There's nothing profound about the film, but it stays with you. After leaving the theater you'll find yourself turning an ear toward strangers and listening hard.

| Oct 25, 2018

| Original Score: B | Sep 7, 2011

Gibson keeps this movie afloat.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 29, 2010

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 25, 2003

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 10, 2003

The women are basically innocent victims of male piggishness… The men are all cads.

| Original Score: C- | May 8, 2002

| Original Score: B | May 1, 2001

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 16, 2001

It should be called What Moviegoers Want, because it appeals to both sexes, without pandering to or demeaning either of them.

Full Review | Dec 15, 2000

It's a romantic comedy with a distinctly modern, delicate but sharp, satirical cutting edge.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 15, 2000

For a while, anyway, it's very funny.

Full Review | Dec 15, 2000

[Hunt] elevates what might have been a cute, familiarly plotted movie into a romance with real heart, sweetness and genuine emotion.

| Dec 15, 2000

That the movie is made by a woman who can challenge any male filmmaker on Earth for ham-handed direction connotes some kind of sexual equality.

| Dec 15, 2000

While Nick comes to appreciate women in all their complexity and depth, the movie is only interested in them as props and tools to aid in his eventual enlightenment.

Full Review | Dec 15, 2000

What women really want, if we can read the simple mind of What Women Want, is sincerity and honesty, even if you have to fake it.

Full Review | Dec 15, 2000

A seductive conceit, a stellar comedic turn, a chance to plow the terrain of sexual politics with humor and intelligence ... What Women Want is a winner.

Full Review | Dec 15, 2000

It introduces us to a kinder, gentler Mel who's not only in touch with his feminine side, but who also widens his fan base considerably in the bargain.

Full Review | Dec 15, 2000

Only Tomei's thoughts sound like actual thinking.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 15, 2000

Set your standards on neutral, and enjoy it for exactly what it is -- mindless entertainment that will make you laugh but won't linger in your mind much farther than the theater's parking lot.

Full Review | Dec 15, 2000

We're never able to escape the feeling that we're watching a manufactured object that starts turning insipid just when it was starting to seem scatty.

Full Review | Dec 15, 2000