Product: What Women Want [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 4.0
Surprisingly, very funny and very enjoyable
For the most part I really enjoyed this film. Probably mostly due to the guilty pleasure effect --- I mean, how cool would it be to have Mel's character's "superpowers"?This is a fun film, where ultimately good triumphs over pigginess -- Mel's character makes the requisite shift from gigolo swine to sensitive male and uses his powers for good-mostly. The one drawback is his character's relationship with Marisa Tomei - his treatment of her never loses its swinish vestiges. But then again, her character turns out to be just a wee bit immature & self-indulgent ("a little more to the left," "the whole tongue at once" --- that sort of thing, not direct quotes, but watch the movie and you'll get my drift).The acting is very good. Helen Hunt is adorable (as she was in "As Good As It Gets" and "Castaway" -- and, yikes, even "Twister" -- ! - ). And Mel and Helen have a very good on-screen chemistry.Surprisingly enjoyable. A much better romance story than the one in "Pearl Harbor."