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What Men Want
Film
FilmPG-132000
What Women Want
Directed by Nancy Meyers
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him. From TMDB
106 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 28, 2026 · last updated Oct 28, 2026 · How this works
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What Women Want is a 2000 comedy romance film, directed by Nancy Meyers, starring Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt and Marisa Tomei.
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60 of 106 · most liked firstthey could never wokeify that horrible mel gibson movie What Women Want by reversing the genders and calling it What Men Want. the movie would be six seconds long. one line of dialogue. 'to dig a big hole at the beach'
neutral · AI labelView post →What Women Want is an utterly bizarre film, and it's hard to believe it became a smash hit just a quarter century ago. Mel Gibson gains the power to hear all women's thoughts, and uses it to... commit plagiarism and become a better corporate shark. My newsletter: buttondown.email/charliejane/...
negative · AI labelView post →What Women Want. Because what women actually want is to put this movie in a woodchipper.
negative · AI labelView post →My manager is basing his shifting target demographic marketing decisions on the movie What Women Want, yes the movie that came out 26 years ago but he just watched it last night. 🙄
neutral · AI labelView post →Yeah he made a movie called What Women Want but it turns out the whole time he was actually more concerned with what wacists want
neutral · AI labelView post →What Women Want is a bad movie for several reasons (like Mel Gibson's existence) but the fact that "Pockets" never even comes up is one of the more unbelievable ones.
negative · AI labelView post →“I thought my premise was in sync with what women were thinking” surprise surprise my dude, it wasn’t. Is that guy Mel Gibson from the 2000 film “What Women Want”? No? So he can’t read minds? Oh, then maybe he should shut the fuck up and do the necessary work.
neutral · AI labelView post →In honor of women I will be watching the film "What Women Want" starring Mel Gibson to gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of women.
neutral · AI labelView post →“What Women Want” movie but it’s a guy who thinks he trained his AI model to tell him what women are thinking but turns out he’s just an asshole and everyone hates him
neutral · AI labelView post →The rom-com remake ‘What Women Want’ starring Andy Lau and Gong Li opened in theaters in China fifteen years ago this week 🎭 💭 💞 #OTD TRIVIA: In Germany, the 2011 version of ‘What Women Want’ was marketed as a sequel to the 2000 film ‘What Women Want’ starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. (IMDB) 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →I think we should’ve all seen Mel Gibson coming He plays a violent psycho in damn near every movie he’s in and yeah man, he’s not violent in What Women Want, but he’s kind of a psycho in that one too
negative · AI labelView post →Obsession 2 should flip the script and have someone wish that the person they loved could read their mind, as they frequently expect them to do in the first place. Like WHAT WOMEN WANT but terrifying. So, considering who starred in that film, like WHAT WOMEN WANT.
neutral · AI labelView post →Could be worse. Mel Gibson once starred in a movie called "What Women Want".
negative · AI labelView post →when I was 9 my favourite movie was What Women Want starting Mel Gibson, I watched it all the time, I quoted it daily. you're telling me no adult thought there might be something wrong with me?
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched What Women Want (2000) for the first time in about 20 years. I can't say it aged badly when it started out questionable, but I realized how many queer gender feelings it gives me. egreg.io/movie-review... #movies #moviereviews
neutral · AI labelView post →Add "between my legs" to a movie title What Women Want Between My Legs
neutral · AI labelView post →This Day In History: 25 Years Ago Bette Midler Cameo’d In What Women Want #BetteMidler, #Cameo, #Movie, #uncredited, #WhatWomenWant bootlegbetty.com/2025/12/15/t... To Read The Article, Click The Link Above Or Copy/Paste It In Your Browser!
neutral · AI labelView post →This film makes Nekromantik and the Guinea Pig series feel on par with light-hearted rom coms like Never Been Kissed, or What Women Want ... . #FrightClub #Thanatomorphose
neutral · AI labelView post →"What Women Want" but make it a horror movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a movie about feminism I think should watch to heal your broken misogynist heart it's called "What Women Want" and it changed how i viewed women myself included
positive · AI labelView post →Watch that movie with Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. They really explain What Women Want and if you still have questions watch Richard Gere in Dr. T and the Women
neutral · AI labelView post →9. I never went to my actual high school prom, but I appeared in two prom scenes for a movie (WHAT WOMEN WANT) and a TV show (DHARMA & GREG).
neutral · AI labelView post →Many years ago I saw a film called "What Women Want" where Mel Gibson could magically hear women's inner monologues. One woman was trying and failing to resist staring at a man's crotch. I was baffled - why would anyone ever want to do that? Now I understand.
