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What Women Want

2000 · Film · 127 min

  • Comedy
  • Romance

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.

About What Women Want

What Women Want is a 2000 American romantic fantasy comedy film written by Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa, and Diane Drake, directed by Nancy Meyers, and starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. The film was released on December 15, 2000, by Paramount Pictures in the United States and Canada and by Icon Productions in international markets. It received mixed reviews from critics, but was a box-office success, with a North American domestic gross of $182 million and a worldwide gross of $374.1 million against a budget of $70 million, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2000. A loose remake, What Men Want, was released in 2019, starring Taraji P. Henson, Tracy Morgan and Aldis Hodge.

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Cast

  • Mel GibsonNick Marshall
  • Helen HuntDarcy McGuire
  • Marisa TomeiLola
  • Alan AldaDan Wanamaker
  • Ashley JohnsonAlex Marshall
  • Mark FeuersteinMorgan Farwell
  • Lauren HollyGigi
  • Delta BurkeEve
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