Gwyneth Paltrow,
Jack Black,
Jason Alexander,
Joe Viterelli,
Rene Kirby
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Jack Black continues his march to stardom with this typical Farrelly brothers blend of broad comedy and a heartfelt message. Black is Hal Larsen, a shallow man rapidly approaching middle age whose sup... read more
Directed by: Bobby Farrelly, Bobby Farley, Peter Farrelly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander, John-Eliot Jordan, Libby Langdon, Sascha Knopf, Sasha Neulinger, Susan Ward
Release Date: November 9, 2001
DVD Release Date: July 2, 2002
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August 8, 2011I simply don't care enough to lay out a full review, so I'll just say that this film was decently funny despite a few lazy performances. The writing was horrible, the story was horrible, yet I still enjoyed it quite a bit.
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January 17, 2011Apart from the fact that this film has only one joke in it and tells it a hundred times, it's not too bad. I don't particularly like Jack Black either, especially in this film. Credit due though, the message is there and the scene with the little girl in the burns unit is actuall... read more
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December 4, 2010Good comedy movie. It doesn't all work, but comes close enough to. Gwyneth Paltrow is great as Rosemary (although the fat suit really is the worst, especially around her face. Does not look right at all. She would be prettier than that, even with extra weight). And Jack Black... read more
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March 17, 2010Quite a fine comedy. Beyond the gag of having the slim Gwyneth Paltrow play an overweight, there is okay and little fun in this film.
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January 17, 2010A decent rom-com with a quite a few good laughs, a bit different to most. Jack Black is quite a funny guy and the main theme of him seeing the inner beauty only while all around him wonder what is going on is a good comedy angle.
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January 16, 2010I just don't think this panned out like it was supposed to. You'd think with such a funny cast that it would've been at least funny, but it really wasn't. It went way too far into being a drama and having life lessons about dating and how you should judge a person. It's interesti... read more
Critic Reviews
November 27, 2001
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
November 24, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The film itself is little more than a series of fat jokes.
November 13, 2001
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Not only light on laughs but discomfitingly didactic in its disgust. Full Review
November 9, 2001
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Makes the case for restricting the Farrellys to mere gross-out movies.
November 9, 2001
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
An ill-conceived, slovenly executed and disingenuous comedy.
November 9, 2001
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
The movie's valuable message that we must look beyond physical appearances to find the heart within ... is drowned out by the din of loathsome idiots mocking physical appearances. Full Review
November 9, 2001
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
It gets away with fat jokes at the same time it seems to be on the side of the angels and inner beauty. Full Review
November 9, 2001
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
May be the best Farrellys movie yet, even though it doesn't live up to the pair's usual level of uproarious, crass comic genius. Full Review
November 9, 2001
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
As with Cameron Diaz in There's Something about Mary, Bobby and Peter Farrelly and their film are saved by an actress who's a very good sport. Full Review
November 9, 2001
Jan Stuart, Newsday
Paltrow's intelligence has the effect of adding weight, as it were, to a thin visual joke. Full Review
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