"Tap-water is great!"

Rating: 8/10 (27 July 2009)

If you want a clue as to who's going to end up with whom in THE UGLY TRUTH, listen for this line of dialog ("Tap-water is great!") and you shouldn't go wrong. What else do you need to know for deciding whether to see this movie? Well, one of the most important considerations for many (after the "little surprises" tucked away in the recent American wide-release movies FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, OBSERVE AND REPORT, and BRUNO, to name just three) is that there is NO MALE FRONTAL NUDITY here (flaccid or otherwise). Furthermore, though much of the plot revolves around sex and sex advice, the dialog can be described best as "tastefully raunchy" or "polite smut," as compared to the total gross-outs aimed for by the Judd Apatow-Seth Rogen crowd. Therefore, if you and your date want something in the mainstream of modern sensibilities which is unlikely to leave you cringing, give this short but sweet romantic comedy a go.