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ComedyRomance

What Men Want

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

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

Release Date : 2019-02-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BET FilmsParamount PlayersParamount PicturesWill Packer Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Taraji P. Henson

Character Name : Alison "Ali" Davis

Original Name : Taraji P. Henson

Gender : Female

Aldis Hodge

Character Name : Will

Original Name : Aldis Hodge

Gender : Male

Josh Brener

Character Name : Brandon Wallace

Original Name : Josh Brener

Gender : Male

Tracy Morgan

Character Name : Joe 'Dolla' Barry

Original Name : Tracy Morgan

Gender : Male

Shane Paul McGhie

Character Name : Jamal Barry

Original Name : Shane Paul McGhie

Gender : Male

Erykah Badu

Character Name : Sister

Original Name : Erykah Badu

Gender : Female

Richard Roundtree

Character Name : Skip Davis

Original Name : Richard Roundtree

Gender : Male

Tamala Jones

Character Name : Mari

Original Name : Tamala Jones

Gender : Female

Wendi McLendon-Covey

Character Name : Olivia

Original Name : Wendi McLendon-Covey

Gender : Female

Phoebe Robinson

Character Name : Ciarra

Original Name : Phoebe Robinson

Gender : Female

Max Greenfield

Character Name : Kevin Myrtle

Original Name : Max Greenfield

Gender : Male

Jason Jones

Character Name : Ethan Fowler

Original Name : Jason Jones

Gender : Male

Brian Bosworth

Character Name : Nick Ivers

Original Name : Brian Bosworth

Gender : Male

Chris Witaske

Character Name : Eddie

Original Name : Chris Witaske

Gender : Male

Kellan Lutz

Character Name : Captain Fucktastic

Original Name : Kellan Lutz

Gender : Male

Shaquille O'Neal

Character Name : Shaquille O'Neal

Original Name : Shaquille O'Neal

Gender : Male

Grant Hill

Character Name : Grant Hill

Original Name : Grant Hill

Gender : Male

Mark Cuban

Character Name : Mark Cuban

Original Name : Mark Cuban

Gender : Male

Karl-Anthony Towns

Character Name : Karl-Anthony Towns

Original Name : Karl-Anthony Towns

Gender : Male

Lisa Leslie

Character Name : Lisa Leslie

Original Name : Lisa Leslie

Gender : Female

Auston Jon Moore

Character Name : Ben

Original Name : Auston Jon Moore

Gender : Male

Pete Davidson

Character Name : Danny

Original Name : Pete Davidson

Gender : Male

John Collins

Character Name : John Collins

Original Name : John Collins

Gender : Male

Paul Brian Johnson

Character Name : Scott

Original Name : Paul Brian Johnson

Gender : Male

Kausar Mohammed

Character Name : Jenna Abbiddi

Original Name : Kausar Mohammed

Gender : Female

Taj-Naranja Jenkines

Character Name : Tough Boxer

Original Name : Taj-Naranja Jenkines

Gender : Male

Kristen Ledlow

Character Name : Kristen Ledlow

Original Name : Kristen Ledlow

Gender : Male

Devonta Freeman

Character Name : Devonta Freeman

Original Name : Devonta Freeman

Gender : Male

Justin Alvarez

Character Name : Valet Guy

Original Name : Justin Alvarez

Gender : Male

Desi-Ray Morris

Character Name : Female Dancer

Original Name : Desi-Ray Morris

Gender : Female

Kyra Claxton

Character Name : Female Dancer

Original Name : Kyra Claxton

Gender : Male

Marc Inniss

Character Name : Male Dancer

Original Name : Marc Inniss

Gender : Male

Christopher Alvarez

Character Name : Male Dancer

Original Name : Christopher Alvarez

Gender : Male

Charles Green

Character Name : Dr. Wilson

Original Name : Charles Green

Gender : Male

Denitra Isler

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Denitra Isler

Gender : Female

Jim France

Character Name : Elderly Man

Original Name : Jim France

Gender : Male

Déjá Dee

Character Name : Hairdresser

Original Name : Déjá Dee

Gender : Female

Charmin Lee

Character Name : Loretta

Original Name : Charmin Lee

Gender : Female

Roshawn Franklin

Character Name : James

Original Name : Roshawn Franklin

Gender : Male

Dawn Halfkenny

Character Name : Waitress

Original Name : Dawn Halfkenny

Gender : Female

Jay DeVon Johnson

Character Name : Reverend Bates

Original Name : Jay DeVon Johnson

Gender : Male

Antjuan Rhames

Character Name : Groomsman

Original Name : Antjuan Rhames

Gender : Male

Taraja Ramsess

Character Name : Groomsman

Original Name : Taraja Ramsess

Gender : Male

Ashani Roberts

Character Name : Gabby

Original Name : Ashani Roberts

Gender : Female

Cristian Gonzalez

Character Name : Louis

Original Name : Cristian Gonzalez

Gender : Male

Ben Aycrigg

Character Name : Craig

Original Name : Ben Aycrigg

Gender : Male

JoAnna Lorene

Character Name : Woman in Crowd

Original Name : JoAnna Lorene

Gender : Male

Damita Jane Howard

Character Name : Tasha

Original Name : Damita Jane Howard

Gender : Female

Adam Silver

Character Name : Himself

Original Name : Adam Silver

Gender : Male

Shonda Morgan

Character Name : Parent

Original Name : Shonda Morgan

Gender : Male

Timothy Carr

Character Name : Coach / Trainer (uncredited)

Original Name : Timothy Carr

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Gimly

@Ruuz

2021-06-23

I knew there was a What a Women Want reboot in the works, and my interest was **zero**. I heard they were flipping the script a la genders, and it was still zee - row. Cast Taraji P. Henson in the lead and I was like: "Fuck... I'm gonna have to watch this now aren't I?" And so I did. But I probably shouldn't have. _Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

K

Kamurai

@Kamurai

2021-06-23

Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. While it's potentially problematic for many of the same reasons for the Mel Gibson "What Women Want", I think this is a much better version, and a good modernization. It's also a good way to shift it to a "black movie". Taraji P. Henson does an excellent job carrying the movie and it is full of good humor, and exciting moments. The movie does send a little bit of a mixed message as it seems to indicate that a woman needs to be a man in order to play in a man's world, but it feels more like its about it not being a man's world. This is a good time, my only concern is that she's not a very likable character at the start of the movie.

G

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-12

Well, it has less that 5 Stars and I think that is a very good thing. Less than a year ago giving a movie like "What Men Want" anything less than a perfect score would have created a Ghostbusters style backlash to anyone that even remotely suggested it might not be better than The Godfather. And then Oceans 8 flopped...and got mainly positive reviews based principally out of fear...and had a cast that mostly seemed disinterested in attacking absolutely everyone that didn't buy a ticket. Now it seems that that critics are OK with giving it a low rating, so long as they still only praise it in the prose review...just in case. So, think of it like the Gibson version of "What Women Want" and then make it raunchy and vulgar to the point of repulsion with views of the opposite sex that would get a lot of men arrested. And then think if it as slightly androphobic...and slightly as in the androphobia is racially based which makes it clear that the message of this film is to virtue signal how woke the they are by making it clear that a certain skin color and gender are evil. In other-words, it's kind of like the original "Birth of a Nation" with it's propagandist depiction of race...meets a romantic Comedy written and directed by Andrew Dice Clay.