What Men Want

She Can Hear Men’s Thoughts. Let the Games Begin.

A woman who was passed over for a well-deserved promotion accidentally gains the ability to hear men’s thoughts. With her new-found power, she sets about getting her own back and getting ahead in her life, but sometimes knowing too much can also get in the way of things like love. This is a gender and race-swapped version of What Women Want from 2001, with adult language.

117 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Sex).
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Female interest.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I’s amazing how easily men are distracted ...

Credits

Cast	Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Richard Roundtree, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kellan Lutz, Shaquille O'Neal, Erykah Badu, Josh Brener
Director	Adam Shankman
Screenplay	Tina Gordon, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Jas Waters, from the screenplay by Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa, Diane Drake
Music	Brian Tyler
Cinematography	Jim Denault
Editing	Emma E. Hickox
Made in	2019
Produced by	BET Films, Paramount Players, Will Packer Productions

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USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for language and sexual content throughout, and some drug material
Runtime	117
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 15 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Debashine Thangevelo Mind games with men.	10
24.com Graye Morkel Even though the movie follows the tried and trusted rom-com formula, there are plenty of hilarious moments, so hold onto your popcorn for some big laughs!	15
Metacritic.com 25 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 94 critics	10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Admittedly uneven but easy to like, What Men Want proves a gender-swapped remake can work -- and the odds are substantially improved with Taraji P. Henson in the lead.	9
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	10
CommonSenseMedia Joyce Slaton Henson shines in mature, formulaic comedy.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users users 6	16
Rottentomatoes users 762 users	10
IMDB 2527 Netizens	8
The Movie DB Community	11
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	9
Average .. 53%	11