Some of the line delivery from the cast was enough to make even the blander jokes seem quite funny.

Some of the jokes made near the beginning of the movie feel a little cheap but, surprisingly, end up paying off in the third act of the film. Many of the jokes in the movie, while wholly inaccurate, are funny and add charm to the movie as it attempts to show some of the more fun aspects of AliвЂ™s newfound powers. Instead, Ali quietly allows the misogyny to continue and never presses into what else the men are thinking. The movie lightly treads around the misogynistic mindsets of the men Ali hears the thoughts of, but she rarely takes a stand against it. Many of the jokes seem focused on making fun of men instead of asking anything deeper of Ali or the audience. Then, in comes the comically stereotypical psychic, Sister (Erykah Badu), who gives Ali a mysterious Haitian tea, and, following a drunken montage, Ali wakes up to find that she can read the thoughts of men. The women suggest that Ali get a reading from a psychic to lighten the mood. This infuriates Ali, and at a bachelorette party later that evening, her friends take notice. In a board meeting, Ali is once again passed up on a partnership plea in favor of a male coworker she sees as less qualified than her. It is heavily implied within the first 10 minutes of the film that she has been passed up several times already. Henson), works as a sports agent at Atlanta Sports Management and has been eagerly awaiting a chance to receive a partnership bid from the company for years. The romance in this fantasy rom-com feels tacked on, as the main character pursues romance only to further her own agenda: signing a contract with the next NBA star, Jamal Barry (Shane Paul McGhie). If one day someone actually had the ability to decipher these thoughts, what would happen? That is what вЂњWhat Men WantвЂќ attempts to answer. Many people, at one point in their lives, have wanted to know what the opposite sex keeps locked behind their lips.

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