Product: What Women Want [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 2.0
Chick flick
Need I say more? A delightful and talented cast get thier paychecks and keep thier popularity in check, by doing a cutsie date movie in between thier serious roles. Mind reading is not a new idea, but it certainly has potential for interesting situations on the big screen. It falls short in this department though, despite the cast's charm. It does'nt surprise me that this movie was pretty much put together by women, because it certainly reflects a chick flicks common traits: Only verbal communication (no action in any scene), every person is extremely clean cut with no flaws (whether it be the body, dressing style, etc.), all camera shots are in settings as clean cut as the people, there is'nt any emotional turmoil other than broken hearts (no one gets cancer, is on heart medication, etc.), usually they have a lot of cutsie kid shots (Like children singing in a school play), etc, etc. But before the feminists hunt me down, let me say that I do enjoy an occasional chic flick, as long as there is some reality involved, or there is a lot of comedy. What Women Want is not a movie I would pay to see, but it is fun enough to watch when you're at home on a rainy day.