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Actors: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about What Women Want
Hot shot advertising executive Nick Marshall thinks he is on top of the world, especially with the opposite sex, until he is passed up for promotion at work. Instead Darcy Mcguire is hired to be creative directot at Sloane & Curtis, a once successful ad agency. Nick is gutted and a freak electrocution accident at home leaves him able to hear what women are thinking. Armed with this new ability Nick seeks to take revenge on Darcy over the top post he lost to her. However Nick falls in love with her and eventually his quest for revenge burns out when he finds himself in in too deep in love with Darcy.
--Goodwill Mathonsi, Resident Scholar

A self centered male chauvanist get to see what women think of him. And what his daughterr feels aout him. Giving him a chance to redeem himself in her eyes.
--Bill Bellinger, Resident Scholar

A ad executive gets the ability to hear women's thoughts after a freak accident and tries to get ahead in his career with that knowledge. Until he falls in love with the woman he is plotting against.
--Diane, Resident Scholar

Mel Gibson accidently becomes able to read women's minds and uses that ability to try and get the job he was supposed to get, but was given to Helen Hunt.
--Chief, Resident Scholar




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Analysis of What Women Want
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Plot
Comedy, primarily Yes
Time/era of movie: - 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Kind of romance: - seduction (yum!)
Kind of comedy - special ability/disability

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - business executive
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - mind reading
Eccentric: Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown) - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) muscular
Unclothed? - Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more... - sensitive - caring
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - blonde
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type - (woman) very skinny
Unclothed? - very tight clothes
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - full of laughter - thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - sex under blankets
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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