18 years and 2 months after the debut of Nancy Meyers‘ What Women Want, in which the rakish Mel Gibson discovered an ability to divine what women are thinking, comes Adam Shankman‘s officially sanctioned. gender-reversed remake. In a rough facsimile of the Gibson role, Taraji P. Henson is a struggling businesswoman, coping with corporate sexism and the usual hindrances to advancement, imbued with an ability to hear what men are thinking. Is this a movie for dudes? Just asking. It feels broad.
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