...a mildly diverting yet thoroughly uninvolving romantic comedy...
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11/14/09
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The Ugly Truth (2009)
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Reviews Counted:151
Fresh:22
Rotten:129
Average Rating:3.8/10
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.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Jul 24, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $88,915,214
Synopsis: The battle of the sexes heats up in Columbia Pictures' comedy The Ugly Truth. Abby Richter (Katherine Heigl) is a romantically challenged morning show producer whose search for Mr. Perfect has left... [More]
Starring: Gerard Butler, Katherine Heigl, Cheryl Hines, Bonnie Somerville
Director: Robert Luketic
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10/13/09
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.
09/10/09
Apparently, the ugly truth is that neither sex needs or deserves respect. How romantic. The 'Sex and the City' gals would be proud.
09/08/09
Formula can be fun, as it is here.
08/31/09
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.
08/26/09
Allowing the characters to talk dirty adds nothing to the chick flick formula.
08/21/09
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.
08/16/09
Yet another wearying "battle-of-the-sexes" romp that's sure to please dumb people but didn't please me.
08/15/09
Daring and dirty, making it so delicious.
08/14/09
Heigl is said to have fallen out with Apatow since the making of Knocked Up. Maybe she should reconnect with him.
08/14/09
Ugly can't Describe the Truth about this Film
08/13/09
It's hard to believe the script is attributed to three women, because this could send the Women's Movement back sixty years.
08/11/09
An old-fashioned battle-of-the-sexes comedy refurbished with the kind of language (mostly about oral sex) that would once have made a maiden blush.
08/11/09
The film is desperate to be edgy, but its attempts at adult humour are woefully misjudged.
08/11/09
While [Heigl] and co-star Gerard Butler give good performances, the film's the same predictable fluff we've all seen before - and seen done better.
08/11/09
The ugly truth about this insipid romcom is that Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler are entirely wasted.
08/11/09
... horribly stale cookie cutter rom-com that is full of fake emotions, dead spots where the laughs belong, and a thoroughly unconvincing storyline.
08/10/09
There's nothing wrong with the leads, Heigl and Butler, except that every scene they're in plays as if they met five seconds before Luketic yelled "Action!"
08/09/09
Everybody loves a good romantic comedy. Unfortunately, nobody gets one in "The Ugly Truth," a crude movie that won't be a surprise for anyone who sees where the genre is going, which essentially is down a dark hole of no return.
08/07/09
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