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What Women Want (2011)

What Women Want poster
Original title
我知女人心
Directed by
Chen Daming
Genre
fantasy film, romantic comedy
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 56m
Rated
12
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 36 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A smooth-talking advertising creative director in Beijing suddenly gains the power to hear women's thoughts. He uses this ability to get ahead of his talented female rival at work and to navigate his relationships.

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What happens

What Women Want is a 2011 romantic comedy film remake of the 2000 American film of the same name. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film stars Andy Lau and Gong Li. What Women Want was released in China on 3 February 2011, the first day of Chinese New Year. The plot is a very close remake of the American version with some minor changes. The plot takes place mostly in an advertising company in Beijing, in which Lau plays a slick ad agency creative director who gets acquainted with his new talented competition, played by Gong. He is helped when he gets the ability to hear women's thoughts due to a freak accident. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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