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What Women Want

2000 · 2h 7m · Comedy, Romance

IMDb 6.5 Metacritic 47 RT 53%

Skip it unless you're in a very forgiving mood for early-2000s rom-com cheese. The premise is fun and Mel Gibson has charm, but the execution leans hard into predictable tropes and hasn't aged particularly well—what feels like insight into women's minds often plays as condescending today.

Plot

Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.

Director: Nancy Meyers

Cast: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson

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