What Men Want: Movie Review

What Men Want is a brilliant romantic comedy starring Taraji P. Henson, with a heartwarming ending that will leave the viewer wanting more. Southern University sophomore, psychology major, Lillian Davis accentuates, “It was lengthy, but overall a good movie. Taraji did great as well.”
With such a title, one can almost anticipate what the movie is about, but the story is so much more than just that; it engages the viewers and prompts thoughts about the deeper issues that are being portrayed.
In this comedy, Henson plays an accomplished woman working at a sports agency where she is surrounded by men at all time. After being accused of not knowing how to connect with men, she cannot help but to focus on what goes on inside of a man’s head. What makes them behave the way they do?
Ali Davis, played by Taraji P. Henson, grew up with only a father figure with whom she developed a strong relationship. Throughout the movie she struggles to understand what it means to trust other people, while gaining insight on what goes on in a man’s mind. This opportunity, shows her that what a person thinks is not necessarily what they desire.
The values and issues that are underlined in the movie, are issues that are commonly believed to be a thing of the past. It is the story of a girl who knows her worth, yet still must prove her worth in a world full of men.
Richard Brody from The New Yorker conveys this in his brief description, “What Men Want is the closest thing I’ve seen lately to a retro comedy, one that, though set in the present day, could as easily belong to the world of twenty years ago, not in its sociological details but in its tone and mood,” he writes.
The sparks between the two incredibly attractive actors, Taraji P. Henson and Aldis Hodge, fill the movie with a compelling and passionate love story that keeps the viewers intrigued, but this would not be a love story without the epic heartbreak scene.
Katie Walsh, a viewer, describes the movie saying, “Henson is a gifted actress and physical comedian. She manages to hold together “What Men Want” with the sheer force of her powerful charisma, but the film around her is harried, messy and woefully underwritten.”