The laughs are there, but the movie's main asset is Paltrow, mournful and always braced for the worst.
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This review of Shallow Hal (2001) was written by Jami Bernard and published by New York Daily News on 25 Aug 2015.
Shallow Hal has generally received mixed reviews.
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