Product: What Women Want [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 4.0
male/female
This is an interesting, entertaining movie that DOES show what woman think or imagine. On one side it's what we imagine and on the other it's about what we want. We imagine single men alone in their apartment with a glass of wine entertaining themselves and perhaps musing that they are still single and congratulating themselves that they have avoided the commitment trap and still get what they want.Mel does a sexy dance with grace. I was quite surprised that this hard playing action character displayed a vulnerable side. You will laugh at seeing him in womans nylons in the bathroom while he's trying to figure woman out.This had to be directed by a woman because I can't see any man actually displaying that sort of depth that does not exist outside of baseball or action films. Which is one of the points of the film. He gets to a point where he is more in tuned with his feminine side and avoids more of the hard hitting action on tv. (he does a great impression of Sean Connery)You often hear men grumbling that they wish they knew what women wanted. The director gives him and the audience a chance by providing a stream of outspoken thoughts, worries, fear, happiness by women and showing their reactions to being discovered. Mel was so amazed by what women thought that he drenched himself in a room full of women just to get their perspective. It was very new to him. Bette Midler's character took the opportunity. She became more himself when she realized Mel could hear her thoughts. A psychiatrist having a toke. I wonder how many women would be different if men could hear our thoughts. And isn't Mel Gibson worth wanting. ;-)I highly recommend this movie if you are open to looking at both sides and what men can do about vulnerability.