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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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OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten
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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
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dustin Putman

3.5/4
Read review  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

3/4
Read review  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

8/10
Read review  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

C+
Read review  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

8/10
Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

Read review  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

Read review  Philadelphia City Paper  Cynthia Fuchs

Read review  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

Read review  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Laura Clifford

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Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Susan Granger
OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten
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