What Women Want | |||||||||||||||
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Director: | Chen Daming | ||||||||||||||
Producer: | Chen Daming Don Yu | ||||||||||||||
Screenplay: | Chen Daming | ||||||||||||||
Starring: | Andy Lau Gong Li | ||||||||||||||
Music: | Christoper O'Young | ||||||||||||||
Cinematography: | Max Wang | ||||||||||||||
Editing: | Nelson Quan | ||||||||||||||
Studio: | Beijing Bona Film and Cultural Communication Co., Ltd China Film Group Corporation DMG Entertainment Group Emperor Motion Pictures Bona Entertainment Company Limited Focus Film Limited | ||||||||||||||
Distributor: | Beijing Polybona Film Distribution Co. Ltd. Emperor Motion Pictures Distribution Workshop | ||||||||||||||
Runtime: | 115 minutes[1] | ||||||||||||||
Country: | China Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
Language: | Mandarin English | ||||||||||||||
Budget: | US$5 million | ||||||||||||||
Gross: | US$11.8 million[2] |
What Women Want is a 2011 Chinese-Hong Kong romantic comedy film remake of the 2000 American film of the same name. 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.