Shallow Hal
By (Author) Peter Farrelly
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
18th February 2002
Main
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
791.4372
Paperback
144
Width 127mm, Height 198mm, Spine 12mm
140g
Hal Larson doggedly tries to score with every gorgeous woman he sees, though he's no oil painting himself. But after undergoing impromptu hypnosis by a self-help guru, Hal is only able to see the inner beauty of women. Enter the kindly but obese Rosemary; and Hal, envisioning her sweet nature as physical loveliness, is smitten. But what will happen when the spell is broken
'The very naughty brothers Farrelly take on the weighty subject of inner beauty and come up with their sweetest - and best - movie yet.' Salon 'The Farrellys cunningly transform a series of fat jokes into a tender fable and a winning love story! New York Times"
Peter Farrelly was born in 1957 in Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA, and graduated from Providence College. In 1994 he co-wrote (with his brother Bobby) and directed the hit film comedy Dumb and Dumber. He and Bobby then co-directed Kingpin (1996) and shared both writing and directing duties on There's Something About Mary (1998), Me, Myself and Irene (2000) and Osmosis Jones (2001). Peter Farrelly has written two novels - Outside Providence, which was adapted for the cinema in 1999, and The Comedy Writer.