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===Critical response=== {{Anchor|Critical response|Critics}} On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a rating of 49%, based on 134 reviews, and an average rating of 5.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "While surprisingly sweeter and warm-hearted than previous Farrelly outings, ''Shallow Hal'' is also less funny and more bland".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shallow_hal/ | title=Shallow Hal | publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | access-date=2022-01-26 | archive-date=2022-01-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119201729/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shallow_hal | url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], it has a score of 48% based on reviews from 33 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=Shallow Hal |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/shallow-hal |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2021-10-10 |archive-date=2021-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110130256/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/shallow-hal |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=CinemaScore |language=en-US |archive-date=2018-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102130540/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]] '' gave it 3 out of 4 and called it "Often very funny, but it is also surprisingly moving at times".<ref name="Ebert">{{cite news |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |author1-link=Roger Ebert |date=November 9, 2001 |title=Shallow Hal |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |publisher=RogerEbert.com |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/shallow-hal-2001 |access-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-date=April 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412004212/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/shallow-hal-2001 |url-status=live }} Retrieved November 10, 2021. {{Rating|3|4}}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "a series of fat jokes...[turned] into a tender fable and a winning love story".<ref name="Scott">{{cite news |last=Scott |first=A. O. |author-link=A. O. Scott |date=9 November 2001 |title=FILM REVIEW; Inner Beauty Counts, And She's a Perfect 10 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/09/movies/film-review-inner-beauty-counts-and-she-s-a-perfect-10.html |url-access=registration |access-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527160451/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/09/movies/film-review-inner-beauty-counts-and-she-s-a-perfect-10.html |archive-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']] wrote: "With the relatively untested Black coming on awfully strong, the lack of directorial finesse lets the enterprise down, creating some clunky scenes and dead air where laughs might have been expected."<ref>{{cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |author-link=Todd McCarthy |date=2 November 2001 |title=Shallow Hal |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/shallow-hal-1200553016/ |access-date=November 10, 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110130255/https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/shallow-hal-1200553016/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Travers">{{cite magazine |last1=Travers |first1=Peter |author1-link=Peter Travers |date=13 November 2001 |title=Shallow Hal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/shallow-hal-89521/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=10 November 2021 |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110130256/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/shallow-hal-89521/ |url-status=live }} Retrieved November 10, 2021.</ref>
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