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- 2019
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
- 2019
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
Summary Ali Davis (Taraji P. Henson) is a successful sports agent who's constantly boxed out by her male colleagues. When Ali is passed up for a well-deserved promotion, she questions what else she needs to do to succeed in a man's world... until she gains the ability to hear men's thoughts! With her newfound power, Ali looks to outsmart her col...
Directed By: Adam Shankman
- 2019
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
- 2019
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
What Men Want
49
3.8
Where to Watch
Summary Ali Davis (Taraji P. Henson) is a successful sports agent who's constantly boxed out by her male colleagues. When Ali is passed up for a well-deserved promotion, she questions what else she needs to do to succeed in a man's world... until she gains the ability to hear men's thoughts! With her newfound power, Ali looks to outsmart her col...
Directed By: Adam Shankman
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
49
24% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
69% Mixed
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
7% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
49
24% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
69% Mixed
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
7% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
We don’t need funky tea to know what Ali is thinking; we just need Henson, who makes us care.
What Men Want” obviously doesn’t reinvent the wheel, and its biggest laughs are in the trailers, but it is a fun romp that manages to also confront a real-world issue.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 55 User Ratings
3.8
22% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
31% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
47% Negative
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 55 User Ratings
3.8
22% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
31% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
47% Negative
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
So better than the original. I really enjoyed every single moment of this masterpiece
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But the thoughts she overhears don’t, for the most part, have the snap of comic surprise. They just fill in the walking alpha blanks we already know.
The concept of a woman being a “winner” and of being the best version of herself because she has a better understanding of “what men want”? That ain’t it. Say what you will about Nancy Meyers, but at least she knew that.
What Men Want avoids some of the pitfalls of gender-flipping, given how loose its connection to “What Women Want” is. But that doesn’t mean it’s good. It would make a perfectly fine airplane movie. Or maybe save it for the bachelorette party.
What Men Want is a wildly uneven stretch of a movie that’s more of a flail than a romp.
Henson does as best she can with this material, attempting Lucille Ball-level physical comedy. But she’s laboring and often overshadowed by the one unpredictable spark in the film — provided by Erykah Badu.
I think a 49 Metascore is WAY too low. There are some HUGE laughs in this film. Tiraji is incredibly funny - great slapstick. And the flow of the film is excellent. Only the ending falls a little flat, but by then, who cares? Big thumbs up for this effort.
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It’s fun and watchable. Simple, predictable and watchable. Plus, Henson is a dime and a natural treasure.
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"What Woman Want" was one of the best and most striking comedies of the dawn of the new century, and it has remained relatively current and fresh. Films like this generate followers and, not infrequently, imitators. This film, despite being directly inspired by it, also ends up following some similar films (sometimes with the same name), which goes back to the beginnings of cinema. It's true, it seems that filmmakers have been trying to understand the male head for a long time.
In this film, we follow the combative and intemperate Ali Davis, a woman used to surviving (and imposing herself) in a world of men. She works for a sports agency, and promotion is a long-cherished dream. However, when she is passed over by another colleague, despite feeling that she deserved to be promoted, she loses her temper. That same day, a strange sequence of events leads, the next morning, that she wakes up with the frightening ability to hear men's thoughts... and it won't be long before she understands that she has acquired a powerful weapon to get everything she's ever wanted. But the new power will also test her ability to bond with others, starting with her friends, her **** assistant and the one-night stand she will eventually fall in love with.
The movie is not bad. It's an adaptation that sometimes sounds bad, works in a forced way, and it will even take, sometimes, a kind effort on the part of the audience to ignore the flaws and inconsistencies of the characters' behavior. However, I confess, I was capable of all this and the film ended up working, albeit with difficulty. No, in fact it's not a bad movie, but it's far from good. On top of this, the movie sometimes utterly fails to be funny, and I get the idea that the male mind is more complex than what's been showed here. In fact, I'm convinced that some men would find it insulting if a woman assumed that men only think about sex, football, uselessness, partying, and food.
Taraji Henson is the soul of the movie, and it's her ability to do some well-crafted comedy and to make her character likable that ultimately helps the movie to work better. She's funny and was able to make her character evolve favorably, become more human and understanding, but the histrionic, noisy and screaming way she acts becomes tiresome after a while. I liked, even so, the excellent partnership with Josh Brener. Both worked really well together, and Brener is really good in his role. Tracy Morgan is also histrionic and paranoid, but turns out to be less fun than Henson. Aldis Hodge also did a very well done job, but I felt he had a role that gave him relatively little to do other than being the love interest of the main character.
Technically, it's a regular film, which is nothing particularly notable: the standard cinematography and well-done editing are nothing special. The sets and costumes are good, being in the standards of what could be demanded in a film of this genre. I especially liked the corporate setting of the company and also the medium/weed dealer's studio. I also really liked the end credits, with an interesting digital design and lots of extra scenes.
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A fun idea on paper, that just wasn`t brought to fruition. Some people did not try hard in the acting and writing departments. There are still some laughs to be had, but some decisions in the plot and jokes just don`t go really well. Leading to a disappointing film.
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Production Company
BET Films,
Paramount Players,
Plucky,
Will Packer Productions
Release Date Feb 8, 2019
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating R
Tagline She Can Hear Men's Thoughts. Let the Games Begin.
Website
http://whatmenwantmovie.com/
Awards
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
