Just Ugly

Rating: 3/10 (25 July 2009)

Greetings again from the darkness. Director Robert Luketic has never been able to recapture the charm of his Legally Blonde film, which in fact, was only charming due to Reece Witherspoon. Since then: Tad Hamilton, Monster in Law, 21 and now this wretched project. The battle of the sexes can be funny, but not in a tired cliché, slap you upside the head, hey let's throw in some raunchy stuff way.
Katherine Heigl (Grey;s Anatomy) has somehow become the least desirable beautiful woman on planet earth. Could be that her characters are all the same - unlikeable! I thought she was really good in a little film called Side Effects, but since then has devolved into a 30 yr old wench.
Gerard Butler somehow manages to maintain a bit of dignity in the film. A true man;s man in 300, he has proved to be mainstream enough in PS, I Love You and now this one ... he just needs a better script, director and supporting cast.
Speaking of supporting cast, aside from a couple of chuckles from the talented Cheryl Hines and John Michael Higgins, did anyone stop to think that an interesting side character or sub-plot might help? Or did they assume only simple minded women would even pay to see this? Either way, the only way it could have been worse is with a horrible soundtrack .... ummm ... yep, you got it ... pure garbage. I am done.