What Women Want (DVD)

Director Nancy Meyers touches on chauvinism and the male ego in her 2000 film What Women Want. It is a comedy that surprisingly appeals to both sexes, although I'm sure there are men who will never admit to it! The Plot Nick Marshall is the typical bachelor. A divorced man with a daughter coming of age, he has a high power job in advertising, and an ego to match. He meets his match in Darcy McGuire, who seemingly outshines him at work. Following a freak accident with a hair dryer and a bath full of water, Nick suffers an electric shock which leaves him being able to hear women's thoughts! Using this power, he quickly reinstates himself as a force to ...  Read the complete review

Firstly, I would like to point out that this is a film-only review, as I don't actually own the DVD, but I have seen the film on TV several times now. Mel Gibson plays Nick Marshall, an advertising exec, who is looking forward to being promoted at the huge ad agency he works at. When Nicks boss announces that he has given the job to someone else, Nicks ego is bruised, but when he finds out that he is being replaced with a woman, he's totally outraged. Nick is a bit of a male chauvinist pig, and doesn't see what a woman can bring to the job that he can't. Darcy McGuire (Helen Hunt), the woman who got the job ahead of Nick, turns up on her first day ...  Read the complete review

The plot In this film mel gibson plays Nick Marshal a high powered executive.Nick Marshal is very good with the ladies and uses this to his advantage.One morning his boss calls him into the office,Nick expects to be promoted but instead his boss tells him hes recruited Darcy Maguire much to Nick's amazement Darcy Maguire is a very talented person and is expecting a rough ride from nick.Her first assignment she gives Nick is a box with products that wamen would use such as lipstick,bras etc. she askes him for ideas. Meanwhile Nick has to have his 15 year old daughter to stay.She's the typical teenager and hes never understood her. One ...  Read the complete review

It’s no good. I didn’t want to op on this. I’ve tried not to op on this. But it’s to no avail. I can’t seem to get through the hours since I saw this film without thinking of what I can write. Thinking of certain phrases I want to use, the planning, whether I can add anything else to the previous 53 op’s that there are on this subject (I have read some, but remember none. Sorry, got a c**p memory) and basically, every other thought that comes with the deciding to write on ops. It’s no good I tell ya, I’ve just got to doo it……………!! ***WHY I’VE SEEN IT?*** ...  Read the complete review

Nick Marshall is every woman's dream - a sexy and charming, hot-shot exec in an advertising agency. Yet he soon turns into a nightmare with his egotistical and arrogant nature and the fact that he thinks he's God's gift to women. In a new advertising campaign, which needs the advertisers to delve deep into the minds of women, Nick ends up in a freak accident resulting in him having the ability to hear what women think. At first, hearing the voices of every single woman make Nick think he's going mad and he doesn't take kindly to finding out what the women around him truly think of him. But, after seeing a psychologist in a bid to get rid of his curse, the ...  Read the complete review