Name: The Ugly Truth (film) : This might be the worst big-budget movie I've seen in a year
Item: The Ugly Truth
Author: @gooddream

I have a lukewarm relationship with romantic comedies. I don't love them but I also don't avoid them. Depending on the situation and the actors involved, I am willing to give them a shot and that is exactly what I did with The Ugly Truth.

There are spoilers in here but this movie is so magnanimously predictable that it doesn't really matter

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Released in 2009 and ignored by me until yesterday, 2020; The Ugly Truth takes us down a well-trodden path of two people who seem to be a terrible match for one another make an eventual pathway towards improbable love.

Abby (Heigl) is a very career-oriented producer of a local news station that doesn't have much time for dating and approaches the process in a rather systematic fashion to the point where she unintentionally sabotages every internet date she goes on.

One night after one of those failed dates where she scared the guy by having a ton of information about him that he didn't have on her profile she sees a man on television who has a show called "The Ugly Truth" where host Mike Chadway (Butler) is brash, misogynistic, and rude as he views women purely as sex objects.

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Abbey immediately hates this person but returns to work the following day to find out that her boss has hired someone new to assist with falling ratings. The new addition to the crew is unsurprisingly, Mike Chadway.

They butt heads and he is crude in a manor that would definitely get you fired in today's world, but then the two of them go down an extremely predictable path towards falling for one another. It's been done so many times before that there was never any doubt what was going to happen.

_{from the [Sony Pictures](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz97F7dMxBNOfGYu3rx8aCw) official channel}

The biggest problem that I have with this film isn't that you know exactly what is going to happen in this film simply by watching the trailer - the problem is that you know exactly what is going to happen and depend on the process of getting there to be entertaining or at least have some good jokes... and there isn't a single moment in this film where I laughed at all.

I will admit that after a while I started to fast forward with my PS4 controller because it is terribly boring and unfunny. I suppose it doesn't much matter to Sony though, because this film grossed $200 million on a $38 million budget. Was it around 2010 that a vast majority of big-budget films suck but still make loads of money?

The Ugly Truth is available on Netflix and the DVD's are probably available in landfills all around the globe - but i would suggest you leave them there.

My overall rating? 1 /10

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Comments · 12

@whoisjohn(79)· 2355d

I started this movie a while ago. I didn't finish it ... haha

@bozz(83)· 2358d

You made a good point about people knowing exactly where something is going to head, but they just like sharing in the journey to get there. It is too bad that this one didn't hit the mark on that front. I remember when Katherine had her first big role in "My Father the Hero". From there I don't really remember her from anything else besides Grey's Anatomy. I personally think she is a bit over-rated as an actress. That's just me though.

@janton(71)· 2359d

Howdy gooddream! Never heard of this sucky film but it's a great review and I won't be tempted to see it. I avoid romantic comedies like the plague anyways. lol. I like both stars though! I wonder if they regret bad films later?

@cryptoandcoffee(85)· 2360d

Gerrard Butler needs to be more picky on the movies he acts in. His career has been on a massive slide after Law Abiding Citizen and instead of just watching his films now I look for the trailers. I watched this one though and to be honest wasn't great. You have been spot on so far with your reviews and have become a somewhat reliable source lol.

@bdmillergallery(77)· 2360d

Throw the story line in a 'Knocked Up' direction and maybe worth a 5/10. I did laugh a few times during that Heigl film.. never really cared for Gerard Butler. Can't wait till you do a critique on 'PS I Love You' .. He was perversely weird in that one too :-/ Heigle seems to always play the same role over and over. Guess if its comfortable and they "Show Her The Money".. nothing changes.

@menoski(70)· 2361d

For me, I enjoyed it. Maybe because I watched it when it was released then and among movies then, it was among the best. If I watch it now 2020, I might not like it. So I won't ☺️, let me keep having that good memory of the movie. Generally, I like romantic comedy. To those who like action movies, don't go close to that genre, it will seem boring to you guys, but to us, it's bliss.

@waybeyondpadthai(79)· 2361d

1/10 ???! Whattttttt o went on a date with senior in a university. I picked this movie and he even said 'good one' when we finished watching it haahaha

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@slobberchops(82)· 2361d

Urgh too..., I hate romantic comedies, and generally keep away from ALL comedies.

@belemo(79)· 2361d

I've never met anyone that enjoyed this movie. Gerrard butter should stick to being Leonidis or a law abiding citizen.

@angryman(69)· 2361d

The Ugly Truth is available on Netflix and the DVD's are probably available in landfills all around the globe - but i would suggest you leave them there.

Probably where they belong, but sure wish the DVDs didn't take thirty-plus years to disintegrate :>)

@empress-eremmy(76)· 2361d

Lol, you really didn't enjoy it. Can remember watching it a few years ago, didn't really like or hate it though. Then again, it made tons of money so my opinion doesn't really affect it