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The Ugly Truth

5 star:		(63)
4 star:		(30)
3 star:		(17)
2 star:		(11)
1 star:		(19)

 

 

this is a very raunchy right to the point film which is extremely hilarious as long as you have a very open mind and are not at all prudish. gerry and katherine play off each other with great ease and are very comfortable in this very funny sex comedy about how men really think about sex and relationships according to mike,gerrys character, against kathys character, who is a very uptight conventional chick. the film is all about their inevitable clashes against their varied opinions on this topic and how they survive working together on a early morning chat show. i thoroughly recommend this film for an extremely comedic time for both men and women. it is not your usual chick flick and most people will be able to connect with this film and its morales, even though they might not want to admit it.

I really hoped for more from this comedy. It isn't a bad movie, it just doesn't have enough laughs or story to make me want to watch it again. Katherine Heigl is funny and I liked her a lot in Knocked Up. With that movie you could see her slowly develop feelings for Seth Rogan. In the Ugly Truth it seems to just happen with a snap of a finger. This is not a light comedy, it is actually quite crude and contains many sexual references. Heigl alone can't hold this comedy afloat.

Great comedy movie. Intended for mature audiences with the sexual nature of its humor. Katherine Heigl plays her dual role as a snobby career driven woman to the temptress.

I really enjoyed this film. Saw it first as a rental and enjoyed it so much I had to buy it. Critics are being very unkind to it and it is ending up on many lists of the worst movies of the year. This really dumfounds me. Out of all the movies out there and all the trash that exists this movie is being picked out as a target. Don't listen to any of them. This sweet, fun comedy is a twist on your standard romantic comedy and is a laugh riot. When I started watching it I thought it was a little crass but I quickly got over that. I was thrilled. A comedy that didn't follow the traditional formula. I found the plot inventive and pretty realistic. Yes, our main character played by Katherine Heigl is beautiful, single and looking for love. But she is looking for Mr. Right and not seeing men for who they really are. She is obsessive, compulsive and definitely speaks her mind. Then we have Gerard Butler who plays a crude man's man with a local cable show who gets a spot on the morning show she produces. He thinks women are looking for fantasies, phony and don't get men at all. And guess what, he speaks his mind as well. The chemistry between Heigl and Butler is hot and steamy from the beginning. Even their true dislike of each other burns up the screen. The way their friendship develops is very believable as he helps her get a man and this film is definitely a twist as he teaches her how to change her ways and why. The sexes are reversed here and I found myself agreeing with a lot of it and laughing hysterically at most of it. The ending was a great pay off and as I said whatever flaws this film has, the chemistry with Heigl and Butler makes up for any of them.

Is this film an intellectual look at relationships that is going to change life as we know it? Is it a film that will change how films and comedies are done for the rest of time? Of course not. This is a highly enjoyable romantic comedy that is inventive over the generic norm and definitely worth your time. And the blu ray version is exsquisite. Colors are vibrant and the clarity is amazing. I love it when the enhancement of blu ray makes even a comedy film levels above its dvd counterpart. So I say look beyond the negative vibe this film is getting. It is very undeserved. Give yourself a treat, especially couples, and get this film.

It's funny and pleasant to see with family or compagnon... Good actors... For all time...

If you love Gerard Butler, then you should buy this movie. It'll make you laugh throughout the movie. Gerard Butler and Katherine Heigl are a good chemistry for this movie. I LOVE GERARD BUTLER!!!!!!!!!!

The romance between them wasn't believable and they needed to give you a few more reasons to like the main characters.

I found myself thinking at the end "he only wants her because some other guys got her, if she were chasing him he wouldn't be able to run away fast enough". The "Ugly Truth" he spouts out at the top of the show does ring a little too true which is also just sad and depressing. It basically points out all the negative stereotypes regarding men and women and pricks up the ears of all those little insecurities you thought you were evolved and grown up enough to put behind you.
Instead of cozying up on the couch and feeling romantic, this movie leaves you sitting there with your significant other distracted by the possible triumph of being right all along, wondering if men ARE really one track minded, purely visual creatures who and are only looking for one thing and are not really capable of loving someone deeply and being vulnerable to them, and wondering if men think women are either controlling, gold digging, needy, and insecure or sleaze balls with fake everything and no brain cells, which is, by the way, how men prefer them hands down. Neither one of these pictures leaves a good taste in your mouth unyet the story-line keeps reenforcing these misconceptions. Its like a joke that is almost funny, you might snicker a bit in the moment, but then you walk away thinking, "that guy just totally slammed me!"

There didn't seem to be any real "ah-ha" moment where the characters redeemed themselves or you thought they were going to end up together long term. Its clear they want each other but that is as far as it goes. He makes her into the perfect game playing, scantly clad bimbo in 6 inch heels who never criticizes a man she likes or has a feeling or opinion outside of the bedroom and there is never a moment where you see him (or the guy she is trying to snare) realize he would rather have someone real. Butler and Heigl get drunk, share a kiss in an elevator, pull away from each other, and later he finds her in her room with her boyfriend and then he's in love with her? I dont know, just thought they were missing the "B" in the A+B=C romantic comedy formula. Must have been written by teenage boys; pretty, uptight, comfort over style girl meets testosterone oozing guy who redresses her in sleazy clothes tells her to lengthen her hair "because men like something to grab on to", teaches her how to play a proper game of chase to entertain the man she wants, and then after seeing what a good job he's done loosening her up decides he wants her for himself, all the while never missing an opportunity to say as many crude things as possible in each scene and explore ridiculous fantasies about what that lady in the next table over in a fancy restaurant may be doing to entertain herself and at the same pulling a "Home Improvement" style, "Tim the tool man Taylor" type spin on the famous Meg Ryan scene in "Harry Met Sally". Stupid. Just one women's opinion...

It's been a long time since I've seen a romantic comedy that didn't make me feel like I'd just taken a swim in a pool full of maple syrup. I can't stand movies that make me feel like I just watched the same sugary, sappy crap that I've seen before...but with different names given to the characters. But with this one I felt like the people were *gasp* thinking and actually feeling. Sure, there are some semi-stupid, slap-stick moments that I could have doen without, but on the whole I was pleased.

And Gerard Butler is unforgivingly hot.

Just bought this movie and watched over the weekend with a male friend of mine and we both loved it! It's hilarious, naughty, sexy movie...love Gerard Butler and paired with Katherine Heigl they're both great! I really recommend this movie to both female and male viewers, both will really enjoy it!!!

Not the light hearted comedy I expected at all. But chalk this up to our present freedom of expression mentality. I expected LOTS more from these two actors. What you get is constant profanity and extreme sexual references. I found it worthless as a film. Very disappointing after seeing Gerald in PS I love you. and Katherine having numerous cute and funny romantic comedies under her belt. I found it offensive and disappointing. They had chemistry but needed a script that had vocabulary....