It's hard to believe the script is attributed to three women, because this could send the Women's Movement back sixty years.
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08/11/09
The Ugly Truth (2009)
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Reviews Counted:152
Fresh:22
Rotten:130
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: 15 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:07-08-2009
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
Reviews for The Ugly Truth
... 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
The big shame ... is that Heigl must wade through a string of second-rate gags. Her comedic talent deserves much more.
08/07/09
One of the uglier truths about The Ugly Truth is that its screenplay was co-written by three women who have really sold their gender down the river. Way to represent the cause, ladies.
08/07/09
Romantic comedies aren’t meant to be believable, but this one really stretches it. Nevertheless there is some enjoyment to be found.
08/07/09
Concerns about truth and untruth can't mean much in a movie called The Ugly Truth.
08/06/09
The comic highlight is when Heigl wears a pair of vibrating pants to a business dinner.
08/05/09
Despite the obvious chemistry between the two leads, and comic moments inspired by classic romance stories, the film fails to deliver above the usual romantic slush.
08/04/09
You want the truth? They don't come much uglier than this.
08/03/09
A truly wretched romcom, which combines tired battle-of-the-sexes cliches with a shocking amount of raunchiness. It's a romantic comedy that fails at both romance and comedy.
08/02/09
Oh, what truth there is in advertising. 'The Ugly Truth' truly is an ugly movie with an ugly message: That once women realize men are only out for one thing, they need to cheapen themselves to land a man.
08/01/09
Exactly the kind of movie He's Just Not That Into You was warning you about.
07/31/09
The 'Gerard Butler Emasculation Saga' continues in this rueful rom-com.
07/30/09
If you're expecting a sophisticated battle of the sexes comedy with smart, witty dialogue, you'll be disappointed, but there's genuine chemistry between Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler, and in director Robert Luketic's hands, there's fun to be had
07/29/09
I liked the Gerard Butler half of The Ugly Truth; the Katherine Heigl half, not so much.
07/29/09
There's this thing the studio publicists insist on calling 'an unexpected result.' It's the sort of unexpected result that happens when Christmas falls on December 25.
07/29/09
They've taken an old done to death plot and tried to make it modern by adding streams of profanity and sex talk; doesn't work.
07/28/09
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.
07/28/09
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