The Ugly Truth

The Ugly Truth (2009)

  • 13% of critics liked it
    (169 reviews)

  • 68% of users liked it
    (1,337,458 ratings)

Katherine Heigl stars as a lovelorn television producer who's made to run a gauntlet of romantic exploits by a pig-headed morning-show host (played by Gerard Butler) as a way to prove whose romantic methods are more accurate. Legally Blonde's Robert Luketic directs from a script by Karen… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Nicole Eastman
Genres
Comedy, Romance
In Theaters
Jul 24, 2009 Wide
Sony/Columbia Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Anna Smith, Time Out

    We're left with a few giggles and the option to be offended by the gender stereotypes - if we can be bothered.

  • Christopher Orr, The New Republic

    I think it's safe to say that the concerns about sexism in cinema that Heigl voiced so ardently after her career-making turn in Knocked Up have ebbed in direct proportion to the increases in her subsequent paychecks.

  • Ben Lyons, At the Movies

    It's just not believable.

  • Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies

    The Ugly Truth has a nice moment here and there, but there is much more ugliness than truth.

  • Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

    Aside from being relational science-fiction, The Ugly Truth feels about 150 years out of date -- or it would, if the script weren't so clinically dependent on the topics of masturbation and genitalia and raunch.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • UUd I


    The Ugly Truth has all the honesty and romance of an Axe body spray commercial.

  • Wildaly M


    Not that funny at all, formulaic, and unlikely. All the sexist, raunchy jokes are just not that funny and while these actors can act, they're just given crap to work with.

  • Anthony L


    The Ugly Truth is definitely ugly but not exactly truthful. It's badly written, badly acted and has no redeeming features as far as I could tell. It's labelled a rom-com but it was totally devoid of any Romance or comedy, it couldn't even get the stereotypes right. The… More

  • Red L


    Pretty good comedy. Mike is a beer-drinking, woman-chasing loudmouth who has a part on Abby's morning show as the guy who spills the ugly truth on the relationship between men and women. Abby gets some help from Mike to help her attract a neighbour as a date, and of course,… More

  • Jeff "


    The Ugly Truth is an atrocious mess from start to finish. There are maybe two actually funny bits, but that's it. The rest of the film is a poorly constructed film with a mediocre cast that delivers forgettable performances. I always felt that Gerard Butler was better in action… More

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