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What Women Want

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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
Run time 126 mins
Genres Comedy

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  • Critics' reviews (3) of What Women Want

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  • 4 stars out of 5

    Mel Gibson seems to be winning the battle of the sexes in this inventive romantic comedy from director Nancy Meyers. Gibson plays Nick Marshall, a chauvinistic advertising executive who accidentally suffers an electric shock and suddenly finds himself able to hear women's thoughts. His unique gift sometimes proves to be a mixed blessing, but when bitchy rival Helen Hunt beats him to a top job Gibson decides to play dirty. Gradually, his insights into how women think, and what they want, bring out his feminine side. Despite the daft premise, this is wittily written and sharply directed, with Gibson effortlessly running the gamut from sheer obnoxiousness to utter charm. Hunt is great, too, as his far-from-perfect love match. A couple of superfluous subplots slow down the action, but otherwise this is splendid entertainment in the grand tradition of those screwball comedies of the 1930s and 40s.

    • Radio Times
  • 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.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    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 realy think these things. One to see in company on sofa together.

      • Derek Brown from Aberdare, Wales
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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Worth Watching

    A Lighthearted romantic film with many laughs along the way. Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt both played their parts superbly. Not so sure about Mel in those tights though! If you're considering renting this film and even if you're not, I'd go for it.

      • A customer from Bromsgrove, England
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    The Passion Of The Christ

    Gibson leaves big screen behind

    • 21 Oct 2004

    After astonishing the world - and the box offices - with his bloody and self-financed account of the last days of Jesus in The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson's next move is reportedly a sitcom. The Lethal Weapon and Braveheart star is to become executive produced on a new series for US television network ABC, entitled Complete Savages. He is also reported to be directing some episodes and even taking a cameo role in one of them. The show features a family called the Savages, headed by Keith... Read more

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