Directed by Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly Written by Sean Moynihan   Peter Farrelly   Bobby Farrelly   Cast Gwyneth Paltrow ... Rosemary Jack Black ... Hal Jason Alexander ... Mauricio Joe Viterelli ... Steve Shanahan Rene Kirby ... Walt Bruce McGill ... Reverend Larson Anthony Robbins ... Tony Robbins Susan Ward ... Jill Zen Gesner ... Ralph Brooke Burns ... Katrina Rob Moran ... Second Tiffany Joshua 'Li'iBoy' Shintani ... Li'iBoy Kyle Gass ... Artie Laura Kightlinger ... Jen Nan Martin ... Nurse Tanya Peeler Sasha Joseph Neulinger ... Young Hal John-Eliot Jordan ... Fuel Pizza Waiter (as John E. Jordan) Jill Christine Fitzgerald ... Mrs. Shanahan Erinn Bartlett ... Bella Fawn Irish ... Spastic Bella Daniel Greene ... Doctor Danny Murphy ... Cabbie Brian Mone ... Board Member #1 Bob Mone ... Board Member #2 Don Gavin ... David Bouley Leslie DeAntonio ... Helga Libby Langdon ... Waitress Gigi Moran ... Nurse #1 Caryl West ... Nurse #2 Brianna Gardner ... Cadence Mariann Neary ... Information Attendant #1 Christal Handy ... Information Attendant #2 Jackie Flynn ... Fuel Pizza Manager Sascha Knopf ... Gorgeous Tanya Mary Wigmore ... Cute Tiffany Steve Tyler ... McIntosh Waiter Darius Rucker ... Capital Grille Maitre D' John Dennis ... Capital Grille Host Manon von Gerkan ... Lindy (as Manon Von Gerkan) Will Coogan ... Punk #1 Lyndon Byers ... Punk #2 Sara Stout ... Babe on Dance Floor Bonnie Aarons ... Spastic Friend #1 Lisa Brounstein ... Spastic Friend #2 Herbie Flynn ... Homeless Man #1 (as Herb Flynn) Michael Corrente ... Homeless Man #2 Ron Darling ... Other Li'iBoy Anne E. Hodgson ... Pretty Nurse Kelly McRorie ... Bar Girl Dean R. Palozej ... Bartender Dede Kinerk ... Party Friend David Kipper ... Department Store Clerk Sayed Badreya ... Doctor Sayed David Getz ... Dr. James Uler Jesse Peter ... Sick Kid #1 Abe Farrelly ... Sick Kid #2 (as Anna Byers) Sean Gildea ... Pool Dad (as Sean P. Gildea) Robby Johns ... Kid in Tree Tiffany Burke ... Soda Shop Waitress (as Tiffany Anne Marie Lucich) Hillary Matthews ... Pretty Girl with Puppy (as Hillary Matthews Thomas) Terez Kocsis ... Hospital Intensive Care Unit Staff & Patient (as Teri Kocsis) Apple Farrelly ... Hospital Intensive Care Unit Staff & Patient Sarah Lopez ... Hospital Intensive Care Unit Staff & Patient (as Sarah S. Lopez) LaGena Hart ... Hospital Intensive Care Unit Staff & Patient (as LaGena Lookabill Greene) Gene Lookabill Sr. ... Hospital Intensive Care Unit Staff & Patient Jackie Lookabill ... Hospital Intensive Care Unit Staff & Patient Gene Lookabill II ... Hospital Intensive Care Unit Staff & Patient Teddy Orr ... Hospital Intensive Care Unit Staff & Patient Lyndon Orr ... Hospital Intensive Care Unit Staff & Patient Maria White ... Hospital Intensive Care Unit Staff & Patient Jimmy Shay ... Night Club Goer #1 Patrick Lyons ... Night Club Goer #1 Ricky Blitt ... Night Club Goer #1 Kevin Biegel ... Night Club Goer #1 (as The Biegel Brothers) Rob Biegel ... Night Club Goer #1 (as The Biegel Brothers) Ryan Biegel ... Night Club Goer #1 (as The Biegel Brothers) Nic Nemeth ... Night Club Goer #1 (as Nick Nemeth) Deanna Sjoberg ... Night Club Goer #1 Heather Rosbeck ... Night Club Goer #1 (as Heather Ann Rosbeck) Monica Palumbo ... Night Club Goer #1 Alina Puscau ... Night Club Goer #1 Lisa-Marie Schneider ... Night Club Goer #1 (as Lisa Marie Schneider) Letícia Birkheuer ... Night Club Goer #1 (as Leticia Birkhouer) Breanne Acamondo ... Night Club Goer #1 Cyndi Choung ... Night Club Goer #2 Brian Kennedy ... Night Club Goer #2 Frank Babylon ... Night Club Goer #2 Danny Fitzpatrick ... Night Club Goer #2 Mike Hurley ... Night Club Goer #2 Jimmy Nolan ... Night Club Goer #2 Stacy Fuson ... Night Club Goer #2 (as Stacey Fuson) Zoë Graham ... Night Club Goer #2 Katie Holliday ... Night Club Goer #2 Nichole Hiltz ... Night Club Goer #2 Ashley B. Howard ... Night Club Goer #2 Mary LaJoinie ... Night Club Goer #2 (as Mary Lajoinie) Jennifer Pentecost ... Night Club Goer #2 Jennifer Sky ... Night Club Goer #2 Chelsea Marguerite ... Night Club Goer #2 Rusty Sheridan ... Night Club Goer #2 Bridget Jaffers ... Night Club Goer #2 Olivia Rozelle ... Night Club Goer #2 Danae Miller ... Night Club Goer #2 Patrick Lynch ... Fuel Pizza Patron Elizabeth Jordan ... Fuel Pizza Patron Heather Kingsley ... Fuel Pizza Patron Joan Oustifine ... Fuel Pizza Patron Larry Schmutz ... Fuel Pizza Patron Marc Levin ... Fuel Pizza Patron Brendan Webb ... Fuel Pizza Patron Erin Webb ... Fuel Pizza Patron Preston Thomas ... Fuel Pizza Patron Crystal Weeks ... Fuel Pizza Patron Ivie Gregory ... Fuel Pizza Patron Jack Andrade ... Freedom Park Goer Warren Tashjian ... Freedom Park Goer Lorraine Tashjian ... Freedom Park Goer Vahram Tashjian ... Freedom Park Goer The Palozej Family ... Freedom Park Goers Mick Hoyle ... Freedom Park Goer Rosalie Franks ... Freedom Park Goer The Meyer Family ... Freedom Park Goers The Stumler Family ... Freedom Park Goers The Gennings Family ... Freedom Park Goers The Tilley Family ... Freedom Park Goers Janet Kirby ... Freedom Park Goer Don Kirby ... Freedom Park Goer Alexis Franek ... Freedom Park Goer John Mugar ... Freedom Park Goer Elizabeth Decherd ... Freedom Park Goer Trish Ellington ... Freedom Park Goer Spence Ellington ... Freedom Park Goer The Waxenfelter Family ... Freedom Park Goers The Katalinich Family ... Freedom Park Goers The Zeinemann Family ... Freedom Park Goers Mike Rucker ... Freedom Park Goer Jason Peter ... Freedom Park Goer Ross Gabrielli ... Freedom Park Goer Jason Pierce ... Freedom Park Goer Patrick Merritt ... Freedom Park Goer Chrystal Lambert ... Freedom Park Goer Viorel Covaci ... Freedom Park Goer Nancy Byers ... Hospital Intensive Care Burn Unit Kid & Staff Melinda Farrelly ... Hospital Intensive Care Burn Unit Kid & Staff (as Melinda Kocsis) Camille Morrow ... Hospital Intensive Care Burn Unit Kid & Staff Emily O'Donnell ... Hospital Intensive Care Burn Unit Kid & Staff Keegan O'Donnell ... Hospital Intensive Care Burn Unit Kid & Staff Charlie Thomas ... Hospital Intensive Care Burn Unit Kid & Staff Bob Kocsis ... Hospital Intensive Care Burn Unit Kid & Staff Hanna Sjoberg ... Hospital Intensive Care Burn Unit Kid & Staff Pete Duggan ... Hospital Intensive Care Burn Unit Kid & Staff Danilo Abreu ... Hospital Intensive Care Burn Unit Kid & Staff John Stroehman ... Canoer (as John Stroehmann) Rebeka Dobken ... Canoer Michael Bree ... Canoer Jim McIlvaine ... Misty Meadows Cowboy Kim McIlvaine ... Misty Meadows Cowboy Harry Swimmer ... Misty Meadows Cowboy Tom Kocsis ... Misty Meadows Cowboy Gayle Mone ... Board Room Member Robert Flaherty ... Gas Station Customer Sherry Flaherty ... Gas Station Customer Susie Marchant ... Double Door Patron Amanda Sherry ... Double Door Patron Charmaine Johnson ... Double Door Patron Ashley Stockard ... Double Door Patron Suzie Williams ... Double Door Patron Kelley Chandler ... Double Door Patron Julie Kelada ... Double Door Patron George Kelada ... Double Door Patron Sage Bonnie Humphrey ... Tony Robbins Fan Norman Beauchene ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier (as 'Stormin Norman' Beauchene) Bill Beauchene ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Thomas Jordan ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Kelsey Jordan ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Elizabeth Sadler ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Jeff Brown ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Tom Leasca ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Stacey Leasca ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Adam Dalton ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Colleen Moynihan Kilgore ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Michael Moynihan ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Katherine Moynihan ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Kathleen Lajoie ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Danielle Lajoie ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Julie Webb ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Christopher Webb ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Matthew Webb ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Dianna Fischer ... Wachusett Mtn. Skier Docky ... McIntosh Patron Cynthia Farrelly Gesner ... McIntosh Patron (as Cindy Gesner) István Kocsis ... McIntosh Patron (as Steve Kocsis) Bill Wilmot ... McIntosh Patron Joe Tarabelli ... McIntosh Patron Joan Mayewski ... McIntosh Patron Mark Levine ... McIntosh Patron Amanda Forte ... McIntosh Patron Julie Arkush ... McIntosh Patron Eeve Arkush Metsisto ... McIntosh Patron Patty Gondelman ... McIntosh Patron George Gondelman ... McIntosh Patron Jacqueline Hodgson ... McIntosh Patron Alex Maizuss ... McIntosh Patron Maruja Aguillar ... McIntosh Patron Mike Duffy ... McIntosh Patron Chris Anderson ... McIntosh Patron Lisa Luze ... McIntosh Patron Lisa Gabrielli ... McIntosh Patron James McNally ... McIntosh Patron Bill Richards ... McIntosh Patron Meg Smith ... McIntosh Patron Greg McIntosh ... McIntosh Patron Liz McIntosh ... McIntosh Patron Abigail Kane Propst ... McIntosh Patron Gerry Callahan ... Capital Grille Lounge Lizard Terry Mullany ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Tom