What Women Want

Name: What Women Want
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2000-12-15
Duration: 2 h 7 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson

He has the power to hear everything women are thinking. Finally... a man is listening.

What Women Want (2000)

Timing: 2:7 (127 min)

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Release date

2000-12-15

Country

United States

Production

Paramount, Icon Productions, Wind Dancer Films

Genre

Comedy, Romance

Budget

$70 000 000

Revenue

$374 100 000

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Director

Nancy Meyers

Actors

Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson, Mark Feuerstein, Lauren Holly, Delta Burke, Valerie Perrine, Judy Greer
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Scenario

Producer

Bruce Davey, Nancy Meyers, Susan Cartsonis, Matt Williams, Gina Matthews, Stephen McEveety, Carmen Finestra, David McFadzean

Operator

Dean Cundey

Composer

Alan Silvestri

Artist

Andrew Menzies

Audition

Howard Feuer, Deborah Aquila

Editing

Thomas J. Nordberg, Stephen A. Rotter, Nancy Sandberg
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

The scene where Nick presents his video to the Nike representatives featured actual employees of the company.
In Darcy's office, on her desk, is a photograph depicting Keira Knightley.
The final scene of the film, in which Nick comes home to Darcy, almost exactly replicates a similar episode from "As Good as It Gets," which also starred Helen Hunt in the lead female role.
Some moments in the film echo scenes from the comedy "As Good as It Gets" (1997). For example, the kissing scenes in the restaurant, the hero’s nighttime arrival to his beloved (played by Helen Hunt in both films), and their conversation on the stairs, as well as the actors’ miming during awkward pauses.
The first time Nick undergoes depilation, he rips a wax strip off his leg, which sticks to his fingers. After that, Nick takes pantyhose out of a box and begins to put them on, but in reality, he wouldn't be able to do that, because, as is well known, wax on the body clings to anything.
The film's final scene, in which Nick comes home to Darcy, almost exactly replicates a similar episode from "As Good as It Gets," which also starred Helen Hunt in the lead female role.

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