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Outstanding
This movie has made a great impact. I loved watching Mel Gibson when he, oh, you have to see it!!!

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.

Watch It With Your Wife
This isn't Mad Max nor Lethal Weapon nor even Conspiracy Theory. What it IS however, is a fine movie to spend an evening with your wife, perhaps a bag of microwave popcorn and a couple of iced soft drinks.

Don't expect the kind of "in your face" action that might normally expect from Mel Gibson. Do expect an endearing Helen Hunt. Together, their on-screen personas mix well for an enjoyable couple of hours of laughter. The sad part of this movie for us guys is... we really can't deny that Mel is acting just the way we too often are! Sorry about that, ladies...

Mel Gibson begins the movie as the stereotypical "guy" - not sensitive and with only "one" thing in mind. Not a good father. Been a bad husband. All his relationships are pretty one-sided. Enter electricity and a bit of movie magic. The balance of the movie shows what a bit of sensitivity can do for those prickly interpersonal relationships. There's a message here somewhere... Mel Gibson does a good job with comedy during his actions flicks; he does a fine job carrying that same sense of humor into a love story. And if you've never seen him do a bit of soft-shoe and dance with a hat tree...

Steven Reis

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