The Ugly Truth (2009)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Robert Luketic

Writers (WGA):

Nicole Eastman (screenplay) and
Karen McCullah Lutz (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 July 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests...

Plot Keywords:

Dating Service | Public Access Television | Pet Cat | Sacramento California | Office Romance

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Katherine Heigl	...	Abby Richter
Gerard Butler	...	Mike Chadway
Bree Turner	...	Joy
Eric Winter	...	Colin
Nick Searcy	...	Stuart
Jesse D. Goins	...	Cliff
Cheryl Hines	...	Georgia
John Michael Higgins	...	Larry
Noah Matthews	...	Jonah
Bonnie Somerville	...	Elizabeth
John Sloman	...	Bob
Yvette Nicole Brown	...	Dori
Nathan Corddry	...	Josh (as Nate Corddry)
Allen Maldonado	...	Duane
Steve Little	...	Steve

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44576) | Ireland:16 | Mexico:B15 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | UK:15 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:A | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:13 | Japan:R15+ | Sweden:Btl | Brazil:14 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB)

Filming Locations:

KCET Studios - 4401 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Lakeshore Entertainment

Trivia:

Shipped to theaters under the code name "Helpful Advice".

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the scene where Abby gets out of the car at the hotel in LA, the sentences she mumbles clearly aren't they same ones her mouth moves to.

Quotes:

Mike: It's not for you, it's for your bean.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Community: Introduction to Statistics (#1.7)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Pocketful of Sunshine

One of the few all-around great love movies, both for women and men!

So as I was forced to watch this movie with my sister and her friend, the original stereotypical thoughts towards all love movies seem to be bursting throughout my head- corny: guy meets girl, girl hates guy at first, girl meets another guy then realizes that the first guy was the love of his life, girl goes back to guy and the movie ends with a touching make-out scene. Well, of course this was the case. HOWEVER, I wouldn't exactly call this movie a chick-flick. It seem to be the "battle of the sexes type," and it did not disappoint. I can easily say that I had some great laughs in this movie; surprisingly, and I am not even a comedy/chick flick guy. The whole moral of the movie is something both guys and women can you relate to, and some scenes are just hilarious for all types of audiences. The whole plot of the story was actually pretty solid for this style movie. In fact, the approach of this movie is so unique that I believe it belongs in its own category. Gerard Butler gives an excellent performance, both funny and charming. The humor had tremendous variety that kept audience laughing hysterically at some points. Overall, I really do recommend this movie for the male audience (Especially couples) and guarantee that they will not be disappointed after seeing this flick.