What Women Want
(2000),
Director: Nancy Meyers; rated PG-13 for
language, adult themes
He has the
power to hear everything women are thinking. Finally... a man is
listening.
 Starring:
Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson,
Mark Feuerstein, Lauren Holly, Delta Burke, Valerie Perrine
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
- good
"You talk to me like a
woman, you think like a woman. Nick, come on, admit it. You're
totally and completely gay!" –
Lola
Why watch this?
Two very likeable stars make this very creative RomCom work.
Plot Summary: At his
apartment, Nick survives an accidental bathtub electrocution,
but there is a side effect: he can hear the thoughts of every
female near him. He's immediately enlightened to the fact that
most women don't like him. Nick is passed over for promotion,
when his advertising firm hires a competing female exec, Darcy
Maguire, to feminize their image.
Dad's Preview:
We all know the man who is full of himself (If you don't know
that guy, you are that guy). Confident. Charming.
But often a chauvinist, and sometimes a bit of a tool. He really
needs to be knocked down a peg. Mel Gibson is that guy,
Nick Marshall.
It is hilarious to watch Nick navigate through his new "powers".
Gibson and Hunt have super on-screen chemistry, and it's their
interactions that carry this very funny and romantic film.

Icon Productions,
Wind Dancer Films; Paramount Pictures |