Not
the film it hopes to be...
Something you
may not expect to hear about this film is that
it's not intended to be a slapstick comedy. It's
not even very funny at all. Sure, there are a
few good hearty chuckles, but 90% of the running
time is consumed with sweet politically correct
romance and morality preaching. Maybe it's just
me but I don't think you'll laugh too much at
the little girl in the burn unit or the man with
spina bifida.
Aside from the fact that this is a 'one joke
movie', Shallow Hall suffers from a misguided,
albeit well-intentioned, premise.
The message seems to be that fat women can be
attractive too, as long as they look like
Gwyneth Paltrow... which seems paradoxical. And
if those fat women could pull off that miracle,
they too could get shallow hypnotized assholes
to talk to them.
Now, I know the film has good intentions and
tries very hard to be sweet and politically
correct... but under a harsh light this film
actually negates it's own intended message.
Shallow Hal is insignificantly harmless. It's
not a terribly bad movie... just a wafer thin
one. (No Pun Intended). I believe that, after
most of you watch this film, you'll wonder why
you didn't seem to laugh very much.
The funniest and most ludicrous thing is the
fact that the screenplay has Jack Black and
Jason Alexander (George from Seinfeld) being
fawned over by ridiculously gorgeous women. How
pathetic!
I think I rewarded this film with an extra half
star because of that one singularly sublime shot
of Gwyneth in the purple teddy showing off the
best posterior I have ever seen. In case you
weren't sure already... that scene alone is
argument enough that thin gorgeous women are far
more attractive than fat ugly ones.
PS - I think this film misses a really big
question. Why would 'fat Gwyneth' want to date
an asshole like Jack Black? Surely even 'fat
Gwyneth' can do better.
©
Written by TC Candler
Richard
Propes' Comment
n/a
Jacob
Hall's Comment
n/a
