Shallow Hal - romantic comedy film

         Hal Larson (Jack Black) is a superficial man whose fixation on physical beauty gets in the way of seeing women for their inner beauty. Hal and his equally shallow friend Mauricio Wilson (Jason Alexander) spend most of their nights being obnoxious at nightclubs and being shot down. By a twist of fate, Hal becomes stuck in an elevator with famous American life coach Tony Robbins, who hypnotizes him into seeing people as their inner beauty instead of their external selves. Hal meets and is smitten by his boss's daughter, Rosemary Shanahan (Gwyneth Paltrow). Rosemary is actually obese, but appears to him as slender and beautiful due to her kind and generous nature. Used to being overlooked by men due to her appearance, Rosemary initially interprets Hal's interest in her as mocking and insulting, but later realizes his feelings for her are genuine, and the two begin to date.
        Mauricio becomes worried about Hal's new taste in women, and he convinces Robbins give him the trigger phrase to undo the hypnosis. Mauricio calls while Hal is on a date with Rosemary, and says the trigger phrase, "Shallow Hal wants a gal," which breaks Hal's hypnosis. Discovering that his own sight had misled him, Hal, with Mauricio's assistance, begins to avoid Rosemary, whom he initially fails to recognize. Rosemary in turn becomes melancholic without him around. Distraught that he has not been seeing the "real" Rosemary, Hal accepts a dinner invitation from his neighbor, Jill, with whom he once had an unsuccessful date. The two dine together and Jill tells Hal that she has observed him overcoming his shallow nature, and that she is interested in dating him as a result. Hal then realizes that his true feelings are for Rosemary instead, and leaves. Rosemary, meanwhile, has arrived at the same restaurant with her family, and sees Hal and Jill together. Not recognizing Rosemary, he walks right by her on his way to the pay phones to call her. She tearfully calls him a "psycho" over the phone and effectively breaks up with him.
         Five days later, Hal is chastised by Mr. Shanahan at work, who coldly informs him that Rosemary's Peace Corps partner wants to be in a relationship with her again. Hal attempts to find Rosemary, but instead encounters a young girl named Cadence at the hospital where Rosemary works. Previously, due to Robbins' hypnosis, Hal saw Cadence as a perfect little girl; he now sees that she has severe burn marks over her face. Hal realizes that he doesn't need hypnosis to see people's true inner beauty. Meanwhile, Rosemary decides to leave the country to re-join the Peace Corps. During his search for Rosemary, Hal finds that Mauricio himself had his own reason for stopping Hal's hypnosis: He has a vestigial tail, the shame over which has prevented him from ever getting close to a woman. Mauricio confesses that he was jealous that Hal found someone with whom he was happy.
         Hal makes up with Mauricio, comes to terms with his feelings for Rosemary, and decides to try to reconcile with her. He arrives at his destination, the backyard of the Shanahans' mansion, where a bon voyage party for Rosemary is underway. Rosemary initially rebuffs his presence, but then accepts his apology when he professes his love for her. Rosemary then informs Hal that she is still leaving on her Peace Corps mission, at which point Hal says that he is coming too; he loves her that much. Hal and Rosemary reconcile and are cheered by the crowd as they kiss. He tries to carry her bridal-style to the car, but finds he can't lift her, so she carries him to the car instead. As they drive off, Mauricio meets a woman who likes animals, and the two walk off together as he wags his tail.