House of Meyers - 281 - What Women Want
About this episode
The episode analyzes the film 'What Women Want' and discusses its shortcomings despite its commercial success.
As we continue your Nancy Meyers retrospective, we arrive at What Women Want (2000). It was a box office hit that doesn't quite hold together, and this episode gets into why. Despite the star power, the film stumbles through scattered storytelling, thin characters, and rushed emotional beats. We break down the gap between its massive commercial success and its actual craft, from the uneven chemistry between the leads to the fake cityscape to the messy ending.
Topics covered
- Nancy Meyers
- film analysis
- box office success
- storytelling
- character development
Keywords
- What Women Want
- Nancy Meyers
- film review
- box office hit
- storytelling flaws
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: What Women Want
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