What Women Want
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Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.
What critics thought
Critics landed in genuinely mixed territory: Gibson's comic willingness earned credit across the board, but the film was widely seen as squandering a promising premise on formula and flat stretches. Audiences warmed to it considerably more than reviewers did, suggesting the rom-com crowd found pleasures that critics mostly talked themselves out of.
“doesn't flow so much as leap from one good scene to another over the crevices of flat scenes in between ... it's not boring and is often very funny”
Roger Ebert·RogerEbert.com
“Gibson has never lacked chemistry with his leading ladies, from Sigourney Weaver in The Year of Living Dangerously to Julia Roberts in Conspiracy Theory, but faced with the awkward Hunt -- Hollywood's bland antidote to the Lolita syndrome -- he doesn't even try.”
Amy Taubin·The Village Voice
“Although What Women Want is being marketed toward women, it does nothing but condescend to them.”
Stephanie Zacharek·Salon
“dull, drawn-out morality play”
Kimberley Jones·The Austin Chronicle
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Cast & Crew
Nancy MeyersDirector
Mel GibsonNick Marshall
Helen HuntDarcy McGuire
Marisa TomeiLola
Alan AldaDan Wanamaker
Ashley JohnsonAlex Marshall
Mark FeuersteinMorgan Farwell
Lauren HollyGigi
Delta BurkeEve
Valerie PerrineMargo
Judy GreerErin
Sarah PaulsonAnnie
Ana GasteyerSue Cranston
Alan SilvestriComposer
Dean CundeyCinematographyWhat Women Want
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.
What critics thought
Critics landed in genuinely mixed territory: Gibson's comic willingness earned credit across the board, but the film was widely seen as squandering a promising premise on formula and flat stretches. Audiences warmed to it considerably more than reviewers did, suggesting the rom-com crowd found pleasures that critics mostly talked themselves out of.
“doesn't flow so much as leap from one good scene to another over the crevices of flat scenes in between ... it's not boring and is often very funny”
Roger Ebert·RogerEbert.com
“Gibson has never lacked chemistry with his leading ladies, from Sigourney Weaver in The Year of Living Dangerously to Julia Roberts in Conspiracy Theory, but faced with the awkward Hunt -- Hollywood's bland antidote to the Lolita syndrome -- he doesn't even try.”
Amy Taubin·The Village Voice
“Although What Women Want is being marketed toward women, it does nothing but condescend to them.”
Stephanie Zacharek·Salon
“dull, drawn-out morality play”
Kimberley Jones·The Austin Chronicle
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Cast & Crew
Nancy MeyersDirectorMel GibsonNick MarshallHelen HuntDarcy McGuireMarisa TomeiLolaAlan AldaDan WanamakerAshley JohnsonAlex MarshallMark FeuersteinMorgan FarwellLauren HollyGigiDelta BurkeEveValerie PerrineMargoJudy GreerErinSarah PaulsonAnnieAna GasteyerSue CranstonAlan SilvestriComposerDean CundeyCinematographyStream
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