What Women Want
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| Directed by | Nancy Meyers |
| Produced by | Susan Cartsonis Bruce Davey Gina Matthews Nancy Meyers Matt Williams |
| Written by | Patrick Swidler Josh Goldsmith Cathy Yuspa Diane Drake |
| Starring | Mel Gibson Helen Hunt Marisa Tomei Alan Alda Lauren Holly Ashley Johnson Bette Midler |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
| Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
| Editing by | Thomas J. Nordberg Stephen A. Rotter Carol Littleton |
| Studio | Icon Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures (US) Icon Distribution (global) |
| Release date(s) | December 15, 2000 |
| Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $70 million [1] |
| Box office | $374,111,707 [1] |
What Women Want is a 2000 American romantic comedy film, directed by Nancy Meyers and starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. The movie was a box office success with a domestic gross of $182,811,707 and a worldwide gross of $374,111,707, against a budget of $70 million.
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[edit] Plot
Nick Marshall, a Chicago advertising executive and alpha male, who grew up with his Las Vegas showgirl mother, is a chauvinist. He is skilled at selling to men and seducing women, including local coffee attendant Lola. However, just as he thinks he's headed for a promotion, his manager, Dan, informs him that he is hiring the talents of Darcy McGuire instead, to broaden the firm's appeal to women.
Also, his estranged 15-year-old daughter Alex is spending two weeks with him while his ex-wife Gigi goes on her honeymoon with her new husband. Alex is embarrassed by Nick, and resents his being protective when he meets her boyfriend.
Needing to prove himself to Darcy and Dan, Nick attempts to think of copy for a series of feminine products that Darcy distributed at the day's staff meeting. However he slips and falls into his bathtub while holding an electric hairdryer, electrocuting himself. The next day, Nick wakes up able to understand his maid's thoughts as she cleans his apartment. As he walks through a park and encounters numerous women, he realizes that he can hear their thoughts, even those of a female poodle. This proves to be an epiphany for him when he hears the thoughts of his female co-workers (some of whom have slept with him and regretted it). When he goes to a previous therapist, Dr. Perkins (who also disliked him), she realizes his gift: "If Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus, and you can speak Venutian, the world can be yours."
Nick eavesdrops on women's thoughts and uses their ideas as his own, but also begin to develop real friendships with his co-workers. But as he spends more time with Darcy, he is attracted to her. However when he tries to get closer to his daughter, she resents him for trying after so many years of neglect. Nick shrewdly suspects that her boyfriend, who is considerably older than Alex, plans to sleep with her and then dump her, but she does not want Nick's advice.
Nick and Darcy begin to spend more time together, and ultimately they kiss. When he manages to trump Darcy out of her idea for a new Nike ad campaign aimed at women, he later regrets his selfishness, especially as it leads to her being fired.
Nick loses his gift during a storm while trying to find a company secretary, Erin, who (as his telepathic ability has shown him) is contemplating suicide. He is also reconciled with his daughter when her boyfriend rejects her. Nick finally visits Darcy and explains everything. She regains her job and Nick gets fired. But she forgives him, and agrees to save him from himself, to which he responds "My hero".
[edit] Cast
- Mel Gibson as Nick Marshall
- Helen Hunt as Darcy McGuire
- Marisa Tomei as Lola
- Alan Alda as Dan
- Lauren Holly as Gigi
- Ashley Johnson as Alexandra 'Alex' Marshall
- Mark Feuerstein as Morgan Farwell
- Delta Burke as Eve
- Valerie Perrine as Margo
- Logan Lerman as Young Nick Marshall
- Judy Greer as Erin
- Sarah Paulson as Annie
- Ana Gasteyer as Sue Cranston
- Diana-Maria Riva as Stella
- Lisa Edelstein as Dina
- Loretta Devine as Flo
- Bette Midler as Dr. J.M. Perkins (uncredited)
- Eric Balfour as Cameron
[edit] Awards
For his portrayal of Nick Marshall, Mel Gibson was nominated for the Golden Globe award for Best Actor - Comedy.
[edit] Sequel
Cameron Diaz has been rumored for What Men Want, a romantic comedy sequel currently being written by Pete Chiarelli (The Proposal).[2]
[edit] Remake
A Hong Kong remake directed by Chen Daming starring Andy Lau and Gong Li was released in 2011.[3]
[edit] Certification
The MPAA gave the film a PG-13 certificate, while the BBFC gave it a 12 certificate.
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=whatwomenwant.htm
- ^ Cameron Diaz in What Women Want Sequel News in Film
- ^ "What Women Want (我知女人心)". Film Business Asia. March 1, 2011. http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/what-women-want. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
[edit] External links
- What Women Want at the Internet Movie Database
- What Women Want at AllRovi
- What Women Want at Rotten Tomatoes
- What Women Want at Box Office Mojo
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- 2000 films
- American films
- English-language films
- 2000s romantic comedy films
- American fantasy-comedy films
- American romantic comedy films
- American romantic fantasy films
- Films directed by Nancy Meyers
- Films set in Chicago, Illinois
- Films shot in Chicago, Illinois
- Icon Productions films
- Paramount Pictures films
