What Women Want Directed by Nancy Meyers
Mel Gibson as
Helen Hunt as Daxine
Alan Alda as
Rating: 2 / 6
Staring Mel Gibson, and sexy Helen Hunt (with her slightly further back than it should be hairline), this movie is not just a simplistic couple of laughs movie. Theres some depth in here. In fact, youll miss quite a bit if you arent listening. So listen up. Watch the plot move and the characters grow. There are some good observations, some poetic moments, some good and bad acting, some good and bad script writing. (Watch for XXXXs wanking motion while Daxine makes her initial speech.) This is a movie to remind men that its easy to be a dumb oaf, to remind women to put some effort into communicating, and to remind the human species that were pretty dahm stupid overall in the way we interact together.
Often, plot developments in these types of movies take second place to the novelty itself, resulting in a shitty storyline. This movie actually works really well with the novelty idea. For a Hollywood movie, the plot is pretty decent.
Youll feel faint stirings of "Liar Liar" when Mel can hear what women think. The flirting is pretty cool - while the characters in the movie may not be accurate representations of anyone at all, the flirting between them is fun and not just fashionable interaction.
Best to ignore any dynamics of the electrocution thing. It doesnt stand up to any scrutiny, so best to just let it go.
One unpleasant thing to watch is Mel using his read your mind abilities to find a womans fears, and utilise these fears to get laid. ("Ive been hurt too many times by guys just wanting sex." Sound familiar guys?) The interaction between men and women in the movie ranges from bad writing and directing to fairly good in some instances.
"No games means an embarrising moment."
Things to look out for: Since I was the only person to laugh out loud at this, I guess I was the only person to find it funny, or to catch the joke. When he first gains the ability to hear women's thoughts and is being driven crazy by not being able to escape all the thinking going on around him, he retreats to his office and finds a refreshing silence from his two stereotyped ditsy moronic women characters who he works with. (Because they have no thoughts. So he doesnt hear anything. Come on, people. Do we have to spell these things out??!!)
The low point: There is some horrible overacting by Mel Gibson at the beginning of a dancing/musical scene, and while his dancing may be half decent, he should have spent more time with it so that he could have been great instead of just O.K. A notable low point of the movie.
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