What Women Want
What Women Want is a 2000 American romantic fantasy comedy film written by Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa, and Diane Drake, directed by Nancy Meyers, and starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt.
Plot
The mother of Nick Marshall, a Chicago advertising executive, was a Las Vegas showgirl. Raised by beautiful women who spoiled the boy as an adored mascot, and with tough casino men as role models, the adult Nick is a chauvinist skilled at selling products to men and seducing women.
More details
| author | Cathy Yuspa Diane Drake Josh Goldsmith |
|---|---|
| director | Nancy Meyers |
| editor | Carol Littleton Stephen A. Rotter |
| genre | comedy fantasy |
| keywords | ad campaign advertising executive chauvinist chicago contemplating suicide cove estrange hairdryer las vegas learn lightning male chauvinism meet role models shock shop showgirl sigmund freud spoil telepathically telepathy think |
| musicBy | Alan Silvestri |
| producer | Bruce Davey Gina Matthews Matt Williams Nancy Meyers Susan Cartsonis |
| productionCompany | Icon Productions Wind Dancer Films |
| publisher | Icon Productions Paramount Pictures Screen International |
| theme | magical realism romantic comedy romantic fantasy |