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“You don’t need hypnosis. You need to grow up.”

Dramedy / Romantic Comedy

The film follows Hal Larson (played by Jack Black), a man who strictly adheres to his father’s dying advice to only date "perfect" women—a philosophy shared by his equally superficial friend Mauricio (Jason Alexander). Hal's life changes when he becomes trapped in an elevator with self-help guru , who hypnotizes him to see only the "inner beauty" of people manifested as their external physical appearance. Shallow Hal

is its visual representation of "inner goodness" as conventional attractiveness. Visual Substitution : To show Hal’s shift in perception, the filmmakers cast Gwyneth Paltrow “You don’t need hypnosis

The film introduces us to Hal Larson (Jack Black), a man who is, as the title suggests, painfully shallow. Raised by a dying father who told him to "never settle for less than a supermodel," Hal judges every woman by her external appearance. He approaches dating like a shopping list, discarding anyone who doesn't fit a narrow physical mold. is its visual representation of "inner goodness" as

The 2001 film Shallow Hal , directed by the Farrelly brothers