Movie Review-The Ugly Truth

"The Ugly Truth" really is Ugly. Ugly is perfect for this film. It pulls no punches, it's not cute, sensitive, or patronizing. But it is a romantic comedy nonetheless. Katherine Heigl is becoming a romantic comedy veteran of late, but she does play a stuck-up,stuffy character, similar to her character in "Knocked Up". The biggest surprise comes from Gerard Butler who appears to be out of his element, but appearances can be deceiving, well it is deceiving.

PLOT:
Abby (Katherine Heigl) is a television producer whose morning show is going down the tubes. Much to her chagrin a misogynistic, crude, relationship expert and cable access show host, Mike (Gerard Butler), is hired to raise rating and in addition helps her cure her sagging social life by giving her the male perspective.

PROS:
Gerard Butler seems out of place, but truthfully he makes this movie a success. His crude, blunt, egotistical Mike adds alot of the humor and distinguishes this one from your a-typical romcom. Butler makes this a man's chick flick. Adding to Butler is just outright unique and funny moments not seen in other films. It's amazing when only a few scenes make it worth seeing, but I'm thinking that most people will laugh as hard as I did, at least i hope so.

Heigls spazz dance makes me laugh everytime I think about it. There is something about a beautiful woman making a fool out of herself by doing a silly dance.

I loved the ballpark scene. Hilarious. I wish i could descibe it, but I wouldn't give the scene justice.

The vibrating panties scene is not completely original, but it was golden.

And last, Butler's funny monologues about relationships rang true, at times and provide good, genuine laughs.

CONS:
Between the funny moments, there were some scenes that just dragged. No movie can be LOL funny 24/7 but i was highly disappointed in those in-between scenes. And I know I've said this a million times before, but the movie ended the way i thought it would, but that's romantic comedies for you.

Recommendation:
Rent it.

Written by:
Nicole Eastman
Karen McCullah Lutz

Directed by:
Robert Liketic

MAIN CAST:
Katherine Heigl ("Knocked Up", "27 Dresses")
Gerard Butler ("300", "Law Abiding Citizen")
John Michael Higgins ("Mighty Wind", "The Break-Up")
Cheryl Hines ("RV", "Along Came Polly")
Nick Searcy ("Head of State", "Cast Away")
Bree Turner ("American Pie 2", "Joe Dirt")
Eric Winter ("Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay")
Yvette Nicole Brown ("Hotel for Dogs", TVs "Community")

Similar Titles:
Knocked Up, Ghosts of Girlfriend's Past

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