What Women Want
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Directed by	Nancy Meyers
Produced by	Susan Cartsonis Bruce Davey Gina Matthews Nancy Meyers Matt Williams
Written by	Josh Goldsmith Cathy Yuspa Diane Drake
Starring	Mel Gibson Helen Hunt Marisa Tomei Alan Alda Ashley Johnson Bette Midler
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography	Dean Cundey
Editing by	Thomas J. Nordberg Stephen A. Rotter
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (USA) Icon Entertainment (non-USA)
Release date(s)	December 13, 2000
Running time	127 min.
Language	English French
Budget	$65,000,000 (estimated)
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What Women Want is a [[2000 in film|2000](with fantasy elements), directed by Nancy Meyers and starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. The movie achieved enormous success with a domestic gross of $182,811,707 and a world-wide gross of $374,111,707. Image File history File links Whatwomenwant. ... Nancy Jane Meyers (Born December 8, 1949 in Pennsylvania, USA) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. ... ... Bruce Davey is an Austrailian film producer in the United States. ... Nancy Jane Meyers (Born December 8, 1949 in Pennsylvania, USA) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. ... Matt Williams is a television writer, creator and producer. ... Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson AO (born January 3, 1956) is an Academy Award-winning American-Australian actor, director, and producer. ... Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her role in the television sitcom Mad About You. ... Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress. ... Alan Alda (born Alfonso Joseph DAbruzzo on January 28, 1936) is an Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning American actor, writer, director and sometime political activist. ... Ashley Suzanne Johnson (born August 9, American actress. ... Bette Davis Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known to her fans and especially in gay culture, as The Divine Miss M. She is named after the actress Bette Davis although Davis pronounced her name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. ... Alan Silvestri (b. ... Dean Cundey is a celebrated cinematographer born 12 March 1946 in Alhambra, California, USA. He has worked on some of the most influential special effects films in history and has collaborated extensively with directors John Carpenter and Robert Zemeckis. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Nancy Jane Meyers (Born December 8, 1949 in Pennsylvania, USA) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. ... Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson AO (born January 3, 1956) is an Academy Award-winning American-Australian actor, director, and producer. ... Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her role in the television sitcom Mad About You. ...

Plot

Mel Gibson is Nick Marshall, an ad executive who grew up with his Las Vegas showgirl mother - and so has an alpha male view of women, which works well for him when it comes to getting men to buy beer or cars or getting most women (such as a coffee attendant Marisa Tomei at a local shop) to fawn over him. However, just as he thinks he's heading for a promotion, his manager Dan (Alan Alda) informs him that he needs to hire the talents of Darcy McGuire (Helen Hunt) to keep the ad company 'fresh' and get new customers. When Darcy is introduced in the office, Nick pretends to masturbate and ejaculate into his co-worker's eye, who then pretends to be hurt under friendly fire, a private joke between the two to imply that they'd like to have sex with Darcy. This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ... A Las Vegas showgirl, from the Folies Bergere. ... An alpha male or alpha female is the individual in the community to whom the others follow and defer. ... Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress. ... Alan Alda (born Alfonso Joseph DAbruzzo on January 28, 1936) is an Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning American actor, writer, director and sometime political activist. ... Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her role in the television sitcom Mad About You. ... Friendly fire (fratricide or non-hostile fire) is a term originally adopted by the United States military in reference to an attack on friendly forces by other friendly forces,[1] which may be deliberate (e. ...

Compounding his problems, his 15 year-old daughter Alex is spending two weeks with him while his ex-wife Gigi goes on her honeymoon with her new husband. Alex sees Nick as someone she's embarrassed to have as a father, and is not interested in his being 'protective' when she brings a boyfriend home.

Needing to prove that he's still 'the best' to Darcy and Dan, Nick attempts to think of ad angles for a series of feminine products that Darcy gave out to the workers. While in the bathroom, he accidentally slips on some bath beads and falls into a bathtub while holding an electric hairdryer. He tries to get out, but slips and the dryer falls into the tub while he still has one foot in, electrocuting him. Categories: Stub | Hairdressing ...

The next day, Nick wakes up to 'hear' his maid as she cleans up his apartment. It soon dawns on Nick that he can hear women's thoughts without seeing their lips move. He proves this to himself as he walks through a park and encounters numerous women, each time 'hearing' their innermost thoughts. When he goes to a previous therapist (Bette Midler) for help, she gives him the notion that this is the best thing that could have happened to him: "If Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus, and you can speak Venutian, the world is your oyster." Bette Davis Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known to her fans and especially in gay culture, as The Divine Miss M. She is named after the actress Bette Davis although Davis pronounced her name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. ... Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (published in May 1992) is a book by John Gray offering many suggestions for improving husband-wife relationships by understanding the emotional needs of the opposite sex. ...

Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson in What Women Want

Now with a sense of purpose, Nick uses his new 'talent' to get into women's minds and use their ideas as his own. This works for awhile, but as he spends more time with Darcy, he finds that he develops feelings for her. This also puts him at odds though when he tries to become closer with his daughter, who resents Nick for trying after so many years of neglect. This isn't any help since Nick has a dislike of her older boyfriend, whom he suspects is only with his daughter to sleep with her and then dump her, something Nick has ultimately done many times over with various women. Image File history File links Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her role in the television sitcom Mad About You. ... Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson AO (born January 3, 1956) is an Academy Award-winning American-Australian actor, director, and producer. ...

When he manages to trump Darcy out of her idea for a new Nike ad campaign designed for women, he finds that he regrets his actions, especially as it leads to her being fired and himself being put in her place. However, Nick patches things up with his daughter when his suspicions are confirmed after she breaks up with her boyfriend, when refusing to sleep with him. As a result, Nick happily consoles his daughter in her time of need. Nike, Inc. ...

The movie ends with Nick losing his gift via a freak power line shortage in the area where he was standing (Nick having gone to look for an assistant at his company whom he suspects of being suicidal), and confessing everything to Darcy. Despite the fact that he was the cause of her getting fired, Darcy finds that she has romantic feelings for Nick as well, and is willing to forgive him. Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ...

Cast

• Mel Gibson as Nick Marshall
• Helen Hunt as Darcy McGuire
• Marisa Tomei as Lola
• Alan Alda as Dan Wanamaker
• Ashley Johnson as Alexandra 'Alex' Marshall
• Mark Feuerstein as Morgan Farwell
• Lauren Holly as Gigi
• Delta Burke as Eve
• Valerie Perrine as Margo
• Judy Greer as Erin
• Sarah Paulson as Annie
• Ana Gasteyer as Sue Cranston
• Bette Midler as Dr. J.M. Perkins (uncredited)

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Trivia

• When the movie starts up, Nick is wearing nothing but different variations of black for about an hour. As he gets more and more feminine and understanding to women, he starts wearing other colors.

• Dave Chappelle of Chappelle's Show did a parody of "What Woman Want" calling the skit "What Men Want" (MADtv did a skit with the same title and same premise as well)

• Saturday Night Live did a parody of this movie and the movie We Were Soldiers by combining the two. The parody was called, "We Were Soldiers That Knew What Women Want (featured on the season 27 episode hosted by Jon Stewart [who played Mel Gibson] with musical guest, India.Arie [1])

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External links

• What Women Want at the Internet Movie Database
• What Women Want at Rotten Tomatoes
• What Women Want at Box Office Mojo