![]() After the initial panic wears off, she realizes she can use these newfound powers to her advantage, particularly when it comes to winning over up-and-coming basketball star Jamal Barry ( Shane Paul McGhie, as a suspiciously short first-round NBA draft pick) and his overprotective dad “Joe Dolla” ( Tracy Morgan). A sip of strange herbal tea and a dance floor head injury later, and Ali awakens with the ability to hear men’s thoughts. Frustrated, she vents to a psychic (an enjoyably hammy Erykah Badu) about the fact that she just doesn’t seem to know how to connect with men. Henson plays Ali Davis, a successful sports agent who’s continually locked out of career advancement thanks to the boys-club attitude at her office. The Pitch: A gender-flipped reimagining of the 2000 Mel Gibson/Helen Hunt vehicle What Women Want, What Men Want doesn’t borrow much more than the original film’s core premise.
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