What Women Want
by Nancy Meyers
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Actor: Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Mel GibsonDirector: Nancy Meyers
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Producer: Bruce A. Block
Producer: Bruce Davey
Producer: Carmen Finestra
Producer: David McFadzean
Writer: Cathy Yuspa
Writer: Diane Drake
Writer: Josh Goldsmith
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-05-08
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of What Women Want
Movie Review: A Fun, Sentimental Comedy
Summary: 4 Stars
When I first began to watch "What Women Want" I thought "Here we go again", another silly comedy with tons of sex jokes, right? Wrong! This film is very sweet and charming and might I add well written and directed. Mel Gibson plays a playboy ad executive who verges on the misogynistic. One day, during a freak electrical storm (is there any other kind?) he is zapped and wakes up with the ability to read women's thoughts. At firs he abuses this newfound power to bed them, but soon figures out how to help women with their problems. His reading of their minds lets him know the insecurities that women have, and helps him connect with his daughter. My favorite section of this film is when Gibson visits the home of one of his employees who's condidering suicide and talks her out of it. The performances are all top-notch, but I must give honorable mention to Marissa Tomei who almost steals the pic form Helen hunt and Gibson. She plays a struggling actress who moonlights as a barrista in the building where Mel works. She has been hurt by many men and is hesitant in going out again. Mel, thanks to his super-powers, manages a date with her. It's on this date that Marissa's emotions run the gamut. Overall this is a feel good movie, that ALL men should see.
Summary of What Women Want
A Chicago advertising exec Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) gets a whole new outlook on life when a fluke accident gives him the ability to read women's minds. At first this gift provides Nick with way too much information but he begins to realize that he can use it to good effect especially when it comes to outwitting his new boss Darcy McGuire (Helen Hunt). In spite of his best efforts to finesse Darcy he soon finds himself falling in love and ultimately understanding what women want.System Requirements:Starring: Mel Gibson Judy Greer Sarah Paulson Ana Gasteyer Diana-Maria Riva Lisa Edelstein Loretta Devine Helen Hunt Marisa Tomei Alan Alda Ashley Johnson Mark Feuerstein Lauren Holly Delta Burke and Valerie Perrine. Directed By: Nancy Meyers. Running Time: 90 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2000 Paramount Pictures.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?COMEDY Rating:?PG UPC:?097363383840It must've made for a great pitch meeting: Male chauvinist advertising executive gains the ability to hear the thoughts of any woman around him. Add Mel Gibson--as Nick, the divorced "man's man" who can charm almost any woman into bed--and you've got high-concept comedy made in Hollywood heaven, right? Not necessarily. The smartest thing director Nancy Meyers did with What Women Want is dispose of this ludicrous plot contrivance before it wears out its welcome. It's fun to see Mel react to a deafening chorus of female thoughts, but his dubious "gift"--courtesy of an accidental electro-shock in his bathtub--is a mixed blessing for the audience. The women in Nick's life conveniently think in complete sitcom-friendly sentences, and the novelty quickly wears thin.
The movie improves by focusing on the fallout of Nick's predicament. Exploiting his unfair advantage, he sabotages the career of his new boss (Helen Hunt) even as he's falling in love with her; says all the right things to the aspiring actress (Marisa Tomei) who previously spurned his advances; and uses mind reading to curry favor with his 15-year-old daughter (Ashley Johnson). This two-faced scheming isn't malicious, however, and What Women Want is blessed by Gibson's amiably nuanced performance. His graceful riff on Fred Astaire is a dazzling surprise, and as Nick reforms, Gibson takes major credit for whatever depth this movie achieves. After a bit of nonsense, What Women Want has a lot to say about male and female behavior, be it noble or unappealing. It's both amusing and truthful, and that's almost as fun as a glimpse into someone else's brain. --Jeff Shannon
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