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''What Women Want'' is a 2000 RomanticComedy starring Creator/MelGibson as Nick Marshall, an advertising executive who holds a really strong "Alpha Male" outlook on life, thanks to having a Vegas showgirl for a mother. He's skilled at marketing products to men, as well as romancing numerous women. Word at his agency is his boss Dan Wanamaker (Creator/AlanAlda) is looking for a new creative director, and Nick is convinced it'll be him, but it turns out he's hired Darcy [=McGuire=] (Creator/HelenHunt), so as to broaden their appeal to women.
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''What Women Want'' is a 2000 American RomanticComedy starring Creator/MelGibson as Nick Marshall, an advertising executive who holds a really strong "Alpha Male" outlook on life, thanks to having a Vegas showgirl for a mother. He's skilled at marketing products to men, as well as romancing numerous women. Word at his agency is his boss Dan Wanamaker (Creator/AlanAlda) is looking for a new creative director, and Nick is convinced it'll be him, but it turns out he's hired Darcy [=McGuire=] (Creator/HelenHunt), so as to broaden their appeal to women.
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One day, as part of a marketing assignment, Nick is trying out several women's products when he slips and falls into the bathtub with a hairdryer. When he awakens, he finds himself able to hear the thoughts of every woman around him. He's horrified, but after a meeting with his former marriage counselor (Creator/BetteMidler), he starts to see his telepathy as a gift, and he peruses the thoughts of women, including Darcy, to not only get ahead in marketing feminine products, but also in becoming closer with his female coworkers as well as his daughter.
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One day, as part of a marketing assignment, Nick is trying out several women's products when he slips and falls into the bathtub with a hairdryer.plugged-on hairdryer and gets an electric shock. When he awakens, he finds himself able to hear the thoughts of every woman around him. He's horrified, but after a meeting with his former marriage counselor (Creator/BetteMidler), he starts to see his telepathy as a gift, and he peruses the thoughts of women, including Darcy, to not only get ahead in marketing feminine products, but also in becoming closer with his female coworkers as well as his daughter.
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* PeopleFallOffChairs: Nick's reaction to hearing his daughter's thoughts on the prom dress. Namely, "I can't believe I'm wearing this the on last night I'm a virgin!".
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* PeopleFallOffChairs: Nick's reaction to hearing his daughter's thoughts on the prom dress. Namely, "I can't believe I'm wearing this on the on last night I'm a virgin!".
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* PeopleFallOffChairs: Nick's reaction to hearing his daughter's thoughts on the prom dress. Namely, "I can't believe I'm wearing this the last night I'm a virgin!".
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* PeopleFallOffChairs: Nick's reaction to hearing his daughter's thoughts on the prom dress. Namely, "I can't believe I'm wearing this the on last night I'm a virgin!".
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* FakeOrgasm: Referenced. Nick picks up a girl at a Starbucks and finds it hard to perform while hearing all her jaded critiques about his size and performance, leading the woman to think to herself about intending to "fake it."
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* CerebusSyndrome: The movie pretty much drops the comedy in the last half-hour, which makes sense considering [[spoiler: he costs Darcy her job (and loses her in the process), Nick's daughter gets an unwanted advance at her prom, the file girl is missing and believed to have committed suicide, and he loses his powers. Everything works out, though.]]
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* CerebusSyndrome: The movie pretty much drops the comedy in the last half-hour, which makes sense considering [[spoiler: he [[spoiler:he costs Darcy her job (and loses her in the process), Nick's daughter gets an unwanted advance at her prom, the file girl is missing and believed to have committed suicide, and he loses his powers. Everything works out, though.]]
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* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Erin.
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: Suave womanizer Nick Marshall gains the power to hear women's thoughts, and after a series of wacky misadventures resulting from his newfound power, he learns to see women as people and finds true love.
* LadyKillerInLove: Nick, by the end of the film.
* [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero Licensed Sexist]]: Nick is a subversion of this, being the "Alpha Male" and all.
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: Suave womanizer Nick Marshall gains the power to hear women's thoughts, and after a series of wacky misadventures resulting from his newfound power, he learns to see women as people and finds true love.
