The Ugly Truth is That This Script Sucks.

Rating: 5/10 (30 July 2015)

The Ugly Truth (2009): Dir: Robert Luketic / Cast: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Eric Winter, Bree Turner, Nick Searcy: Romantic comedy that bluntly states the obvious. In this case it regards the difference in how genders perceive each other and often make miscalculations in our judgements. Katherine Heigl produces a T.V. segment where station management insist that she accept a hardcore talk host whose views of relationships are blunt but needed for ratings. They will hate each other but ultimately arrive where viewers know it. Director Robert Luketic is backed with decent comic wit by his leads despite a screenplay that is flatter than paper. He previously made the underrated Win a Date With Tad Hamilton as well as Monster-in-Law and Legally Blonde. Heigl and Butler have superb chemistry as she reluctantly takes his advice regarding a doctor she is interested in. Butler plays off the wild antics of the daring talk show host who has wounds of his own. The ending unfortunately has them in a contrived scene involving a hot air balloon. Eric Winter as Heigl's romantic target had potential but is mainly a product of observation. Other roles are the usual flat and wasted appearances played by those hoping that this will not be their biggest career highlight. A strong message exists that points clear to a uniting of personalities when all is said and done. Score: 5 / 10