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What Men Want

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41% Tomatometer 149 Reviews 40% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Passed up for a well-deserved promotion, sports agent Ali Davis wonders what else she needs to do to succeed in a man's world. Hoping to find answers from a psychic, Ali drinks a weird concoction that suddenly allows her to hear what men are thinking. Using her newfound ability, Ali starts to turn the tables on her obnoxious male colleagues while racing to sign the next basketball superstar.
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Admittedly uneven but easy to like, What Men Want proves a gender-swapped remake can work -- and the odds are substantially improved with Taraji P. Henson in the lead.

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Claudia Puig FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) Felt like it might have had some sharpness and some bite, but ended up being defanged. Sep 18, 2019 Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times An excellent cast elevates a wacky, crowded script with too few, actual jokes and a disappointingly conventional denouement. Rated: 2/5 Mar 20, 2019 Full Review Mark Kermode Kermode & Mayo's Film Review The outtakes are funnier than what's in the film. Mar 19, 2019 Full Review Calum Cooper Source (Scotland) Hensen’s charisma and acting prowess isn’t enough to save this product, resulting in a film with good intentions, but not enough narrative or comedic substance to keep it afloat. Rated: 2/5 Jul 14, 2024 Full Review M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut Henson deserves better. Rated: 2/5 Aug 17, 2022 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Henson is affable, even endearing at times in what amounts to an entertaining and funny comedy that has no staying power once the end credits begin to roll. Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 4, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Benjamin T Doesnt seen as concernt at understanding men, instead it ftames them as either obstacles to be overcome or as villans, it aligns with the efenist narrative that sucgest women are navigating aworld rigged agaings them, for that narrative to work men haft to be portrayed as weak baffonish or rigvtdown evil, the men around ali that are her competitors are bumbling incompetent or moraly questionable, and she doesnt need to cheat to beat them bist manipulate the situatipn by using her special gift, the essence of what makes cvaracyers great the struggle and journey of growth is lost by making the competition weaker the protagonist victory becomes less meaningful, without a real challange theres no significant character arc, tverefore this story falls flat, alos triumphes over a rigged system where she bends tve rules to her advantage, she rewrites the rules to fit her narrative. Efenist driven remakes fail to resonate, its the journey not just the win that makes a character great, Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/17/24 Full Review thiago s Filme fraco, o filme todo é quase sem graça, só a cena em que ela ouve os pensamentos dos homens é bacana, de resto é ruim, os personagens são ruins, e o roteiro é ruim. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/15/24 Full Review alan g Waste of Henson's talent. Trecle Morgan ruins anither movie with his smug no talent act. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/14/24 Full Review Ricardo D There's a Chappelle's Show sketch that nails this concept far better than this movie ever could hope to! Shouldn't have been made. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/10/24 Full Review Nitsan S Insanely boring. Bad acting. Bad directing. Bad writing. Took 30 minutes before the thing actually started. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/24 Full Review Daniela P Very poor playing or script. Actors shouting and their behaviour were maybe written to be funny but they were very annoying. Overdone grimaces and rude interactions weren't funny. No clever humour, banter and felt even offensive because the movie makers thought that we, the public are so stupid or simpleminded. I didn't finish it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Passed up for a well-deserved promotion, sports agent Ali Davis wonders what else she needs to do to succeed in a man's world. Hoping to find answers from a psychic, Ali drinks a weird concoction that suddenly allows her to hear what men are thinking. Using her newfound ability, Ali starts to turn the tables on her obnoxious male colleagues while racing to sign the next basketball superstar.
Director
Adam Shankman
Producer
Will Packer, James Lopez
Screenwriter
Tina Gordon, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Will Packer Productions, Paramount Players, BET Films
Rating
R (Sexual Content Throughout|Language|Some Drug Material)
Genre
Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 8, 2019, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 23, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$54.6M
Runtime
1h 57m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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