What Women Want (2000)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Nancy Meyers

Writers (WGA):

Josh Goldsmith (story) &
Cathy Yuspa (story) ...

Release Date:

15 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

He has the power to hear everything women are thinking. Finally... a man is listening.

Plot:

After an accident, a chauvenistic executive gains the ability to hear what women are really thinking.

Plot Keywords:

Advertising | Thought | Sabotage | Online Auction | Man Pretending To Be Gay

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Mel Gibson	...	Nick Marshall
Helen Hunt	...	Darcy McGuire
Marisa Tomei	...	Lola
Alan Alda	...	Dan Wanamaker
Ashley Johnson	...	Alex Marshall
Mark Feuerstein	...	Morgan Farwell
Lauren Holly	...	Gigi
Delta Burke	...	Eve
Valerie Perrine	...	Margo
Judy Greer	...	Erin the File Girl
Sarah Paulson	...	Annie, Nick's Secretary
Ana Gasteyer	...	Sue Cranston
Lisa Edelstein	...	Dina
Loretta Devine	...	Flo the Doorwoman
Diana-Maria Riva	...	Stella

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #37911) | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIB | Hungary:14 | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The poem that Nick (Mel Gibson) starts reciting in order to keep from hearing his daughter's thoughts when he walk in on her and her boyfriend is "Casey At The Bat" written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer in 1888.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Nick is in the psychiatrist's office the doctor is holding a pen in her right hand and is also holding the phone in the same hand. Then Nick tells her to guess a number and she does, and he repeats it back to her and she is amazed and hangs up the phone and throws the pen down on the floor. She then grabs the arm of the chair with the now empty hand. In the very next shot she has the pen in her hand again and throws it down again.

Quotes:

Nick Marshall: There's way too much estrogen on television these days.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Too Marvelous For Words

"Must see movie for the fans of romantic comedies"

Not bad for a romantic comedy.Mel Gibson plays a character that isn't very acceptible to the females but he doesn't know that.Even his own daughter have twisted picture about his understandings about women.After a "terrible" accident he literary can read women thoughts.And now he is a "men's man".Also Helen Hunt appears as his worst nightmare.They are cute couple because Nick(Mel Gibson)finally understand his mistake about women and he is starting to get it right which brings Helen in his hands. Mel is tough guy and he is not for a romantic comedy but he has done very good thing with the character.If the scenario was better this movie it could be a very entertaining.Helen Hunt is great in "Pay it Forward" and in "As Good As It Gets" and I cannot complain about her in this movie.The cast is great the scenario is "hollywood production" but acceptable I also enjoyed the background music of the film.However this is must see movie for the fans of romantic comedies I rated 9 out of 10.