What Women Want

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Summary: C'Mon, it's HELEN HUNT!
Review: C'mon, y'all! So the ending isn't what you may have expected. So? So it's not phenomenally funny. It has it's moments, certainly. The important thing, though, is that it's got HELEN HUNT in it for 2 HOURS! Helen putting her bare legs up on her desk, Helen in a lovely black evening gown, Helen in a smart yet VERY complimentary office outfit, Helen dancing, Helen's face over and over and over. The sheer eye candy alone makes this movie a must-own! :) HELEN FOREVER!

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Summary: A hit and miss at the same time
Review: Who doesn't love Mel Gibson, but What Women Want is not the best work he has done, even with Helen Hunt as his counterpart. There are funny moments in this movie, but Gibson's chauvanistic character gets to be a little too much to handle. There are funny parts, but it didn't live up to what it could have been.

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Summary: Interesting concept, but......................
Review: Mel Gibson is the epitome of male chauvinism, a real man's man, as his ex-wife calls him, but with no clue about what women want. He is divorced, has a distant relationship with his teenage daughter and is only interested in what HE wants. He expects to get a promotion in the advertising agency where he works, but instead a woman (Helen Hunt) is hired to fill the spot. Mel decides that he will do whatever he can to undermine her and reclaim the job that he thinks is rightfully his. He is challenged by his new boss to come up with an ad campaign for a variety of female products. Because he is so out of touch with his female side, he decides to try out some of the products. When his daughter and her boyfriend arrive at his apartment he is decked out in pantyhose, nail polish, and a wonderbra (Braveheart in a bra? What a concept.) A freak accident with a hair dryer occurs, he is electrocuted, and is suddenly able to read women's minds. As if this isn't a hard enough concept to swallow, this sudden insight into women's minds turns him into a caring, sensitive man. He patches up his relationships with his daughter and all the women around him. The whole idea was so far out that I had difficulty enjoying any comedy or romance which occurred. There are many talented actors in this film, such as Alan Alda and Bette Midler but their talents were mostly wasted in the thin plot of this film.

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Summary: So-So Flick, Could've Been Better
Review: I felt that because of a few scenes in the movie, it kept me from liking it like I wanted to. There was a sex scene that really didn't belong there and kinda made you not like Gibson's character. I realize he was supposed to be a womanizer, but I just didn't like it. It coulda been better, but Helen Hunt really shines and I enjoy everything she does!!!

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Summary: Great premise, bad movie
Review: What a great premise. Mel Gibson, a male chauvanist of the worst order, can hear what women think. The previews looked like the movie was going to be a great comedy. If you're looking for comedy, though, just watch the previews. All of the funny parts are in the previews, and the movie turns into a romantic drama about Mel Gibson's character reforming and seeking better relationships with his daughter and boss. This had all the makings of a truly fun comedy, and there are great actors in this movie, but it just doesn't satisfy. Perhaps if I had known going in that this movie was a drama, I would have appreciated it more, but this is a movie in search of a theme. Also, Mel Gibson's character is hard to like as he first is a chauvanist, then uses his gift to manipulate people, then finally reforms. By the time he's turned things around, it's too late to turn this movie around. Definately one that I would skip.

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Summary: A transforming film
Review: Gibson, who is very good in this movie, is the transormation and it is a lot of fun to watch. I dont understand the negative reviews here, since it is funny, entertaining and touching. Thats a great achievement for comedies these days, when most are so mindless in every way. I also liked Hunt, who has a very nice chemistry with Gibson. Tomei is very good, too and so is the daughter of Gibson. Its not the best comedy Ive seen, but its the best one Ive seen this year, hands down.

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Summary: You Will Love This Movie!!!!!
Review: It was great watching Mel Gibson waxing and wear pantyhose...This is a great movie...He really knows how to play whatever part he is challenge with...Watch this movie with your other half and after they will know WHAT WOMEN WANT!!!