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw her in person for a TV show taping in college for broadcast department field trip. Remember DAG from 2000 with David Alan Grier? It was two weeks before her film debut in What Women Want.
neutral · AI labelView post →Bette Midler in the 00's! Day #2 The Movies! Bette begins to enter the ensemble & "and" stage (and Bette Midler) of her film career. @therealbettemidler.bsky.social still released 5 movies & pulled in another $108 MILLION during the 2000's. Plus an uncredited cameo in the hit What Women Want. #00s
neutral · AI labelView post →Remake of What Women Want but instead of the main character using mind reading to manipulate women her egg is cracked and the movie ends with her accepting herself and transitioning.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fantasy movies with no special effects: YESTERDAY WHAT WOMEN WANT / WHAT MEN WANT GROUNDHOG DAY LIAR LIAR COHERENCE PRIMER BIG FREAKY FRIDAY THE FAMILY MAN IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE #movies #film #screenwriting #oscars
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched 'What Women Want' with my 12yo and he casually drops... 'This is the first movie you've shown me without famous actors!' I've officially entered dinosaur status #ClassicMovies #Parenting
neutral · AI labelView post →See also photoshopped photo of Putin as Helen Hunt in the “What Women Want” movie poster
neutral · AI labelView post →add "between my legs" to a movie title What Women Want Between My Legs
neutral · AI labelView post →And even the music was all sorts of wrong too. Which, for a film about a radio station, in an era when there was loads of brilliant, time appropriate songs to choose from was just unforgiveable. Still better than Mel Gibson's 'What Women Want' though. And the Bedazzled remake. And the 2011 T,T,S,Spy
negative · AI labelView post →What Women Want is a horror film, not a rom-com, and I think it’s due time that we as a society recognize that fact.
negative · AI labelView post →Back when it came out, I remember really liking the movie “What Women Want” (being in love Marissa Tomei most of my life helped). It’s on tv now… and uh… it kinda gives me the ick now…
neutral · AI labelView post →Does anyone remember that Mel Brooks movie, What Women Want, where he can suddenly read the minds of women. I want that for reading Lutnik's mind during this shit show.
neutral · AI labelView post →New Ideal Remake out today! I sit with writer and awesome person Alix Sternberg to remake a… less than awesome movie. We remade What Women Want! So if you want to hear our fantastic ideas, give this new podcast episode a listen! Wherever you listen to podcasts!
neutral · AI labelView post →p.s. it's not just now. 20 yrs ago I slammed the movie What Women Want for a class essay because of the idea that there's a button you can push or a switch you can flip and all women will love you. that's a 13 year old boy's attitude. so now that our entire gov't is 13 yr old boys...........
negative · AI labelView post →He was so gifted. Watch his dance routine (with a trilby!) in ‘What Women Want’. Terrible film, but you have to hand it to him
negative · AI labelView post →2 more movies of note that Bette Midler appeared in are Get Shorty and What Women Want. @therealbettemidler.bsky.social gave memorable, uncredited cameos in these 2 hit movies. Leave it to Bette to steal the scenes she was in and make them the best part of each movie. #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Favorites: Gladiator, X-Men, Miss Congeniality, Remember the Titans, Emperors New Groove, Bring it On, Scary Movie, Requiem for a Dream, Best in Show, Final Destination *Least favorites: The Patriot, What Women Want, Erin Brockovich, High Fidelity, Me Myself & Irene
negative · AI labelView post →Film: What Women Want Vaguely recall godawful Mel Gibson... 'nuf said.
