He has the power to hear everything women are thinking. Finally... a man is listening.
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.
ComedyRomancetelepathyromcomwomanizersingle fathersuper powerteenage daughtermisogynyadvertising executivewoman directorfemale psycheromanticamused
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Character
Contemporary, effortless, warm and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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54 profiled raters. Loved most by The Thrill Chasers; disliked most by The Cartographers.
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Cast
- Mel GibsonNick Marshall
- Helen HuntDarcy McGuire
- Marisa TomeiLola
- Alan AldaDan Wanamaker
- Ashley JohnsonAlex Marshall
- Mark FeuersteinMorgan Farwell
- Lauren HollyGigi
- Delta BurkeEve
- Valerie PerrineMargo
- Judy GreerErin
Crew
- Nancy MeyersDirector
- Josh GoldsmithScreenplay
- Cathy YuspaScreenplay
- Dean CundeyDirector of Photography
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen A. RotterEditor
- Thomas J. NordbergEditor
- Susan CartsonisProducer
- Bruce DaveyProducer
- Nancy MeyersProducer
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