Product: What Women Want [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 2.0
What Most Audiences Want?
This inoffensive romantic comedy follows the ups and downs of Nick (Mel Gibson), a well-suceeded and pretentious publicist who always knows how to act towards women, never failing to achieve his goals. The situation gets tricky when, one night, he starts reading their minds due to a strange short circuit. Then, Nick acknowledges that women actually think and (surprise!) have feelings...Who could have guessed? And sometimes they aren`t quite what they seem at first. Yep, believe it because it`s true, folks... In order to solve this situation, he just has to act in a kindly, affective manner, and the new problems are solved. Not that difficult, heh?So, this isn`t quite heavy material or thought-provoking stuff, although the beginning of the movie has its funny moments and scenes, credit be given to Gibson. But, as the plot unfolds, it all turns very predictable and even melodramatic, requiring the typical Hollywood ending that everyone`s expecting. Despite a somewhat promising central idea, this is just another average piece of fluff, simplistic and innocuous as it should. Watchable on a rainy saturday afternoon, anyway.