‘What Men Want’ Trailer: Taraji P. Henson Can Read Men’s Minds
Remember the 2000Nancy MeyerscomedyWhat Women Want, starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt? It now has a remake, with a twist.What Men WantfindsTaraji P. Hensonsuddenly able to read men’s thoughts, with predictably amusing results. Watch theWhat Men Wanttrailer below.
What Men Want Trailer
Hollywood loves repacking an old idea with something new. EnterWhat Men Want, a film that flips the script on the 2000 Mel Gibson comedyWhat Women Want. In the original film, Gibson was a chauvinistic womanizer who is suddenly blessed (or cursed) with the ability to read women’s minds. Now, inWhat Men Want, Taraji P. Henson plays a woman struggling to make it in a male-driven world. She’s constantly belittled by her male colleagues, and overlooked for a well-deserved promotion. Henson’s character is at a loss – just what does she have to do to understand this male-centric universe? The answer: gain the amazing ability to read men’s minds. As you can guess, this leads to all sorts of complications and hilarious situations.
This looks…fine? ObviouslyWhat Woman Wantwasn’t some modern classic that should never be remade, and swapping genders of the leads is an inspired idea. It also give Taraji P. Henson another starring role, which is never a bad thing. That said, this is one of those trailers that essentially spells out the entire movie for you. But if you don’t mind that, you’ll probably get a kick out of all this.
In addition to Henson,What Men WantstarsTracy Morgan,Richard Roundtree,Wendi McLendon-Covey,Josh Brener,Tamala Jones,Phoebe Robinson,Max Greenfield,Jason Jones,Brian Bosworth,Chris WitaskeandErykah Badu.
Adam Shankman, who helmedHairsprayandRock of Ages, directs, with a story credit going to Nancy Meyers (curiously enough, there’s no specific writer credit assigned to the film at this moment).What Men Wantopens onJanuary 11, 2019.
