What men want
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | What men want |
| Original title | What men want |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Adam Shankman |
| script |
Tina Gordon , Alex Gregory , Peter Huyck |
| production |
James Lopez , Will Packer |
| music | Brian Tyler |
| camera | Jim Denault |
| cut | Emma E. Hickox |
| occupation | |
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What Men Want is a 2019 American comedy film directed by Adam Shankman. The film is loosely based on Nancy Meyers' film What Women Want (2000) with inverted gender roles.
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Ali Davis is a tough woman in a man's world. As a successful sports manager, she has looked after many clients of the Summit Worldwide Management agency and is anticipating chances of being promoted to partner. But it's not easy to get promoted to the old men’s club. When she is passed over again, her boss Nick makes it clear that her manner is not well received by male customers. To prove him wrong, she announced that she would sign basketball newcomer Jamal Barry, a promising candidate for the highest NBA draft of all time.
After the disillusioning meeting, she goes out to dinner with her father and has a few too many drinks. She then tows the handsome bartender Will. The next morning she is woken up by his son. Frightened and confused, she flees the apartment. The subsequent photo shoot with Jamal and one of her other clients doesn't go very well, especially as Jamal's father and manager Joe reacts very angrily to his son Ben sharing the front page. To cheer her up, her friends take her to party and have a fortune teller ready for her at the end of the evening. She gives her a tea made from Kalanchoe pinnata . Then she continues dancing in the club until she slips and hits her head.
When she wakes up in the hospital, she can suddenly hear the thoughts of men. After a brief confusion, she uses the gift to her advantage and sneaks into a poker tournament, where she finds out on the one hand who knocked her out at Summit, on the other hand she can convince Joe to give her another chance. However, since he mistrusts women without a family and happens to come to the company with his son to give her back her driver's license, she pretends that it is her husband and son, of course without telling him. So she invites him and his son to an NBA lounge. They all meet there, but Ethan also shows up to take care of Jamal and Joe. However, Ali reads Will's mind and the two later have sex again.
The next morning at a Summit meeting, the shocked team learns that Ethan quit and took Jamal away. Instead of going to the NBA, he should now go to China. Nick blames Ali and tells her not to fire her only because she is black and a woman and that would represent two minorities. At the same time, her family charade bursts with Will, who immediately breaks up with her. She shows up drunk at the wedding of her friend Mari and reveals intimate details from the guests' private lives and lets the wedding break as well. In the subsequent commotion, Ali falls again and loses consciousness.
When she wakes up in the hospital, she can no longer read minds. She is now starting to make everything right and talking to her friends. Eventually she also meets Jamal, who explains to her that he really only wants to throw baskets. She tells him to listen to his heart and Jamal decides to stay. Ali is then supposed to be appointed partner, but decides to set up her own agency. Then she surprises Ben with a cake for his birthday party. Then she asks Will for a second chance and Will agrees.
background
The film is based on the fantasy comedy What Women Want (2000) by Nancy Meyers with Mel Gibson as macho. The film was one of the most successful films in 2001, but never got a sequel, only two unauthorized remakes, one of them in India (2004) and What Women Want 2 , despite the title not a sequel, in Japan. For the official US remake, the gender roles were finally swapped. The main role was cast with Taraji P. Henson, the plot moved to a sports management agency. So there are cameos and guest appearances by numerous sports stars, including NBA stars Shaquille O'Neal and Karl-Anthony Towns .
The film was released in the United States on February 8, 2019 by Paramount Pictures and BET Films . In Germany it came to the cinema on March 14, 2019. The production budget was about $ 20 million. Worldwide he grossed about 72.2 million US dollars.
criticism
The film service described the film as an "over-the-top remake of the comedy What Women Want". “The romantic comedy is (...) too conceived of the current historical situation and overloaded with political ballast; In addition, she doesn’t save with indigestible gags and personalities and presents her 'blackness' in a way too clichéd. "
Christoph Petersen only gave two out of five points on film releases. He praised the work of the leading actress, but strongly criticized the script, which was "badly toothless", especially when it came to criticism. His conclusion: "In the end, even the great Taraji P. Henson is powerless against the completely underdeveloped, neither particularly biting nor overly funny script."
Cinema.de awarded one of five points as an editorial rating: “Director Adam Shankmans (' The Babynator ') update of the Mel Gibson hit 'What Women Want' (2000) has little new to offer apart from a brave leading actress, the jokes stay flat. "
Susan Vahabzadeh of the Süddeutsche Zeitung called the film “a solid, but almost completely predictable comedy”.
Web links
- What Men Want in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for what men want . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ a b Christoph Petersen: What men want. Criticism of the FILMSTARTS editorial team: Men want coffee. Film releases , accessed March 14, 2020 .
- ^ What Men Want. Box Office Mojo , accessed March 14, 2020 .
- ↑ What Men Want (2019). Film service , accessed March 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Editorial criticism . Cinema.de, accessed on March 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Susan Vahabzadeh: What Men Want. Süddeutsche Zeitung, accessed on March 14, 2020 .