The Ugly Truth (2009)

All Critics (169) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (147) | DVD (4)

We're left with a few giggles and the option to be offended by the gender stereotypes - if we can be bothered.

August 7, 2009 Full Review

Anna Smith

Time Out

Top Critic

I think it's safe to say that the concerns about sexism in cinema that Heigl voiced so ardently after her career-making turn in Knocked Up have ebbed in direct proportion to the increases in her subsequent paychecks.

July 28, 2009 Full Review

Christopher Orr

The New Republic

Top Critic

It's just not believable.

July 27, 2009 Full Review | Comments (6)

Ben Lyons

At the Movies

Top Critic

The Ugly Truth has a nice moment here and there, but there is much more ugliness than truth.

July 27, 2009 Full Review

Ben Mankiewicz

At the Movies

Top Critic

Aside from being relational science-fiction, The Ugly Truth feels about 150 years out of date -- or it would, if the script weren't so clinically dependent on the topics of masturbation and genitalia and raunch.

July 24, 2009 Full Review | Comments (2)

Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

Top Critic

Say no to Hollywood hackery and cynical, demographic-courting filmmaking. Say no to movies made by people who condescend and treat you like bleating sheep. Say no to The Ugly Truth.

July 24, 2009 Full Review | Comment (1)

Rene Rodriguez

Miami Herald

Top Critic

The screenplay is written by three females, who write women like they hate them and men like they've never met a real one.

September 29, 2012 Full Review

Ali Gray

TheShiznit.co.uk

The ugly truth about this film is that it may convince males out there that it's okay to be a pig.

February 11, 2012 Full Review

James Plath

Movie Metropolis

[It] attempts to be hip and edgy by featuring plenty of discussions about boy parts and girl parts and how they become friends with one another. However, the makers of this film clearly have no idea about how men and women actually interact.

October 27, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Simon Miraudo

Quickflix

If all you need is a fix of puerile smut and puddle-deep romantic giggles and can't wait for the next episode of Two and a Half Men, The Ugly Truth should do the trick.

August 9, 2010 Full Review

Simon Foster

sbs.com.au

The Ugly Truth has all the honesty and romance of an Axe body spray commercial.

January 31, 2010 Full Review

Mark Pfeiffer

Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

...there's no finesse or scarcity to lend impact to the vulgarity. It's handled with all the craftsmanship of an infant wielding an arc welder.

December 6, 2009 Full Review

Rubin Safaya

Cinemalogue.com

A putative romantic comedy about the fundamental differences between men and women, it reduces both genders to emotional cripples while failing to find any humor in the situation.

November 27, 2009 Full Review

Andrea Chase

Killer Movie Reviews

...a mildly diverting yet thoroughly uninvolving romantic comedy...

November 14, 2009 Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

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October 13, 2009 Full Review

Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

As a girls'-night-out movie for those in the right frame of mind, it gets some laughs, even a few big ones. But this opposites-attract comedy is wildly uneven: There are long stretches of down time, and some of the humor is so crude it backfires.

September 10, 2009 Full Review

Matt Soergel

Florida Times-Union

Apparently, the ugly truth is that neither sex needs or deserves respect. How romantic. The 'Sex and the City' gals would be proud.

September 8, 2009 Full Review

Bruce Bennett

Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Formula can be fun, as it is here.

August 31, 2009 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

This lackluster, stereotypical movie attempts to update its shopworn formula with a stream of four letter words and sexually crude phrases in Judd Apatow fashion but ends up turning off everyone in the process.

August 26, 2009 Full Review

Richard Knight

Windy City Times

Allowing the characters to talk dirty adds nothing to the chick flick formula.

August 21, 2009 Full Review

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

THE UGLY TRUTH isn't as painfully predictable as THE PROPOSAL, and it's funnier too. That doesn't mean it's a complete success. I never really wanted the two leads to end up with each other, and the transition in which they fall in love is clunky.

August 16, 2009 Full Review

Austin Kennedy

Sin Magazine

Yet another wearying "battle-of-the-sexes" romp that's sure to please dumb people but didn't please me.

August 15, 2009 Full Review | Comments (2)

Gregory Weinkauf

Huffington Post

Daring and dirty, making it so delicious.

August 14, 2009 Full Review

Jolene Mendez

Entertainment Spectrum

Heigl is said to have fallen out with Apatow since the making of Knocked Up. Maybe she should reconnect with him.

August 14, 2009 Full Review | Comments (2)

Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Ugly can't Describe the Truth about this Film

August 13, 2009 Full Review

Charles Koplinski

Illinois Times

It's hard to believe the script is attributed to three women, because this could send the Women's Movement back sixty years.

August 11, 2009 Full Review

Daniel M. Kimmel

New England Movies Weekly

• 1. Mike Chadway: Well, you better start. Because if you don't wanna have sex with you, why the hell would Colin?
  – Submitted by Milena K (6 months ago)
• 1. Abby Richter: He loves red wine, picnics, classical music...
  2. Mike Chadway: This is a guy in America? Right? I mean, you're not calling from Europe or something?
  3. Abby Richter: He loves dogs, but he's more of a cat person. He never gets up before you on a Sunday morning.
  4. Mike Chadway: Wait a second, I get it. You're a lesbian!
  – Submitted by Milena K (6 months ago)
• 1. Mike Chadway: So you wanna win a man over, you don't need 10 steps, you need one, and it's called a blowjob. And don't forget to....
  – Submitted by Milena K (6 months ago)
• 1. Mike Chadway: Rule #4: Never talk about your problems 'cause men don't really listen or care.
  – Submitted by Amelia T (10 months ago)
• 1. Mike Chadway: You know how to flirt. 'Oh, my name's Abby and I love reading Tolstoy. I also love cats, gardening, and romantic picnics.' I don't think so.
  – Submitted by Amelia T (10 months ago)
• 1. Mike Chadway: You have to be two people. The saint and the sinner. The librarian and the stripper.
  – Submitted by Yoga L (11 months ago)