What Women Want (2000)

What Women Want rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.5/10· 237K votes

Rotten Tomatoes53%

Metacritic47%

TMDb6.452/10· 4K votes

With 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.5/10 on IMDb and 47/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About What Women Want

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.

Cast of What Women Want

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  Mel Gibson

  as Nick Marshall

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  Helen Hunt

  as Darcy McGuire

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  Marisa Tomei

  as Lola

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  Alan Alda

  as Dan Wanamaker

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  Ashley Johnson

  as Alex Marshall

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  Mark Feuerstein

  as Morgan Farwell

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  Lauren Holly

  as Gigi

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  Delta Burke

  as Eve

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  Valerie Perrine

  as Margo

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  Judy Greer

  as Erin

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  Sarah Paulson

  as Annie

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  Ana Gasteyer

  as Sue Cranston

What Women Want facts

Budget

$70M

Box office

$374.1M

Our take on What Women Want

Nancy Meyers's 2000 romantic comedy follows Nick Marshall, a cocky, chauvinistic advertising executive who, after an accident, can suddenly hear what women are thinking. Passed over for a promotion he wanted, he turns his new talent against Darcy, the new boss who seems taken with him. It's a glossy, high-concept crowd-pleaser built on the comic and eventually softening effects of that gift, mixing office rivalry with romance. The film suits viewers who enjoy polished mainstream rom-coms with a charming lead and a wish-fulfillment premise. If you want an easygoing comedy about a self-absorbed man forced to actually listen, played mostly for warmth and laughs, this fits.