a man every womens nightmare, cocky and chauvinistic finally gets what comming to him when he beggins to hear what women are thinking.

mel gibsons performance is fantastic and manages to get you to hate him at the beginging and then fall in love with him by the end! Mel Gibson is what women want, and Helen Hunt is what women want to be!

With fantastic comedy performances from marisa tomei and a camio by miss bett lynch this romantic comedy is a girls best friend.

nancy Meyers gives the film class and has an underlying layer of the old romantic films

classic film making and fantasic performances
buy it


Excellent, but naff premise and mis-cast lead actress   March 30, 2005
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Directed by Nancy Meyers, and with two women working on the plot, and a male-female scriptwriting partnership, this has to be spot-on with the "what women think" angle, and mostly is.

Where it falls down is firstly with the naff premise - an electricity jolt makes him read minds? It's such a poor plot device, unbelievable in the "how it starts" and especially so in the "how it stops". There are so many better examples in movies of a plot-device that causes somone to "get mind-reading" or some similar power.

Secondly, the main female lead, Helen Hunt, is mis-cast; it's just a big yawn in most of the scenes she has with Mel, like a bland TV-movie office romance, no sparks, no chemistry. Far more interesting are the absorbing sub-plots - daughter, cafe waitress, the geeky wannabe-copywriter - you really _care_ about them and their relationship with Mel. It would have been far less predictable and more interesting movie if he'd won the geek, frankly.

But, it is a very enjoyable and often funny movie. The supporting roles are all superbly played and perfectly cast. And the camera work and sceneography are flawless.


makes you feel good   December 16, 2004
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Great film, I was in a depressed pmt state and my husband brought me this dvd. I watched it and at first thought the part mel gibson was playing was such a ignorant pig, then he gets elecuted and he can hear what women are thinking. Its brilliant really funny and my husband laughed at it too. so its not just a womens film. A good film and it made me feel really happy, a great film. Even if you dont like mel gibson he is undoubtely charming and funny in this film as is his co star helen hunt.