What Men Want (2019)

Movie Details

Original Title What Men Want

Original Language EN

Budget $20,000,000

Revenue $69,766,483

Status Released

Popularity 9.7

Cast

Taraji P. Henson

Alison 'Ali' Davis

Popularity: 1.5

Aldis Hodge

Will

Popularity: 12.2

Josh Brener

Brandon Wallace

Popularity: 2.0

Tracy Morgan

Joe 'Dolla' Barry

Popularity: 1.0

Shane Paul McGhie

Jamal Barry

Popularity: 1.7

Erykah Badu

Sister

Popularity: 9.0

Richard Roundtree

Skip Davis

Popularity: 0.9

Tamala Jones

Mari

Popularity: 0.9

Wendi McLendon-Covey

Olivia

Popularity: 1.3

Phoebe Robinson

Ciarra

Popularity: 6.3

Max Greenfield

Kevin Myrtle

Popularity: 1.2

Jason Jones

Ethan Fowler

Popularity: 2.6

Key Crew

Director Adam Shankman

Executive Producer Taraji P. Henson, David McFadzean, Dete Meserve

Producer James Lopez, Will Packer

Screenplay Tina Gordon, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory

Editor Emma E. Hickox

Production

BET Films

Paramount Players

Paramount Pictures

Will Packer Productions

Videos & Trailers

What Men Want (2019) - Red Band Trailer - Paramount Pictures

Trailer

What Men Want (2019) - Official Trailer - Paramount Pictures

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

Gimly 3/10

Jul 17, 2019

I knew there was a What a Women Want reboot in the works, and my interest was **zero**. I heard they were flipping the script a la genders, and it was still zee - row. Cast Taraji P. Henson in the lead and I was like: "Fuck... I'm gonna have to watch this now aren't I?" And so I did. But I ... Read more

Kamurai 6/10

Jan 21, 2021

Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. While it's potentially problematic for many of the same reasons for the Mel Gibson "What Women Want", I think this is a much better version, and a good modernization. It's also a good way to shift it to a "black movie". Taraji P. Henson does a ... Read more

GenerationofSwine 1/10

Jan 12, 2023

Well, it has less that 5 Stars and I think that is a very good thing. Less than a year ago giving a movie like "What Men Want" anything less than a perfect score would have created a Ghostbusters style backlash to anyone that even remotely suggested it might not be better than The Godfather. And ... Read more