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Overview
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Release Date:
15 December 2000 (USA)
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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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 5 wins
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7 nominations
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(89 articles)
Skipping To Hit The Big Screen
(From EmpireOnline. 10 December 2009, 12:57 AM, PST)
It’S Complicated | Special Advance Screening Giveaway!
(From SmellsLikeScreenSpirit. 9 December 2009, 1:06 PM, PST)
(From EmpireOnline. 10 December 2009, 12:57 AM, PST)
It’S Complicated | Special Advance Screening Giveaway!
(From SmellsLikeScreenSpirit. 9 December 2009, 1:06 PM, PST)
User Comments:
It's all worth it when you see Mel Gibson waxing his legs.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.
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127 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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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
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The ad agencies are loosely based around the Chicago agency Leo Burnett and the New York agency BBDO.
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Miscellaneous: When Nick is going to Erin's house (the file girl) he goes out into the rain and stands in the rain and stays completely dry and then he gets out of the cab and his coat is wet but his face and hair are dry.
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Quotes:
Darcy McGuire:
I'm the man-eating bitch Darth Vader of the ad world.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Chappelle's Show: (#1.8)" (2003)
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Soundtrack:
If I Had You
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Why doesn't Nick hear his assistants Eve and Margo's inner thoughts?more
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When this movie started, I didn't know if I would like it, although it had a very powerful beginning. But eventually (around the part I mentioned) I realized that it's very funny. And you've gotta love the romance!
Mel Gibson is Nick Marshall, a womanizer who at the same time doesn't understand women at all. When the womanliest of all women, Darcy Maguire (Helen Hunt), starts to work with his company, she assigns everyone to think of advertising ideas for at least one feminine item in the boxes she gives them (pantyhose, lipstick, mascara, a wonderbra, nail polish, etc.). Nick tries to think, but instead gets drunk and paints his nails, tries on the mascara and pantyhose, and yes, waxes his legs. That night, a freak accident occurs in his apartment, and then he can hear what women are thinking. He uses this asset to steal Darcy's ideas, and at the same time falls in love with her.
Besides Gibson and Hunt's performances, there are three other reasons I love this movie. One, Marisa Tomei, who is perky and cute as Nick's previous uninterested love interest, a coffee-shop girl named Lola. But just when Nick gets less desperate for her and more so for Darcy, Lola discovers that she really does like him. Two, Ashley Johnson, who is demanding but lovable as Nick's teenage daughter from a previous marriage. He can hear her thoughts, too, and finds out that she's planning to lose her virginity on prom night. Although he tries to stop her, she eventually learns the lesson on her own. Three, it has an awesome soundtrack. Frank Sinatra, the Temptations, Nancy Wilson, and Bobby Darin sing old classics, while Christina Agulera and Meredith Brooks perform fairly new hits.
Anybody who likes comedy, romance, or just a great movie should see "What Women Want." I think it's one of the few unisex romantic comedies (not chick flicks) there are, so it's a great date movie.