Movie Review: What Men Want

Michael's Movie Grade: F

Review: Bottom of the barrel comedy, this is as bad as it gets folks.

Despite this being called a "comedy" I never laughed once watching it. In this near two hour movie there is not one funny joke to be found. Much of the humor is of the vulgar variety. While vulgar humor can be funny it is not funny simply because it is vulgar and it especially doesn't get funnier the more vulgar it is. This movie however has a sense of humor that seems to think these things are true. The film gets extremely raunchy and thinks that is enough to make it funny. It isn't. The jokes that are not based on vulgarity are instead simply focused on male stereotypes. You know men aren't too bright, they constantly think about sex, and they are gross. Whether or not you are offended by these stereotypes the jokes aren't funny either way. Like with the raunchy humor, the film seems to think these stereotypes are funny just because they are there. That simply is not true and they just seem like cheap and easy jokes that completely miss the mark. Though not as bad as the humor itself (what could be?), the attempts at adding heart to this film is horrible. It feels so forced and like it belongs in another movie. It is hard to take a message about truly listening to others and learning that there is more to them than you think seriously when almost all the characters are nothing but stereotypes. True the love interest, the assistant and the sports star are nice guys, but that doesn't change that they are a minority in this movie, as all the other guys are completely and utter shallow. There being more to people than meets the eye must simply apply to a small minority. Even with this the nice guys are nothing but bland and forgettable. Also a sweet little message is completely overwhelmed by the raunchy humor and is completely defeated by that. When the "heart" comes in it felt like it comes in from nowhere. Not helping any of this is that our main character is not likable or pleasant to watch and the storyline is one cliché after another. Worse of all there is not one good quality about the whole movie.

This movie is not only bad, it is astonishingly bad. It may be only February but I have no doubt this is going to be one of the worst movies of the year. Avoid at all costs.

-Michael J. Ruhland