Nick (Mel Gibson) is a small manager of an advertising company in Chicago. He is a typical male chauvinist. He is even more dissatisfied with his new female boss Darcy (Helen Hunt). Darcy asked Nick to design a creative advertisement for women's products, which gave Darcy a headache. Inadvertently, Nick got an electric shock in his bathroom. This accident gave him a magical ability-mind reading. With this unexpected gain, Nick can now easily know the thoughts of the women around him. He gradually became addicted to it and was surprised to find that Darcy had always had a good impression of him. So Nick decided to take advantage of Darcy's thoughts and tease her. He tried every means to get close to Darcy and please her, but he didn't know that he was falling in love. Since learning about the inner world of women, this big man finally realized their beauty and went to the sea of love with his female boss who was incompatible with him.