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2001
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19
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Average Rating
2.9
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0.5
As for the word conquers in the title, the fat bearded one wins them over with love and good fellowship; as irritating as all the extraterrestrials ar ..
Austin Chronicle
2.5
Because the filmmakers insisted upon taking a fun story and turning it into a redemption tale.
Austin Chronicle
4.5
Mel Gibson tackles a romantic comedy lead role for the first time in Nancy Meyers flabby but mostly very pleasant throwback to 30s and 40s battle of t ..
Screen Daily
1.5
Even if this new What Women Want cant rise above its disappointing sense of dj vu, at least its endowed with two game stars.
Screen Daily
3.8
Its not boring and is often very funny, as in a solo dance that Nick does in his apartment, to Frank Sinatra singing I Wont Dance.
Rogerebert
2.0
The humor and the charm of this facility last for about five minutes.
Spirituality And Practice
2.0
If the idea of Mel Gibson in black pantyhose and a Wonderbra strikes you as appealing, then this romantic comic fantasy from director Nancy Meyers (wh ..
Tv Guide
4.0
What Women Want is not as funny or as touching as Tootsie but it has a lot of the same admirable qualities as that classic comedy (one of the best com ..
Lariat
3.2
Men and women are very different, and each gender often doesnt know what the other is thinking!.Thats the earth shattering message expressed so cutely ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Gibson is far too charming an actor to be wasting his time with such shallow, offensive material.The same goes for Helen Hunt and Marisa Tomei, two Os ..
News Review
3.0
Unfortunately, his boss, Dan Wanamaker (ALAN ALDA), knows that the buying power in America has switched over to young women, so hes hired Darcy Maguir ..
Screen It
1.5
Newsday reveals the All LI teams for the fall 2018 season in nine sports Over 24,000 employees at 116 LI companies were polled on what makes their emp ..
News Day
1.5
Because this is a romantic comedy produced in Hollywood, What Women Want must adhere to formula; any meaningful messages are likely to get garbled, if ..
Film Journal
3.5
A chick flick tells women that they can be postfeminist adventurers and still land a man in an old fashioned, fairy tale way.
Ew
4.0
WHAT WOMEN WANT stars Mel Gibson as Nick Marshall, a Chicago ad exec who is successful at work and with the ladies, whom he wheedles and charms but ne ..
Common Sense Media
2.5
A corny belief in kismet curdles into a corporation whipped, cynical and creepy exercise in manipulation.
Sf Gate
3.0
You would never believe it until you saw it.Mel Gibson applies eye shadow and crimson nail varnish, waxes his legs, squeezes himself into tights, and ..
Bbc
2.5
Fans of bubbly romances can consider this a thumbs up. I call it a clenched teeth concession at best.
Washington Post
3.8
Ridiculous, yes; but the light touch is beguiling and completely convincing, befitting the playfulness of a young, impetuous love.Of course, most of t ..
Mr Brown Movies
2.5
Intermittently entertaining with excessive dry spots amidst the fun, the movie not only overstays its welcome by at least 30 minutes, but never takes ..
The Movie Boy
3.8
So, rather than looking at What Women Want for what is isnt, its most productive to view it for what it is a romantic comedy that is as entertaining a ..
ReelViews
2.0
Movies offer us wildly divergent stories with vivid, close up emotions, and so did the six fimmakers we invited to take part in the Envelope Directors ..
Calendar Live
2.5
And the fact that the picture becomes such a pandering celebration of estrogen reduces its appeal to Lifetime Channel level.Women will certainly enjoy ..
Spliced Wire
3.8
The hero may have fun for a while, but the supernatural gift inevitably becomes a curse that cant be beaten by sheer will.
Movie Habit
3.5
And like it or not, it isnt this at times crude and much too long comedy (more than two hours, when it should be 90 minutes at most).
Deseret News
3.8
Given that its Mel Gibson acting like a desirable male, the audience for this movie is not likely to challenge the idea or its credibility.Imagine, Me ..
Varia Gate
3.8
In fact, this movie provides plenty of hysterical moments.Our particular crowd busted its collective gut intermittently throughout the picture.
Ross Anthony
3.0
Oh, dont get me wrong the premise is still absurd to the point of insulting the intelligence.
Film Quips Online
2.2
But What Women Want is not an angry chick flick; it wants to please male viewers too.
Decent Films
3.5
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Rochester Goes Out
3.1
In Mels calmer, gentler, millennial mode (still sexy after all these years), bad guys and gunplay have been replaced by fantasy and foreplay, and an i ..
Nitrate Online
1.3
Feh.At least Dr. T. & the Women was smart enough to realize a guy cant fully understand what women want instead of pretending that its protagonist has ..
Movie Martyr
4.5
SDCC 2018 is in the books and Hal Rudnick was on the on the floor in San Diego checking out the best cosplay, exclusive sights, and more at Comic Con! ..
I Film
3.0
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