Meet Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson). A successful advertising executive, Nick has the world and its women at his fingertips. Or so he thinks. The world of advertising is fast becoming a woman's world and slick-talking, chauvinistic, womanising Nick is out of touch.

Enter Darcy McGuire (Helen Hunt). Darcy is hired by the agency as Nick's superior to bring a woman's perspective to the agency, in a bid to win new clients from the untapped female market.

But Nick's problems are just beginning. To his dismay, a freak accident allows him to hear the thoughts of all the women around him. After consulting a psychiatrist (Bette Midler), he decides to use his newfound ability to his advantage, both professionally and personally. However, Darcy McGuire is no pushover, and romance inevitably gets in the way.