Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Gwyneth Paltrow | ... | Rosemary | |
Jack Black | ... | Hal | |
Jason Alexander | ... | Mauricio | |
Joe Viterelli | ... | Steve Shanahan | |
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Rene Kirby | ... | Walt |
Bruce McGill | ... | Reverend Larson | |
Anthony Robbins | ... | Self (as Tony Robbins) | |
Susan Ward | ... | Jill | |
Zen Gesner | ... | Ralph | |
Brooke Burns | ... | Katrina | |
Rob Moran | ... | Second Tiffany | |
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Joshua 'Li'iBoy' Shintani | ... | Li'iBoy |
Kyle Gass | ... | Artie | |
Laura Kightlinger | ... | Jen | |
Nan Martin | ... | Nurse Tanya Peeler |
Following the advice of his dying father, Hal dates only women who are physically beautiful. One day, however, he runs into self-help guru Tony Robbins, who hypnotizes him into recognizing only the inner beauty of women. Hal thereafter meets Rosemary, a largely obese woman whom only he can see as a vision of loveliness. But will their relationship survive when Hal's equally shallow friend undoes the hypnosis? Written by Anonymous
Part comedy, drama, and romance this one was a rather good little movie to watch. Black and Paltrow were great and Jason Alexander was hilarious. The movie is about a guy named Hal who is a rather decent guy, but he has a problem. When picking women he only looks at the outer beauty of a woman...this is explained in the opening scene. Hal gets trapped in an elevator with a guy who opens Hal's mind to the inner beauty of women. Hal then suddenly finds the more unattractive girls perfect for him and this leads to some funny scenes. This also leads him to Rose Mary a gal he finds perfect, but everyone else sees a 300lb gal. This movie says a lot about how shallow our society is and does a good job of it. Though I don't think every unattractive or fat gal is beautiful on the inside and every attractive gal is ugly on the inside as the movie implies. The movie also could have been more clear that people Hal already knows would still look the same. I just wish ladies were as open and approachable as the movie portrays.