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What Men Want

What Men Want

Comedy · Romance · 2019

Magically able to hear what men are thinking, a sports agent uses her newfound ability to turn the tables on her overbearing male colleagues.

Movie details

What Men Want

“She can hear men's thoughts. Let the games begin.”

2019 Comedy · Romance 1h 57m

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6.2 / 10

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Magically able to hear what men are thinking, a sports agent uses her newfound ability to turn the tables on her overbearing male colleagues.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Adam Shankman

Written by

Tina Gordon · Jas Waters · Peter Huyck · Alex Gregory

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson

Alison 'Ali' Davis

Aldis Hodge

Aldis Hodge

Will

Josh Brener

Josh Brener

Brandon Wallace

Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan

Joe 'Dolla' Barry

Shane Paul McGhie

Shane Paul McGhie

Jamal Barry

Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu

Sister

Richard Roundtree

Richard Roundtree

Skip Davis

Court is in session

Put What Men Want on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.