Product: What Women Want [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 2.0
Not What Everyone Wants
What Women Want isn't a bad film. It's just too long!. This is movie is a half hour longer than it really needs to be. It drags on way too long and I think that hurts the film. Mel Gibson stars as an adman who receives the ability to read women's minds after getting electrocuted in his bathroom by falling in the tub with a hair dryer. Yeah, it could happen. Sure. Predictably, Mel starts to use it to his advantage. Would you?. He uses it on his new co-worker played by Helen Hunt. After a while, he realizes he's using his newfound powers for the wrong reasons. He also makes Helen's character lose her job. Of course, there's romance between the two. How could there not be?. The movie takes a more serious turn as Mel starts feeling pressure from hearing things he really doesn't want to hear, including a co-worker who he thinks wants to kill herself. The film could of done without that part. Again, the movie isn't bad. It could've been funnier and a lot shorter. Mel Gibson is very good in this. Helen Hunt has little to do here. But, on the up side, she looks incredible. This is a film that will not be everyone's taste.