Nancy Meyers
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Nancy Meyers
It must’ve made for a great pitch meeting: Male chauvinist advertising executive gains the ability to hear the thoughts of any woman around him. Add Mel Gibson—as Nick, the divorced “man’s man” who can charm almost any woman into bed—and you’ve got high-concept comedy made in Hollywood heaven, right? Not necessarily. The smartest thing director Nancy Meyers did with What Women Want is dispose of this ludicrous plot contrivance before it wears out its welcome. It’s fun to see Mel react to a deafening chorus of female thoughts, but his dubious…


