The Ugly Truth
The Ugly Truth
R | 24 July 2009 (USA)
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A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.

Reviews
Rijndri Load of rubbish!!
TeenzTen An action-packed slog
Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Davis P The Ugly truth is actually a pretty good romantic comedy. Gerard Butler is good as the starring role, and so is Katherine Heigl. The plot is actually something that hasn't been done a lot before, and it's very interesting. The dialogue between characters and the script is pretty well written, there are many funny lines of dialogue that had me laughing hard. The two leads really work well together and have great chemistry. There are also some pretty funny physical gags in the film. Yes, it's pretty formulaic and yes it's pretty predictable, but it's still a very enjoyable fun and often times warm hearted movie. Katherine is really just so lovable and great in her role! And Gerard Butler is often times a very ass****ish character, but it's for good reason, and his character does progress over time, and becomes likable as well. 8/10 for The Ugly Truth.
Johan Dondokambey The movie's main theme is really directly depicted in the suggestive nature of the scenes. The comedy is full blown geared up for mature audiences. I like to compare this movie to Hitch (2005). I think that this is quite the opposite of Hitch, especially on the methods and the conflicts the two movies presented. But The Ugly Truth hits it harder and rougher to those who have the symptoms of serious passionate relationship issue syndrome. This movie's appeal comes from all those suggestive scenes, which also sets it way apart from Hitch. The acting is just another okay overall. Gerard Butler provided the right amount of balancing to Katherine Heigl's lead performance, which is for me not very special. I like how the movie builds just enough of the complimentary characters such as Joy and Colin.
BenboWambo This movie was the sort of movie I started watching because it was late at night, there was nothing else on and you found out in the opening credits that Gerard Butler was starring in the movie, so I gave it ago. By the end of the film I don't think I've ever laughed so much for a movie in a long time. Gerard Butler gave a surprisingly brilliant comedy performance and a great American accent that if you didn't know, you wouldn't realise at all that he is Scottish in real life and quite the Scottish accent too. Since "300" (which I think is one of his greatest acting achievements), Gerard has really shined in the film industry revealing his acting talent in big films like "RocknRolla" and "How to train your Dragon", performing a variety of characters and now this film. The main actress of the film Katherine Heigl (one of those big actresses who I don't know, but my parents do for some reason) gave an equally talented performance, making it great casting for a comedy duet display. This is a film that if you saw it on paper, you wouldn't think to watch it but 'The Ugly Truth' is so crudely funny, it's good to watch with not just witty comedy, but also a glowing romantic story.
FilmBuff1994 The Ugly Truth is a brutal movie with a really stupid storyline that was clearly placed together for comedy but is not at all funny,and most of the jokes in this movie are incredibly sexist to both genders,that what they relied on as being funny for the whole movie,get one gender to insult the opposite gender.While I have liked Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler in previous movies i've seen them in,I just couldn't enjoy them in this,especially Butler's character,he was just irritating and not one bit funny,he's a great serious actor,and he clearly was only in this for the money.All the Ugly Truth wants to be is a comedy and heartwarming,unfortunately in fails on both levels,so I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone.A man who seems to know everything about how relationships work,helps out a news producer struggling with her love life,by teaching her what men want in a woman.