What Women Want

Synopsis: Nick, a somewhat chauvinistic advertising exec hot shot, has his life turned haywire when a fluke accident enables him to hear what women think. At first all he wants to do is rid himself of this curse, until a wacky psychologist shows him that this could be used to his advantage! His first target is Darcy McGuire, the very woman that got the promotion he wanted. But just as his plan is beginning to work, love gets in the way...

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Director(s): Nancy Meyers

Actors: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda

Production: Paramount Pictures

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 8 nominations.


IMDB:: 6.4
Metacritic:: 47
Rotten Tomatoes:: 54%

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: PG-13
Year:: 2000
: 127 min
: $181,483,882
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[Woman] Do you know
the expression ''a man's man'' ?
A man's man
is the leader of the pack.
The kind of man other men
look up to, admire and emulate.
A man's man
is the kind of man who...
[Chuckles] just doesn 't get
what women are about.
Nick, my ex-husband,
is the ultimate man's man.
I probably never
should have married him.
I don't think he understood
a thing about me.
So, this is Nick Marshall's office.
Wanna peek ?
Don't worry.
He never gets in before 10:00.
He'll send you on more errands than
anyone in the entire company...
'cause he can't do
anything for himself.
He's the least politically
correct guy in the universe.
He's the king of all
the T & A ads we do.
You want babes in bikinis ?
He's your man.
My dad ? How can I
best describe him ?
He's always been...
like an uncle to me.
Yeah, Uncle Dad.
Although,
Nick was a charmer.
Completely irresistible
at first,
which feeds into
the whole ''man's man'' thing.
You know about
Nick's mother, right ?
Because once you understand
about Nick's mother,
you understand Nick.
[Woman] Nick was actually
born and raised in Las Vegas.
Nick's mother was a real,
honest-to-God Las Vegas showgirl.
When otherboys were outside
riding their bikes and playing ball,
Nick was backstage
hanging with the girls.
He was their mascot,
their little pet.
They couldn 't get enough
of those baby blues.
- Bang ! Bang !
- [ Laughs ]
lf you ask me, I'd say Nick's
mother just about killed it...
for every woman
Nick would ever meet.
She had a lot of sugardaddies
in her life,
but only one true love--
the boy
with the family jewels.
Let me see that, kid.
And since Nick
didn 't have a father,
his mom made sure he was always
surrounded by strong role models.
- Come here, huh ?
- [ Screams ]
- Men her boy could look up to.
- Now you're ready, huh ?
Keep countin', kid.
There was nothing normal about
the way Nick Marshall was raised.
So, what can you expect ?
You don't have to be Freud
to figure out...
this was one cockeyed way
to enter the world.
[ Groaning ]
Oh !
Don't you ever knock ?
It's almost 10:
00. You gotta go
to work, and I gotta vacuum in here.
And don't forget - Another one
who wears vanilla perfume.
Don't you know any women
who don't want to smell like candy ?
- Toss me my lighter, babe ?
- Babe ?
What am I,
a little pig ?
I don't have time
to make you no onion bagel,
so please do not start
to beg, okay ?
And for the record, l don't like
finding these things in your sofa.
What kind of woman
wears underwear like this ?
Hey, my mother wore
underwear like that.
Just put them somewhere,
will you, babe ?
Well, ''babe'' is gonna put it
in the trash where it belongs.
- So, your mother should excuse me.
- [ Sighs ]
Did you ever consider dating
a woman who wears real underwear?
The kind that covers the entire
bottom the way it's supposed to ?
- No. But if I do, should I call ?
- Oh !
I'm gonna go clean
the kitchen.
You couldn't toast me
a little bagel, could you ?
Light cream cheese, tomatoes.
Capers if we have any.
Please! Come on.
l can't think on an empty stomach.
Okay. Allright. But only because
you didn 't call me that pig name.
Okay, you got it, babe.
Mr. Marshall,
how are you doing today ?
- I'm fit as a dancing bear.
- I'll get that cab for you.
- [ Whistles ]
- That's some set of pipes you got.
- You have an excellent day, sir.
- And you.
At ease.
- [ Gasps ]
- Oh, oh, I'm so sorry !
I absolutely
did not mean to do that.
- Here. Let me get that for you.
- It's okay.
No, I'm mortified.
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