The Ugly Truth (DVD)

This is the latest from director Robert Luketic who also directed Monster-in-Law and Legally Blonde. It's very similar in many ways to The Proposal, which starred Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. However, it's not quite so much fun, and the lead actors, Katharine Heigl and Gerard Butler just don't have the same appeal as Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. I'm sure some people will disagree with that, as no doubt a lot of people will think Katharine Heigl is younger and more attractive and feminine than Sandra Bullock in the Proposal. But I think Sandra Bullock is just more expressive and better with the comic timing. Katharine Heigl is just a bit too insipid for the ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Abby Richter (Katherine Heigl) is a bigshot TV producer who has abandoned ideas of having a family and settling down in favour of a successful career. When channel surfing to find some inspiration, she comes across the public access show The Ugly Truth, hosted by Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler), who is entirely cynical about relationships, and champions a nation of men to become misogynistic fools who reject women and their ideas of settling down. Following a phone argument, she is shocked to discover that the network has hired Mike to host a segment on the channel in a desperate attempt to boost ...  Read the complete review

Film review only Katherine Heigl plays Abbey - a producer in the world of daytime TV. She is a perfectionist and control freak and will not settle for anything less than perfect in a man which is one of the reasons she doesn't have one. When watching late night cable one night she tunes into Mike Chadways, 'The Ugly Truth' show. He is everything she hates in a man and she feels the need to call in and tell him that he's wrong and there is such a thing as a perfect man and perfect relationship. To Abbeys surprise her TV station have hired Mike (Gerard Butler) as a host on her daytime TV show and when she shows up to work the next day she is not amused to say ...  Read the complete review

When it comes to going to the cinema I seem to be more and more in the hands of Jenny and the majority of films we tend to see seem to be her choice. The latest movie we ventured to see was The Ugly Truth, which although the trailer looked reasonably funny, it still looked like her usual chick flick choice. There were plenty of other films I'd have preferred to have seen but I was going to give this one a chance, if nothing else it was costing me money to see it. The film stars Katherine Heigl as Abbey Richter a morning show TV producer who is struggling to find love as well as ratings. Her boss decides that he can at least help with the ratings side of thing ...  Read the complete review

Abby Ritcher (Katherine Heigl) is an uptight producer for a failing daytime TV show, she likes things done her own way and when she doesn't like something or someone she has no qualms about making it known. Abby, despite being stunning and very successful is unlucky in love, her inability to give into her control freak nature makes it almost impossible for her to give any man the chance to even get to know her. Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler) is a loud, crude and brash womaniser who hosts a television show on a barely noticeable satellite channel. On Mike's show The Ugly Truth he explains to women how they're never going to find a man, how men are incapable of ...  Read the complete review