An enjoyable, humorous film.

Rating: 7/10 (1 September 2009)

The minute I saw the trailer for this film I knew the ending, but then again after watching any trailer for a chick flick, you usually know what's going to happen. This was the same with another summer release this year, The Proposal. It wouldn't be a chick flick without the happily ever after of the two lead characters getting together. However, many chick flicks are still made and many people, both men and women still go see them. The outcome is always the same, it's the getting to it which makes the films different and this film is different.
This movie starts with a television producer, Abby Richter (Katherine Heigl), a control freak who finds it extremely hard to find love; it has been eleven months since she has had sex to be exact. After a dreadful date, she comes home to the company of her cat that accidentally steps on the remote and turns on a show called The Ugly Truth. It is presented by a man, Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler), who tells people how it really is and his topic is sex and how men think. Abby, who is absolutely disgusted by his opinions and what he is saying, phones in and has an argument with him live on air. The next morning, she finds out that she has to work with him (typical!). At the beginning, she hates everything about him, until she realises he can help her get the man of her dreams. This man just happens to be living opposite her. He is good looking, intelligent (he's a doctor) and just so happens to have saved her from falling out of a tree. They go on a series of dates and her actions are all lead by Mike who is telling her exactly what men want. However, whilst doing this, he realises he is falling in love with her and the dilemma begins.
This film is for both men and women. On one side you have the woman who is desperate to find love and then you have the typical man who only cares about one thing ... sex! Put them together and you get an incredibly funny movie. The humour is a mix of witty one liners and cringe worthy moments.
Katherine Heigl does what she does best in this movie, it's her typical movie role and she pulls it off as always, whilst always looking stunningly beautiful, may I add. Gerard Butler, on the other hand, is stepping away from his usual macho roles and takes a different direction and he does it quite well. At the beginning of the film, I didn't like him much and thought the casting of him was wrong, but as the film progressed he acts the character well. He can do the vulgar "man-whore," but he can also do the sensitive guy who has just realised he is in love and he does it well.
This is your typical chick flick and if you like that sort of film you will probably love this film. The thing that makes it different is the humour and the fact that it talks about adult subjects and has expletives.
The problem with this film though, is that it lacks depth. The storyline is a bit bland and the conclusion of the film happens before anything has really happened in the film.
Overall, it's a good entertaining film, but it won't be nominated for any Oscars, so if you want a little fun, go see this movie, unwind and laugh until it hurts.