What Men Want (2019)

When a successful sports agent (Taraji P. Henson) finds herself passed over for a partnership in the firm, she is justifiably angry. But after a wild night of drinking and clubbing, she wakes up to find herself in the emergency ward of a hospital ..... and the ability to read men's thoughts! A remake of the 2000 film WHAT WOMEN WANT with the genders reversed and directed by Adam Shankman (the musical HAIRSPRAY). A perfectly disposable piece of R rated fluff that most likely I'll barely remember in six months. Which doesn't mean I didn't enjoy myself, I did. There are some genuine laugh out loud moments but it's all so been there, done that. Taraji P. Henson is a wonderful talent but surely she deserves better than a remake of a Mel Gibson movie. Yes, it's all too predictable but there are some nice things about it. There's a cute budding office romance between Henson's gay assistant (Josh Brener) and a closeted gay (SNL's Pete Davidson) and a scene stealing performance by Erykah Badu (yes, the singer) as a zonked out psychic/shaman. With Tracy Morgan, Wendi McLendon Covey, Aldis Hodge and Richard Roundtree as Henson's father.