* LadyKillerInLove: Nick, by the end of the film.
* [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero Licensed Sexist]]: Nick is a subversion of this, being the "Alpha Male" and all.
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* [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero Licensed Sexist]]: Nick is a subversion of this, being the "Alpha Male" and all.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Nick is a subversion of a licensed sexist, being the "Alpha Male" and all.
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* PluckyOfficeGirl: Erin the File Girl.
* SassyBlackWoman: Flo.
* SassyBlackWoman: Flo.
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* TheUnfairSex: The movie has been criticized by some viewers for unfair in the way it portrays men. The film's two messages seem to be "Men are too stupid and lazy to understand women" and "Anytime there's a problem in a relationship between a man and a woman, it's always the man's fault."
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* TookALevelInKindness: Suave womanizer Nick Marshall gains the power to hear women's thoughts, and after a series of wacky misadventures resulting from his newfound power, he learns to see women as people and finds true love.
* TheUnfairSex: The movie has been criticized by some viewers for unfair in the way it portrays men. The film's two messages seem to be "Men are too stupid and lazy to understand women" and "Anytime there's a problem in a relationship between a man and a woman, it's always the man's fault."
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* TheUnfairSex: The movie has been criticized by some viewers for unfair in the way it portrays men. The film's two messages seem to be "Men are too stupid and lazy to understand women" and "Anytime there's a problem in a relationship between a man and a woman, it's always the man's fault.
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* AnAesopAnAesop: Treat women nicely.
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* HopeSpot: Nick thinks he lost his telepathy. And then he sees he's in a deaf-mute sector...
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* PainfulBodyWaxing: One of the products Nick is given to work with is body wax. He uses it in his leg, and basically does a horizontal PainPoweredLeap afterwards!
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: The fat doorwoman. Even her thinking about Nick sexually is enough for him to flee in the opposite direction.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: The fat Nick's apartment building doorwoman. Even her thinking about Nick sexually is enough for him to flee in the opposite direction.
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In 2011, a [[ForeignRemake remake]] was made in China under the title 我知女人心 ("I know women's hearts"), starring Creator/AndyLau and Creator/GongLi, and a GenderFlip remake, ''What Men Want''; was released in 2019 with Creator/TarajiPHenson in the lead role.
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In 2011, a [[ForeignRemake remake]] was made in China under the title 我知女人心 ("I know women's hearts"), starring Creator/AndyLau and Creator/GongLi, and Creator/GongLi. Back in the U.S., a GenderFlip remake, ''What Men Want''; Want'', was released in 2019 with Creator/TarajiPHenson in the lead role.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: The fat doorwoman. Even her thinking about Mel sexually is enough for him to flee in the opposite direction.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: The fat doorwoman. Even her thinking about Mel Nick sexually is enough for him to flee in the opposite direction.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: The fat doorwoman. Even her thinking about Mel sexually is enough for him to flee in the opposite direction.
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Further complicating matters is his divorced wife Gigi (Lauren Holly) has asked him to take care of their teenaged daughter Alex (Creator/AshleyJohnson) while she goes on honeymoon with her new husband. And Alex has a much-older boyfriend, who she's embarrassed to be with in her father's presence.
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Further complicating matters is his divorced wife Gigi (Lauren Holly) (Creator/LaurenHolly) has asked him to take care of their teenaged daughter Alex (Creator/AshleyJohnson) while she goes on honeymoon with her new husband. And Alex has a much-older boyfriend, who she's embarrassed to be with in her father's presence.
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In 2011, a [[ForeignRemake remake]] was made in China under the title 我知女人心 ("I know women's hearts"), starring Creator/AndyLau and Creator/GongLi, and a GenderFlip remake, ''What Men Want''; is set for release in January 2019 with Creator/TarajiPHenson in the lead role.
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In 2011, a [[ForeignRemake remake]] was made in China under the title 我知女人心 ("I know women's hearts"), starring Creator/AndyLau and Creator/GongLi, and a GenderFlip remake, ''What Men Want''; is set for release was released in January 2019 with Creator/TarajiPHenson in the lead role.