Bruderman ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Sonia Stuebe ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Brian Stuebe ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Sean McKiernan ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Susan Quirk ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Larry Grant ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Barbara Grant ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Farida Khan ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Ramesh Singh ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Mary Murphy ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Michael Murphy ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Kelley Schimmel ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Ross Bulla ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Stephanie Cooper ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Valerie Leeper ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher (as Val Leeper) Kelly Crenshaw ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Anna Dings ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Kacie Langford ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Christina Linton ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Mary McClellon ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Erin Kennedy ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Erica Holley ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Katherine McCall ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Tiffany Smith ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Scott Smith ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Alexandra Stein ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Tamale ... Shanahan Estate Well Wisher Uncredited Cast Allison Anderson ... Sorority Girl Jimmy Badstibner ... Frat Boy #2 Adriana Bega ... Sorority Girl Molly Bergman ... Sorority Girl Rachel Waters Brandt ... Party Guest Keri Bruno ... Sorority Girl Lonnie Burchfield ... Park Vendor / Gas Station Patron Kathryn Burns ... Restaurant Guest / Shopper Matthew Burns ... Fuel Pizza Patron Morgan Clements ... Sorority Girl Carla Collado ... Girl at the Club Christina R. Copeland ... Sorority Girl Nelson Diaz ... Club Kid Jessica Nicole Fife ... Sorority Girl Tom Hohman ... Frat Boy #1 Kevin Hooks ... Restaurant Manager Meagan Hooper ... Bar Girl #3 Jan Jackson ... Shopper Chad Kurtz ... Hal Co-Worker Kevin Lapsley ... Party Guest David Lowe ... Hot Dog Vendor Blair Peery ... Doctor Barden Revelle IV ... Construction Worker David Rivitz ... Corporate Raider Amanda Santos ... Sorority Girl Kemper Sease ... Featured extra Molly Shannon ... Mrs. Mary Larson Michael Siu ... Kid in the Park Marc Soper ... Capital Grille Patron Natalie Wells ... Gym Member Maegen Worley ... Long-Haired Woman in Restaurant Dana Zimmer ... Sorority Girl Produced by Mark Charpentier   Bobby Farrelly   Peter Farrelly   Marc S. Fischer   Sarah Lopez   Kris Meyer   Barry Teague   Bradley Thomas   Charles B. Wessler   Original Music by William Goodrum Ivy

Additional Info Premiere: November 01, 2001 Theatrical Release: November 09, 2001 DVD Release: July 02, 2002 Countries: Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Websites: Production Companies Twentieth Century Fox (presents) Conundrum Entertainment Shallow Hal Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG ("Shallow Hal" Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG) (in association with) Distributors Twentieth Century Fox   (2001) (United States) (theatrical) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2002) (United States) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2004) (United States) (DVD) Fox Network   (2005) (United States) (TV) Oxygen Media   (2007) (United States) (TV) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2012) (United States) (Blu-ray) HBO Max   (2021) (United States) (VOD) (video) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.4 / 10 Our Rating 4.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.8 / 10 Female Users 3.9 / 10 Site Ranking #1,284 / 20,704 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Almost Perfect 5 total ratings Average 14 total ratings Mediocre 3 total ratings Crap 4 total ratings Site Ranking #1,280 The French Dispatch (2021) #1,281 Margin Call (2011) #1,282 A Man Called Otto (2022) #1,283 John Q. (2002) #1,284 Shallow Hal (2001) #1,285 8MM (1999) #1,286 Spartacus (1960) #1,287 The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air: Season 6 (1995) #1,288 The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air: Season 2 (1991)