![]() ![]() For example, we’ve got a trio of best friends (Wendi McLendon-Covey, Tamala Jones, Phoebe Robinson), an impossibly gorgeous romantic interest (Aldis Hodges), a wise elder (Richard Roundtree) and a put-upon gay assistant (Josh Brener, the best thing in the movie). Meyers’ senario gets a makeover from a trio of writers devoid of an original idea. The premise is a gender-flip of Mel Gibson’s 2000 hit comedy, “What Women Want.” And, like that movie, penned by chick-flick maven Nancy Meyers, it’s not as clever as you’d expect. This coming just after being passed over for partner by her boss (ex-Oklahoma football star Brian Bosworth) who thinks she “doesn’t connect with men” and offers she should “stay in her lane.” Yes, the cultural gender shifts are very on the nose. She uses her newfound superpower to woo a big-fish client, land the cute single dad, and infiltrate the boys club at SWM sports management. After being bonked on the head, Ali can magically hear men’s thoughts. She’s Ali (as in Muhammad) Davis, a tough-as-nails sports agent fighting for a partner position in a male-dominated (read: sexist) agency. Take “What Men Want” - please! It’s a total chick-flick opposite of what any guy (or woman, for that matter) would want, in spite of a totally game performance from Taraji P. Ah, February, ’tis the season of Cupid and lame romantic comedies. ![]()
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