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be yourself

There's been a great deal of debate about this movie as it deals with the 'fat' issue and has been accused of being offensive and politically incorrect.
If you haven't already heard Jack Black plays Hal, who promised his father on his deathbed that he'd only date pretty, slim women.
Hal has kept true to his word and is the 'shallowest' chap around - until he meets self-help guru Anthony Robbins (played by himself) in an elevator, where Robbins hypnotises him into see the inner beauty in people, rather than concentrating on their looks.
So, hypnotised Hal then falls in love with Rosemary (Paltrow), an obese woman who, in Hal's eyes is the tastiest bird on the block.
But when the hypnosis starts to wear off Hal has to decide whether he loves Rosemary because of who she is or the way (he thinks) she looks.
There are oodles of human issues to explore here and, fai...

Posted by: Adriana Alvarez

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