What Women Want (2011)
"I Know a Woman's Heart" (original title)

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

Director:

Daming Chen

Writers:

Josh Goldsmith (story), Cathy Yuspa (story),

Stars:

Andy Lau, Li Gong, Li Yuan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Andy Lau	...	Sun Zigang
Li Gong	...	Li Yilong
Li Yuan	...	Yanni
Julien Chen	...	Tip
Chengru Li	...	CEO Dong
Jing Hu	...	Zhao Hong
Anya	...	Mrs. Dong
Russell Wong	...	Peter
Kelly Hu	...	Girl in Lotto Commercial
Deshun Wang	...	Sun Meisheng
Chang Shen	...	Masseuse
Jie Yang	...	Photographer
Tami Zhao	...	Model
Luxi Yang	...	Model
Di Chang	...	Male Model

Storyline

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

China

Language:

Chinese

Release Date:

3 February 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

What Women Want

Filming Locations:

Beijing Film Studio, Beijing, China

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beijing Poly-bona Film Publishing Company, Bona Entertainment, CJ Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In Germany, the film was marketed as a sequel to What Women Want rather than a remake.

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Connections

Remake of What Women Want (2000)

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Soundtracks

"Now is the Time"
Performed by Jess Meider
Written by Jess Meider

User Reviews

HK Neo Reviews: What Women Want

A superficial remake of Hollywood counterpart...

Although, What Women Want is what you proclaim as efficient, it is not a movie that affects or has any effect on you. At least that is the case, if you have seen the far superior Hollywood movie starring Mel Gibson. The problem is not the story, but rather the way the film is directed. There is absolutely no creativity or ambition, instead what the audience receive is a safe scene by scene re-dux into Chinese. If not for the attractiveness and on-screen presence of the leads, Andy Lau and Gong Li, the film would be almost unwatchable. With the two, What Women Want gets attention and with attention comes a decently made, polish production values and purely commercialised Mainland product.

One of the Achilles heels of this movie is the pairing of Gong Li and Andy Lau. There is absolutely no love chemistry in the pairing. If there is any sort of chemistry it will be that of brotherly and sisterly love. In effect, the film is doomed to have any chance of real success when the main romantic leads fail the first hurdle. In saying that, whenever the two is on-screen, there is an automatic "big star" presence about them. This not only lifts the movie up a notch, but makes the film a watchable affair from start to finish without lurking into boredom.

All in all, What Women Want is not a bad movie, in fact is more into the positive territory than not. The fact is that it is inevitable that any remake will be compare with its predecessor and in this case, the Hollywood original actually worked in all departments and even manages to convince. Sometimes, a safe bet is reasonable, but to copy scene by scene, it just lacks any sort of creativity that could have made the film better than it is. Using the idea and premises of knowing what women is feeling rather than a carbon copy can be a start. Still, What Women Want is an efficient and largely average entertain that does not ignite or fails. Watch the original, before indulging into this hugely average affair...(Neo 2011)

I rate it 6/10

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