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Movie Overview
Cast
Mel Gibson
Helen Hunt
Marisa Tomei
Director
Nancy Meyers
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - sexual content and language
What Women Want (2000)
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3/4
"Nancy Meyers' wry What Women Want is all kinds of better than Nora Ephron's coincidence-laden Meg Ryan comedies..."
Film Freak Central
Bill Chambers
2/4
"...does not come across as effective as it might have..."
Cinemaphile.org
David Keyes
2.5/4
"...is there some clause written into [Helen Hunt's] contract that says she must have a scene in which she cries?"
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
B-
"The film has its flaws, but darned if you don't like [Gibson] and it anyway."
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
2/4
"Where
Groundhog Day
stretched its one joke into several branches of hilarity,
What Women Want
stares its singular premise into the abyss of mediocrity."
eFilmCritic.com
Erik Childress
C-
"As one-joke premises go, this isn't a bad one, but it's been rather clumsily elaborated ... and slackly directed."
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
2/5
"Doesn't take many risks or explore any new territory."
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
3/4
"It's most productive to view it for what it is -- a romantic comedy that is as entertaining as it is inconsequential."
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
3/4
"certainly funny and entertaining, but it also strikes at some deeper truths about the contemporary state of male-female relationships."
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
1/4
"What a piece of tripe (no offense to tripe)!"
MovieMartyr.com
Jeremy Heilman
"Quite enjoyable and nearly always entertaining to watch."
Screen It!
Jim Judy
4/10
"The film just never really does much with its initial great concept."
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
JoBlo
3/4
"Un guión inteligente y honesto muestra como ambos lados del universo humano son totalmente diferentes entre sí, complementarios y sumamente complejos"
Moviola
Jorge Avila Andrade
3/5
"This woman wants to have a long talk with the writer of this film."
3BlackChicks Review
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
8/10
"Lo que ellas quieren es una comedia ligera que narra lo que todos los hombres quisiéramos saber: ¿Qué rayos piensan las mujeres?"
Cinenganos
Luis Martinez
3/4
"Mel Gibson is at his most megawatt movie star charming."
Mr. Brown's Movies
Michael Dequina
4/5
"Gibson is sheer heaven in the movie."
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Nell Minow
2/5
"Falha como comédia, como drama e como romance."
Cinema em Cena
Pablo Villaca
4/5
"Though it isn't quite Oscar material, Mel Gibson gives what may be the most entertaining big-star performance of its year."
eFilmCritic.com
Rob Gonsalves
3/10
"Mel Gibson won't rest until you love him as much as he loves himself."
eFilmCritic.com
Scott Weinberg
"Although
What Women Want
is being marketed toward women, it does nothing but condescend to them."
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
C-
"The women are basically innocent victims of male piggishness The men are all cads."
Decent Films Guide
Steven D. Greydanus
2/4
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3/4
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8/10
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Robert Roten
C+
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Robin Clifford
8/10
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