The Ugly Truth (2009)

United States of America

Comedy, Romance

Lakeshore Entertainment, Relativity Media

Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Eric Winter, Nick Searcy, Bree Turner, John Michael Higgins

Robert Luketic

Karen McCullah, Nicole Eastman

Taglines: The battle of the sexes is on.

surgeon, sexism, romantic comedy, romance, television producer, morning show, relationship, sex toy, valentine's day, misogyny, opposites attract, sacramento

A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.

Reviews:

Author: Kamurai
Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. It feels like this is after all the uproar with Katherine Heigl ("27 Dresses") and she was trying to come back with a smile on her face, but she took the role because it gave her the opportunity to act the awful person she was accused of being. Gerard Butler ("Bounty Hunter") acts up a storm to keep up with her, with both equally playing off each of wonderfully. I can't tell the better actor here because Gerard is clearly acting, but he might be acting a character that is acting eccentrically, but I'm still aware regardless of how good it is, versus Katherine who is so natural and seamless that you don't realize she's acting until she over acts per the character following another character's prompts badly. It doesn't make for the best movie, but it sure is interesting. And I'm sure if you can look past all that, then you can appreciate this veil metaphor of the sexes and a very well written story. Nothing about this is fantastic, but it's a solidly good romantic comedy.