negative · AI labelView post →For whatever reason, the movie “What Women Want” has been making the rounds on all the free movie services and I can’t get over the extremely cursed image of Mel Gibson smiling
negative · AI labelView post →I had entirely forgotten that this movie existed, and due to this reminder, I will be treating my twelve year old self and also watching What Women Want, a 2000 Mel Gibson romcom where he can read women's thoughts
neutral · AI labelView post →WHAT WOMEN WANT made $375m!!! The only one of her films not to hit those heights was her debut film, THE PARENT TRAP, which only made $92m in box office -- but I imagine it's made a ton of money in home video/streaming since then as its a millennial fave. not to mention it launched Lindsay Lohan!
neutral · AI labelView post →The film What Women Want is completely pointless. I know what women want. They want a sword.
negative · AI labelView post →What Women Want - the movie, but like an app?
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm on normal TV now for a proper cheesy film... What Women Want... on channel 5...
neutral · AI labelView post →I have a soft spot for What Women Want, even though it’s a totally unhinged movie
positive · AI labelView post →3tres films i watched recently . . . The Housemaid 10/10 great all around, suspenseful, surprise ending The Long Walk 10/10 surprisingly good, built like an old war movie but not that really What Men Want 10/10 i watched What Women Want many years ago and remember liking it, very funny premise
positive · AI labelView post →You probably didn't see SBC's last movie because it looked like atrocious direct to Netflix slop. A worse manosphere baiting version of What Women Want. youtu.be/yeetI2DfbaE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →What Women Want (2000) by Nancy Meyers is a messy rom-com that somehow made $375M. Great cast, weak chemistry, scattered pacing, and a rushed ending make it a fascinating Hollywood hit with more flaws than romance. #film #review #podcast pod.fo/e/43430a
neutral · AI labelView post →Consider adding: Cars Iron Man Klaus O Brother Where Art Thou (maybe🤷♂️) The Lego Batman Movie Groundhog Day Happy Death Day Doctor Strange Overboard A Christmas Carol (every version) What Women Want
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes! I was also thinking (sucks that it’s him as actor, but) ‘What Women Want’ 2000 film with Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. Way better, right down to the ad-exec framing.
positive · AI labelView post →~ 1st time i ever heard my name in a film was Melvin And Howard (1980) Didn't hear it again until it began popping in 90s fare like Varsity Blues, Bring It On, What Women Want. Hallmark hijacked it as one of their staple Xmas film names. Never heard #Darcy in a horror film. #thelastdrivein
neutral · AI labelView post →I mean, I think that's what she said. Also something in there about child safety. Not *quite* sure what's going on now. Little riff about the Mel Gibson film What Women Want too and "men advertising to women".
neutral · AI labelView post →The Bechdel Cast, Blank Check, and We Hate Movies all did an episode on the Nancy Meyers movie "What Women Want" 7 years ago. Weird.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Nest is a silly horror film that's probably the best thing she's in. What Women Want is okay, but I think she's only in it for a second.
neutral · AI labelView post →the last movie I saw at the cinema was What Women Want (2000)—I had won two free tickets in an online contest (back when the internet was chock full of free stuff) I don't get out much 🤷🏽♀️
neutral · AI labelView post →Fantasy movies with no special effects: Liar Liar Groundhog Day What Women Want What Men Want Tuck Everlasting Yesterday Big Freaky Friday 13 Going on 30 It's a Wonderful Life #film #movies #fantasy
neutral · AI labelView post →Smash 2 movies together to make a new movie #filmsky "Mine goes to 11" What Women Want to Live and Let Die Another Day the Earth Stood Still Life of Brian's Song of the South Pacific Rim
neutral · AI labelView post →I know I’m on the internet and all, and that’s what makes it move… but I’m really tired of hearing people’s inside thoughts presented as outside thoughts. It’s like that Mel Gibson movie WHAT WOMEN WANT but instead of women, we’re all forced to listen to the thoughts of dumbfucks.
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