What Women Want

2000 film directed by Nancy Meyers
Movie film Q156394
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What Women Want

Summary

What Women Want is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,419 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • What Women Want's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • What Women Want was directed by Nancy Meyers[4].
  • Josh Goldsmith wrote the screenplay for What Women Want[5].
  • What Women Want's composer is recorded as Alan Silvestri[6].
  • What Women Want's genre is romantic comedy[7].
  • What Women Want's genre is fantasy film[8].
  • What Women Want's genre is science fiction film[9].
  • What Women Want's genre is screwball comedy film[10].
  • What Women Want's genre is melodrama[11].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Mel Gibson[12].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Helen Hunt[13].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Marisa Tomei[14].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Alan Alda[15].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Lauren Holly[16].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Ashley Johnson[17].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Bette Midler[18].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Mark Feuerstein[19].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Eric Balfour[20].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Logan Lerman[21].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Q2356564[22].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Judy Greer[23].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Valerie Perrine[24].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Ana Gasteyer[25].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Lisa Edelstein[26].
  • A cast member of What Women Want was Loretta Devine[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Susan Cartsonis[28], Bruce Davey[29], Matt Williams[30], and Nancy Meyers[31]. What Women Want was directed by Nancy Meyers[4]. Josh Goldsmith wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Mel Gibson[12], Helen Hunt[13], Marisa Tomei[14], Alan Alda[15], Lauren Holly[16], and Ashley Johnson[17].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 2000[32] and February 15, 2001[33]. The original language of What Women Want was English[34]. Genres include romantic comedy[7], fantasy film[8], science fiction film[9], screwball comedy film[10], and melodrama[11]. It was distributed by video on demand[35].

Reception

Reviews include 5.7/10[36], 54%[37], and 47/100[38].

Cultural Impact

Things named for What Women Want include What Animated Women Want[39], a television series episode[40], directed by Steven Dean Moore[41].

Why It Matters

What Women Want ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,419 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for it include What Animated Women Want[39], a television series episode[40], directed by Steven Dean Moore[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [35] . wikidata.org.
  32. [36] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [37] . wikidata.org.
  34. [38] . wikidata.org.
  35. [32] . wikidata.org.
  36. [33] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description 2000 film directed by Nancy Meyers
    Publication date +2000-01-01T00:00:00Z, +2001-02-15T00:00:00Z
    P14449 4018
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  2. 8w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Producer Susan Cartsonis, Bruce Davey, Matt Williams +1
    Color color
    Cast member Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei +24
    Different from What Women Want
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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