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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 14, 2024

Henson deserves better.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 17, 2022

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.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 4, 2022

Not quite an homage, it's actually a destruction.

| Oct 1, 2021

Proof that Taraji P. Henson can carry a film like it's literally nobody's business.

| Oct 1, 2020

Henson, easily one of the more under-appreciated actresses working today, is absolutely terrific here.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 27, 2020

Bloated and misshapen, cramming in so much extra stuff that it's never able to make the most of what it has got.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 16, 2020

While this sounds pretty straightforward in theory, the script is too hyperactive to settle on one path without getting distracted by its overabundance of subplots.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 27, 2020

If even one part of the film had worked -- if it had been funnier or a more scathing social commentary -- I might have given it a pass despite other flaws. But everything about it systematically lets us down and fails to meet even baseline expectations.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 16, 2020

Except for ticking the right diversity boxes and a few funny moments, this isn't even what women want let alone what men want.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 13, 2020

While Taraji's performance never wavers... her ability to 'save' a movie is limited when the story is less developed than the character.

| Jul 7, 2020

All in all, this bland, overlong film swings and misses way more often than it connects.

| Mar 18, 2020

If you really want to see a romantic comedy go check this out, but if you really want to see Taraji and enjoy yourself go in with low expectations.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jan 11, 2020

A dim, grim and irritating farce, on a two-hour search-and-destroy mission for your sense of humour.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 13, 2019

Taraji P.Henson is entertaining but is better than this material. The breakout star though is Erykah Badu.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 22, 2019

One of these days, someone's going to write a leading role worthy of Taraji P. Henson.

| Nov 22, 2019

Felt like it might have had some sharpness and some bite, but ended up being defanged.

| Sep 18, 2019

[What Men Want] feels entirely more rote and uninspired, featuring few elements of genuine creative ambition.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 3, 2019

For a film that touts female empowerment and regularly throws around mentions to the "Me Too" movement, What Men Want is a shallow, retrograde workplace comedy that is barely funny.

| Original Score: 3/10 | May 17, 2019

What Men Want is a comedy that is bursting with untapped potential.

| Original Score: C- | May 7, 2019