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47 out of 100

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6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

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  • Starring: Helen Hunt, Mel Gibson
  • Summary: When Nick Marshall (Gibson), an ad executive and male chauvinist has an accident, he finds he has gained the ability to hear what women are thinking. As time passes, this phenomenon starts to change his behavior.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 33
  3. Negative: 4 out of 33
  1. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Chris Kaltenbach
    88
    A frequently hilarious exercise in one sex desperately trying to figure out the other.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    60
    Sheer energy and audience allure to burn, even if numerous speed bumps cause many of the comic possibilities to go tumbling overboard.
  3. TNT RoughCut
    Reviewed by: Susannah Breslin
    35
    Shallow characters the audience cares little about, an unbelievable situation rather than a potent plot, and, for those who don’t find men-in-pantyhose or poodle-poop jokes hilarious, not many funny lines.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 3 out of 12
  1. JimM.
    10
    Mel Gibson's charming performance shines in an otherwise moderately amusing movie. He's become the best comedic leading man I've seen in a very long time--maybe ever. I'd have to go all the way back to Cary Grant to find anybody even comparable, but Gibson offers accessibility and vulnerability that Grant never had. He even makes romance with Helen Hunt believable. Marisa Tomei is good too, beautiful and sweet. I give it a 10 because Mel Gibson is so astonishingly good. Otherwise it'd get about a 4.… Expand
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  2. ChrisH.
    0
    Awful, brainless, misogynist tripe.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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