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Summary: Almost Didn't See This Film Because of Bad Reviews
Review: I actually waited until I was able to pick this up in my public library to see it. The bad word on it was incredible so I'd been avoiding it. I figured hubby wouldn't last at all through it if even I was skeptical about it. I said my famous opening line to him to get him to watch it, "Let's just give it the 15 minute test. If it's not even good for that, we'll go onto something else." The opening was quite good about the male lead's childhood and I said, "Gee, usually films aren't real bad with that good an opening." (When they open with endless minutes of driving around with credits superimposed over the driving, I know that I'm usually in for a real bad time, by contrast.) Fifteen minutes into this film, we were both equally charmed by it and Mel Gibson, whose talent as a romantic lead is not dimmed by age. Every fifteen minutes one or the other of us muttered about how had this gotten such bad reviews. I had heard Gibson was too old for this role too. That is not true either and he is a lot younger than Cary Grant was when he bowled everyone over romantically in "North By Northwest." Both hubby and I were also thinking back to the romantic comedies of decades ago and were delighted to see its resurrection here. Need I say this had Doris Day and Rock Hudson type charm? I guess I better and remind viewers that "Pillow Talk" and "Lover Come Back" were huge, engaging hits with similar material. The gist of the story is that top ad man Gibson does not get the top job at his agency because it goes to Helen Hunt. He gets the ability to read women's minds by accident and schemes to get Hunt's job with this newest gift. He starts falling in love with Hunt though as he steals her ad ideas right out of her head. He has a brief patient-shrink visit with Bette Midler and one of his funniest bits is finding out that women really think he is an incredible jerk! He didn't have a clue, thinking that he was God's gift to women instead. Gibson has some solo moments in the movie which are just great. He tries on all of a woman's cosmetic products at home one night to learn how to sell them. This was hilarious, especially watching him wriggle into panty hose. He also dances with a hat rack a la Fred Astaire and is surprisingly good at it. This film was directed by a woman, Nancy Meyers, and we both thought that showed in the best sense possible as it was a pleasure to see Gibson not being beaten up or used as action-adventure fodder for a change. In fact, I haven't enjoyed seeing him in a movie this much in a long, long time and I can remember back to seeing him in his original "Mad Max" movie in the 1970s when it opened in the USA and loving it and seeing him in "Tim" shortly after that and loving that too. Helen Hunt does a very solid job here too as the female lead but it is obviously a lesser part to Gibson's starring role. They have very good chemistry together.

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Summary: I'll Tell You What Women Want-A Strong Ending To This Movie
Review: Movie Summary: Man's man Nick Marshall doesn't understand women. Oh like all men he thinks he does, but he doesn't. Nick's life isn't so hot. He's never had a good relationship with any of the women in his life including his 15 year old daughter. But Nick Marshall is going to get the opportunity to change all that. One evening while waxing his legs, trying out mascara and hair mouse, Nick gets the shock of his life. He wakes up with the ability to hear women's thoughts. Now Nick can either learn from his new gift, or use it for his own selfish reasons.

My Opinion: This movie looks so good. The premise of Mel Gibson hearing the thoughts of women is really intriguing. The trailers are awesome. It's even really funny and interesting in the film. Until they have to wrap everything up and end the movie. That's when everything falls apart. The ending is terribly weak. It steals all the energy and laughter that it had going up until that point. It takes what should have been a really fun and entertaining movie and leaves it flat. It's still very much worth seeing once, but it could very easily have been lots better; a classic even. It's that disappointment that stayed with me after the film ended.

DVD Quality: Widescreen anamorphic. Extras include trailers, commentary, and documentaries. Both sound and video were pretty good.

What You Should Do: Rent it. Mel makes it good enough to watch once, but not twice.

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Summary: What a waste of money!
Review: This movie was an insult to my intellegence. Helen Hunt must have needed work bad to portray such a dim-wit. Everything funny in the movie had been shown in the trailers. Mel Gibson as a non macho man would have been worthwhile, had he pulled it off. His attempts at being sincere reminded me of Bill Murray in Ground Hog Day before he got it right.