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The Ugly Truth

Play trailer Poster for The Ugly Truth R Released Jul 24, 2009 1h 35m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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14% Tomatometer 173 Reviews 60% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
Abby Richter (Katherine Heigl) is a lovelorn TV producer who, despite a long and arduous search for the perfect mate, is hopelessly single. The battle of the sexes heats up when her employers team her up with Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler), an opinionated TV celebrity who plans to put Abby through the wringer to prove his own theories about what makes men and women tick.
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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.

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Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald Heigl is said to have fallen out with Apatow since the making of Knocked Up. Maybe she should reconnect with him. Rated: 2/5 Aug 14, 2009 Full Review Tim Nagle Times (UK) The film is desperate to be edgy, but its attempts at adult humour are woefully misjudged. Rated: 1/5 Aug 11, 2009 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard The ugly truth about this insipid romcom is that Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler are entirely wasted. Rated: 1/5 Aug 11, 2009 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Everything about it was obviously handed down from another source, and even while realizing that, you’ll probably find the result very watchable, if forgettable. Rated: 1.5/4 Sep 4, 2023 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com ...everything that could snarl up happens here; unsympathetic leads, silly scenarios, a wealth of sexual crudity and a debatable truth about men and women that ends up feeling rather...ugly... Rated: 1/5 Oct 9, 2021 Full Review Jason Best Movie Talk A hideously misguided attempt to marry girly chick-flick sentiment with laddish Judd-Apatow-style raunch. Nov 22, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Luis S Tasteless and hollow. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/14/25 Full Review izzy d Why isn't there a second one... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/10/25 Full Review Dimela Y The movie is alright, it’s the classic rom com storyline, which is comforting but predictable. The main characters lack chemistry and depth, and I would’ve liked if we were given more context in terms of their backstory, overall it is an easy watch with some funny moments. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/09/25 Full Review Leaburn O It’s a romcom lacking romantic chemistry and any semblance of comedy. There’s script is weak and predictable. Watched on Netflix. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/25 Full Review Audience Member You can see the review or tomatometer vs popcornmeter are way different. The movie is exactly what you think it would be, a neat quaint romantic with elements of social dictums and humorous instances. I thought it was really cute, even if it's cliched but all rom/coms are cliched. As an aside, Katherine Heigl is a fantastic actress who gets crumey roles. She reminds me of Ryan Reynolds before writers figured out what to do with him. She easily has the lowest rated movies of anybody on rotten tomatoes but it's b/c they cast her in light fare, would love to see her do something with more gravity,but I don't control Hollywood, so alas. This is an easy and fun watch. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/25 Full Review Mark B It really is just a bad Hallmark movie that is covered in R rated language. Not at all original and not very funny. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/27/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Abby Richter (Katherine Heigl) is a lovelorn TV producer who, despite a long and arduous search for the perfect mate, is hopelessly single. The battle of the sexes heats up when her employers team her up with Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler), an opinionated TV celebrity who plans to put Abby through the wringer to prove his own theories about what makes men and women tick.
Director
Robert Luketic
Producer
Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Steven Reuther, Kimberly di Bonaventura, Deborah Jelin Newmyer
Screenwriter
Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia
Production Co
Lakeshore Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television, Steven Reuther
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 24, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$88.9M
Runtime
1h 35m
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