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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] for sexual content and language.

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... 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 her hopelessly single. She's in for a rude awakening when her bosses team her with Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler), a hardcore TV personality who promises to spill the ugly truth on what makes men and women tick. --© Sony Pictures [More]

Starring: Gerard Butler, Katherine Heigl, Cheryl Hines, Bonnie Somerville

Starring: Gerard Butler, Katherine Heigl, Cheryl Hines, Bonnie Somerville, Bree Turner, Vicki Lewis

Director: Robert Luketic

Director: Robert Luketic
Screenwriter: Nicole Eastman
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
11/14/09
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

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Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
10/13/09
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
09/10/09
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
09/08/09
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Formula can be fun, as it is here.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
08/31/09
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
08/26/09
Richard Knight
Richard Knight
Windy City Times

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

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
08/21/09
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
08/16/09
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 Comment
08/15/09
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
Huffington Post

Daring and dirty, making it so delicious.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
08/14/09
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
08/14/09
Sandra Hall
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald

Ugly can't Describe the Truth about this Film

Full Review Source: Illinois Times | comment Comment
08/13/09
Charles Koplinski
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.

Full Review Source: New England Movies Weekly | comment Comment
08/11/09
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
New England Movies Weekly

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.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
08/11/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

The film is desperate to be edgy, but its attempts at adult humour are woefully misjudged.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
08/11/09
Tim Nagle
Tim Nagle
Sunday Times (UK)

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.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
08/11/09
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

The ugly truth about this insipid romcom is that Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler are entirely wasted.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
08/11/09
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

... horribly stale cookie cutter rom-com that is full of fake emotions, dead spots where the laughs belong, and a thoroughly unconvincing storyline.

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment 1 Comment
08/10/09
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

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!"

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
08/09/09
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

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.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
08/07/09
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
 
 
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