What Women Want (2000)

Could and should be better.

Romantic comedy in which Mel Gibson stars as a chauvinistic advertising executive who one day after a freak accident finds that he can hear women's thoughts, and uses this to his advantage, not least of all in the workplace. An intriguing premise that makes a lot of its comic potential but I felt that more could have been done with the idea and the ending is a big let-down. Could and should be better. June 8, 2008

Hmmm...

Enjoyable but rent it first or buy on sale or second. It is fun but not sure if it is worth full price. June 4, 2008

What Women Want

Great Mel movie, but Hunt needs to find a new role. She fits on TV but movies she just can't carry off the acting.

This film is light hearted and funny. There is no deep hidden message just fun. May 28, 2008

What Women Want

This is a very formulatic romantic comedy, but it shines largely in part to the performance of Mel Gibson. It takes someone very confident in his masculinity to put on a bra, paint his nails, and put on pantyhose all in the name of comedy. When he is suddenly struck with the gift to hear what women think, it is almost karmic destiny in retribution for his playboy ways of the past. When the shoe is on the other foot, and he sees first hand what is dealt to the fairer sex, it changes him profoundly.
March 30, 2008

Mind Reading For Fun, Profit And Nookie

To start with, I just have to laugh about something. Can you imagine Mel Gibson, a great director, by the way, I'm a fan, being cast nowadays as a warm, fuzzy character, as he was in this film? How times have changed, huh?

What Women Want has some funny scenes and dips its beak into a few taboo subjects, and although it raised eyebrows for its blatant plugging of several brand name products, all passed off as internal storytelling at a fictional ad agency, some of the subject matter here really was kind of bravely touched upon considering this movie came from the normally placid waters of the studio that released it. '90's A-lister Helen Hunt is still fun to watch (whatever happened to her, by the way?) and a mentally voyeuristic Gibson plays the slightly kooky man-granted-fantasy-insight-into women's-minds with the right mix of charm, awe and shame. Just hearing him deliver the line, "...oh, I'm REALLY gay..." was worth the purchase price.

If you want a light, funny, slightly outrageous comedy for a night home alone, you could do worse than this one.
February 27, 2008

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