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List Price: $28.96 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 53
Released: November 10, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler star in this wildly funny battle of the sexes. Abby (Heigl), a successful morning show producer, is looking for a lot in a man. Mike (Butler), her obnoxious TV star, knows men only want one thing. Determined to prove that she's not romantically challenged, Abby takes Mike's advice during a promising new romance, but the unexpected results will stun everyone.
Description of The Ugly Truth (Widescreen Edition):
Katherine Heigl further cements her reputation as one of film's most dazzling, and go-to, romantic comedy heroines. In The Ugly Truth she brings her deft comic timing and true vulnerability to a film that avoids clichés, successfully, all the way until the surprising, quiet end. Heigl's partner in crime--and at first, in pure hatred--is the rakishly charming Gerard Butler. Heigl plays Abby, a career-bound TV producer, and Butler is Mike, an outrageous dude's dude whose public access show about what men want (one thing only) makes him so popular that he's hired to work alongside Abby, who naturally chafes at everything Mike stands for. Yet The Ugly Truth could not be more unpredictable, and men as well as women will like the refreshing story line and the crisp direction by Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde, Monster-in-Law). Both lead actors put their all into their performances, and the nuance and depth makes The Ugly Truth not just a great date-night film, but a transportive testament on the primal human urge simply to connect. The Ugly Truth is more than a little raunchy, and it deserves its R rating, but there's hilarity in its crudeness. The supporting cast includes the delightful Cheryl Hines and John Michael Higgins as a tensely married couple forced to appear together on TV. And Eric Winter (Brothers & Sisters) is dreamy as Abby's potential love-match--as long as she doesn't have to be herself. The DVD includes mostly forgettable deleted and extended scenes, but also a gag reel that shows that the cast had every bit as much fun creating the film as the viewer has watching it. The Ugly Truth has never shined so brightly. --A.T. Hurley
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The Ugly Truth (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Highly enjoyable comedy romance 
2009-12-15 - This movie is warm & funny! I enjoyed the characters as they playfully bantered back & forth. I think men probably do feel this way, however Gerard Butler plays his character with such warmth & is so funny with it that it shouldn't make people upset! If you are a romantic movie nut, then you should quite enjoy this one. (Even though it's a chick flic, the men I know who have seen it, liked it!)
we laughed a couple times 
2009-12-15 - true, we laughed a couple times... there are a few funny lines...
but the shallow nature and the "battle of the sexes" was really like,
"Ok we'll do Cyrano de Bergerac one more time, then the Shallow B**ch and the Male-Ego-Pig will end up together"
which is EXACTLY what happened!
hilarious movie! 
2009-12-13 - I think everything that's told in this movie is actually true, it's a movie that takes you into the real life and makes you have fun of it!
Disgustingly crude 
2009-12-13 - My husband and I thought this was a comedy. Turns out it was mostly about a crude male-chauvinist using foul language and gestures to grope anything female. It was a BIG dissapointment. Shame on Katherine Heigl!
Light entertainment 
2009-12-11 - The Ugly Truth is a romantic comedy that provides amusing, light entertainment. Nothing too new, nothing unpredictable. I recommend renting or borrowing this title if you wish to see it. Don't invest in it as a purchase.
