What Men Want (2019) movie poster

What Men Want (2019)

"She can hear men's thoughts. Let the games begin."
ThumbScore
👍 66%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 45%
ComedyRomance

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Director
Adam Shankman
Runtime
1h 57m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.2/10 (1,572 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
41%
Metacritic
49

Cast

Taraji P. Henson as Alison 'Ali' Davis · 70% avg
Aldis Hodge as Will · 68% avg
Josh Brener as Brandon Wallace · 61% avg
Tracy Morgan as Joe 'Dolla' Barry · 65% avg
Shane Paul McGhie as Jamal Barry · 68% avg
Erykah Badu as Sister
Richard Roundtree as Skip Davis · 68% avg
Tamala Jones as Mari

Is What Men Want good?

It's divisive. Only 66% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 45%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#2085 / 2672 · Comedy
Rank in its year
#196 / 289 · 2019
Rank among its director's films
#8 / 10 · Adam Shankman

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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

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What Reddit Thinks

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⬆ 1,218💬 425 comments
Box Office Week: The Lego Movie 2 takes #1 with a disappointing $34.4M, half the opening of the original film. What Men Want opens to a fine $19M at #2. Cold Pursuit opens weak at #3 with $10.8M. The Prodigy flops at #6 with $6M. Wandering Earth opens to massive $298M in China.
|*Rank*|*Title*|*Domestic Gross (Weekend)*|*Worldwide Gross (Cume)*|*Week #*|*Percentage Change*|*Budget*| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| |1|The LEGO Movie... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "It’s crazy that LEGO movie is already five years old. I’m still torn on whether or not we actually..."
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