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The Ugly Truth (2009)

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Reviews Counted:157

Fresh:22

Rotten:135

Average Rating:3.7/10

Consensus: Despite the best efforts of Butler and Heigl, The Ugly Truth suffers from a weak script that relies on romantic comedy formula, with little charm or comedic payoff.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexual content and language

Runtime: 1 hr. 36 min.

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Theatrical Release: Jul 24, 2009 Wide

Box Office: $88.9M

Synopsis: Abby Richter is a romantically challenged morning show producer whose search for Mr. Perfect has left her hopelessly single. She's in for a rude... Abby Richter is a romantically challenged morning show producer whose search for Mr. Perfect has left her hopelessly single. She's in for a rude awakening when her bosses team her with Mike Chadway, a hardcore TV personality who promises to spill the ugly truth on what makes men and women tick. [More]

Starring: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner, Eric Winter

Starring: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner, Eric Winter, Nick Searcy, Jesse D. Goins, Cheryl Hines, John Michael Higgins, Noah Matthews, Bonnie Somerville, John Sloman, Yvette Nicole Brown, Nathan Corddry, Allen Maldonado, Steven E. Little, Dan Callahan, Tess Parker, Arielle Vandenberg, Kevin Connolly, Rocco DiSpirito, Valente Rodriguez, Jamison Yang, Blake Robbins, Austin Winsberg, Tom Virtue

Director: Robert Luketic

Director: Robert Luketic
Screenwriter: Nicole Eastman
Producer: Kimberly di Bonaventura, Gary Lucchesi, Deborah Jelin Newmyer, Steven Reuther, Tom Rosenbe
Distributor: Sony/Columbia Pictures

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Jul 6, 2010
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Jul 6, 2010
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
NPR.org
N/R

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Jul 6, 2010
Chuck Wilson
Chuck Wilson
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Full Review Source: Movies.com | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Dave White
Dave White
Movies.com

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

Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment Comment
Jan 31, 2010
Mark Pfeiffer
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

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Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
Jan 14, 2010
Hank Sartin
Hank Sartin
Time Out New York

...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.

Full Review Source: Cinemalogue.com | comment Comment
Dec 6, 2009
Rubin Safaya
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.

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
Nov 27, 2009
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

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

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Nov 14, 2009
David Nusair
David Nusair
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Oct 13, 2009
Joseph Proimakis
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.

Full Review Source: Florida Times-Union | comment Comment
Sep 10, 2009
Matt Soergel
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.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
Sep 8, 2009
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Formula can be fun, as it is here.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
Aug 31, 2009
Michael Dequina
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.

Full Review Source: Windy City Times | comment Comment
Aug 26, 2009
Richard Knight
Richard Knight
Windy City Times

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

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Aug 21, 2009
Jeffrey Westhoff
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.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
Aug 16, 2009
Austin Kennedy
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

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

Full Review Source: Huffington Post | comment 2 Comments
Aug 15, 2009
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
Huffington Post

Daring and dirty, making it so delicious.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
Aug 14, 2009
Jolene Mendez
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.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment 2 Comments
Aug 14, 2009
Sandra Hall
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald

Ugly can't Describe the Truth about this Film

Full Review Source: Illinois Times | comment Comment
Aug 13, 2009
Charles Koplinski
Charles Koplinski
Illinois Times
 
 
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