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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner, Eric Winter
Director: Robert Luketic
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Jul 6, 2010
The Ugly Truth has all the honesty and romance of an Axe body spray commercial.
Jan 31, 2010
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Jan 14, 2010
...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.
Dec 6, 2009
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.
Nov 27, 2009
...a mildly diverting yet thoroughly uninvolving romantic comedy...
Nov 14, 2009
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Oct 13, 2009
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.
Sep 10, 2009
Apparently, the ugly truth is that neither sex needs or deserves respect. How romantic. The 'Sex and the City' gals would be proud.
Sep 8, 2009
Formula can be fun, as it is here.
Aug 31, 2009
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.
Aug 26, 2009
Allowing the characters to talk dirty adds nothing to the chick flick formula.
Aug 21, 2009
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.
Aug 16, 2009
Yet another wearying "battle-of-the-sexes" romp that's sure to please dumb people but didn't please me.
Aug 15, 2009
Daring and dirty, making it so delicious.
Aug 14, 2009
Heigl is said to have fallen out with Apatow since the making of Knocked Up. Maybe she should reconnect with him.
Aug 14, 2009
Ugly can't Describe the Truth about this Film
Aug 13, 2009
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