The Ugly Truth

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The Ugly Truth

R

Released Jul 24, 2009

1h 35m

Romance

Comedy

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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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Critics 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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

A hideously misguided attempt to marry girly chick-flick sentiment with laddish Judd-Apatow-style raunch.

Nov 22, 2020

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Timothy E

Gerard Butler is outstanding. I laughed so hard with this movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/24/24

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Sreemoyee D

great easy on the eyes kinda movie. loved it!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/08/24

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Robert Luketic

Director

Katherine Heigl

Abby Richter

Gerard Butler

Mike Chadway

Eric Winter

Colin

John Michael Higgins

Larry

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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: Columbia, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Lakeshore Entertainment, 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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