A Decent but Honest Look at Relational Ugliness

Rating: 7/10 (20 January 2019)

26 July 2009. This romantic comedy had two gut wrenching bully laugh scenes along with a more in your face sexist look at the differences between men and women which in some ways could be closer to the truth than more "enlightened" people may want to admit. There are layered characters, not two-dimensional ones in this movie and by the ending credits we are provided with the authentic, honesty moral of relationships in this predictable but entertaining movies. It is understandable why most critics didn't have much positive to say, but this politically-incorrect sexist comments have at their core some resonance in how men and women actually feel and think. Interestingly the weakest scene seemed to be the more anticipated, highly expected interview on a late night show which didn't really seem to come off consistently with the tone of the rest of the movie. This is a movie that actually says what many of us want to say, but are afraid to admit, but also enlightens the mass audience with some actual relational truths by the end of the movie. Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler do have their own chemistry and there is a hidden playfulness that comes out that for some critics might seem childly crude, but in many respects is so real. 8/10.