy blonde and he is instantly smitten with her.

Used to being overlooked due to her appearance, Rosemary initially interprets Hal's interest as mockery, but begins to date him once she realizes his feelings for her are sincere.

Hal does not believe him until he runs into Katrina, a woman who initially appeared beautiful to him, but whom he now sees in her true, physically unattractive state.

While seeking Rosemary out at the hospital where she volunteers, Hal encounters a young patient named Cadence whom he had previously seen as a perfect little girl due to the hypnosis, but now sees is covered in severe burn scars.

Mauricio admits that he stopped the hypnosis out of envy toward Hal's happiness, and confesses that he has an inoperable vestigial tail which has prevented him from ever getting close to a woman.

The site's critical consensus reads, "While surprisingly sweeter and warm-hearted than previous Farrelly outings, Shallow Hal is also less funny and more bland".

[19] A. O. Scott of The New York Times called it "a series of fat jokes...[turned] into a tender fable and a winning love story".

[20] Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote: "With the relatively untested Black coming on awfully strong, the lack of directorial finesse lets the enterprise down, creating some clunky scenes and dead air where laughs might have been expected.