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What Women Want Details

2000 Certificate 12
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Director, writer, and producer Nancy Meyers's (THE PARENT TRAP) sophomore directorial effort is a lively screwball fantasy featuring Mel Gibson in his first romantic comedy. Gibson plays Nick Marshall, a high-flying chauvinistic Chicago advertising executive who, like his musical idol, Frank Sinatra, calls women "baby" and .. Read more

Starring Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda
Director Nancy Meyers
Genres Comedy

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What Women Want

Director, writer, and producer Nancy Meyers's (THE PARENT TRAP) sophomore directorial effort is a lively screwball fantasy featuring Mel Gibson in his first romantic comedy. Gibson plays Nick Marshall, a high-flying chauvinistic Chicago advertising executive who, like his musical idol, Frank Sinatra, calls women "baby" and believes he has the world on a string. Nick experiences a rude awakening when the creative director position he coveted goes to Darcy Maguire (Helen Hunt), a savvy outsider--and a woman--who intends to aggressively pursue the lucrative women's market. While trying to brainstorm ideas for "feminine" products, Nick experiences a freak accident that gives him the ability to hear women's thoughts. Determined to win back his stolen job, Nick uses his terrifying yet useful new talent to scrutinize Darcy and finds his smart, beautiful rival may not be the "bitch on wheels" he imagined. Meanwhile, he also must maneuver carefully within complex relationships with his estranged teenage daughter, Alex (Ashley Johnson), and a pretty coffee shop waitress, Lola (Marisa Tomei). Once Nick begins to listen to the new voices he hears, his previous worldview is challenged, and he finds that he finally might understand what women want.

Starring Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Mark Feuerstein, Lauren Holly, Delta Burke, Valerie Perrine, Loretta Devine, Sarah Paulson, Judy Greer, Ashley Johnson, Eric Balfour, Ana Gasteyer, Lisa Edelstein, Diana-Mari
Director Nancy Meyers
Studio ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 6 mins
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 6 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Collections 100 Rom-Coms
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Subtitles DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Released Production year: 2000

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DVD: 06 Aug 2001
Blu-ray: 15 Dec 2008
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    • 1 stars out of 4  

      Lightweight romantic comedy, though its central conceit is hardly developed Ð all women apparently, will settle for even an unreconstructed Mel Gibson Ð as subplots of office intrigue and family disharmony proliferate.

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    • Rated - 5.0 stars  

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      Funny & very entertaning

      Out of all the films I have seen over the years. THIS IS THE BEST film I have seen. If I happen to catch it on sky it's no problem to see again.Women do ... read more »

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    • Rated - 5.0 stars  

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      really brillant

      This film is amazing as a women it even got me thinking about what i want! mel gibsons performance is so amazingly funny! ive never seen a film like this before... read more »

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    • Rated - 3.5 stars  

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      What men need!

      What women want is a terrific story about what it would be like to know what women were thinking and my word what an advantage that would be to us fellas. A ... read more »

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      What Women Want (2000)

      What Women Want!..... well acted, well scripted and well executed. This plot is a wish come true ..like 'if i could be invisible'. Light comedy, a ... read more »

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      Director, writer, and producer Nancy Meyers's (THE PARENT TRAP) sophomore directorial effort is a lively screwball fantasy featuring Mel Gibson in his first romantic comedy. Gibson plays Nick Marshall, a high-flying chauvinistic Chicago advertising executive who, like his musical idol, Frank ...

    • What Women Want
      Director, writer, and producer Nancy Meyers's (THE PARENT TRAP) sophomore directorial effort is a lively screwball fantasy featuring Mel Gibson in his first romantic comedy. Gibson plays Nick Marshall, a high-flying chauvinistic Chicago advertising executive who, like his musical idol, Frank ...