What Women Want (2011 film)
| What Women Want | |
|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 我知女人心 |
| Simplified Chinese | 我知女人心 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wǒ Zhī Nǚ Rén Xīn |
| Jyutping | Ngo2 Zi1 Neoi5 Jan2 Sam1 |
| Directed by | Chen Daming |
| Screenplay by | Chen Daming |
| Based on | What Women Want by
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| Produced by | Chen Daming Don Yu |
| Starring | Andy Lau Gong Li |
| Cinematography | Max Wang |
| Edited by | Nelson Quan |
| Music by | Christoper O'Young |
Production companies | 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 |
| Distributed by | Beijing Polybona Film Distribution Co. Ltd. (China) Emperor Motion Pictures Distribution Workshop (Hong Kong) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 115 minutes[1] |
| Countries | China Hong Kong[1] |
| Languages | Mandarin English |
| Budget | US$5 million |
| Box office | US$11.8 million[2] |
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.
Cast
- Andy Lau as Sun Zigang
- Gong Li as Li Yilong
- Yuan Li as Yanni
- Banny Chen as Xiao Fei
- Hu Jing as Zhao Hung
- Zhu Zhu as Xiao Wu
- Li Chengru as CEO Dong
- Anya Wu as Dong's wife
- Osric Chau as Chen Erdong
- Wang Deshun as Sun Meisheng
- Chen Daming as Young Sun Meisheng
- Mavis Pan as Pan's secretary
- Russell Wong as Peter
- Kelly Hu as Girl in Lotto Commercial
- Ping Wong as Foo Ping Pong
See also
References
- ^ a b "What Women Want (我知女人心) - Film Business Asia".
- ^ "What Women Want". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
External links
- What Women Want at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- What Women Want at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- What Women Want at IMDb
- What Women Want at Rotten Tomatoes
- Justified Remake? Liu Dehua and Gong Li meet at last in 'Wo Zhi Nuren Xin' - 'What Women Want' at Thinking Chinese