I caught 'The Ugly Truth' a couple of weeks ago and I remembered thinking to myself distinctly as the movie progressed that this must be a romantic comedy written for men. There was hardly any man-bashing, no cheating husbands or gay characters and it actually celebrated ‘real’ men; the adventurous, dangerous, edgy, say-it-to-your-face type.
Of course with Gerard Butler as Mike Chadway at the helms of 'The Ugly Truth'; a late-night call-in talk show; one cannot imagine him playing something less ‘manly’. Well, he was a bit leaner in “300” but who’s taking notes anyway.
Enter modern woman, Katherine Heigl as Abby Richter; self-made, control freak, highly successful, extremely respected and single. Heigl is an okay actress and her face doesn’t look quite right during close-ups but she carries the role nonchalantly well.
The movie is a typical romantic comedy with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments but nothing spectacular about it. It might make you think about modern love and what it means to a modern woman but I think we are all smart enough to separate fact from fiction.
Facts are men this good looking usually aren’t this well-spoken and women this successful probably don’t need men as desperately as this.
Catch it on a night in when you want a movie with seamless set design and styling & if you are in the mood to remind your stereotypical self why your love life is in whatever condition it is.
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