The Ugly Truth (2009)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Robert Luketic

Writers (WGA):

Nicole Eastman (screenplay) and
Karen McCullah Lutz (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 July 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests...

Plot Keywords:

Dating Service | Public Access Television | Pet Cat | Sacramento California | Office Romance

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Katherine Heigl	...	Abby Richter
Gerard Butler	...	Mike Chadway
Bree Turner	...	Joy
Eric Winter	...	Colin
Nick Searcy	...	Stuart
Jesse D. Goins	...	Cliff
Cheryl Hines	...	Georgia
John Michael Higgins	...	Larry
Noah Matthews	...	Jonah
Bonnie Somerville	...	Elizabeth
John Sloman	...	Bob
Yvette Nicole Brown	...	Dori
Nathan Corddry	...	Josh (as Nate Corddry)
Allen Maldonado	...	Duane
Steve Little	...	Steve

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44576) | Ireland:16 | Mexico:B15 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | UK:15 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:A | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:13 | Japan:R15+ | Sweden:Btl | Brazil:14 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB)

Filming Locations:

KCET Studios - 4401 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Lakeshore Entertainment

Trivia:

Shipped to theaters under the code name "Helpful Advice".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the scene when Abby is on the "kiss cam" at the baseball game, the Devils are shown to be leading, 4-1. However, after the batter has promptly hit a single, neither team is shown to have a hit.

Quotes:

Abby Richter: I love how you think every man is as perverse as you are.
Mike: Oh, I don't think. I know.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Late Show with David Letterman: (#16.178)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Pocketful of Sunshine

A Very Funny and Raunchy Romantic Comedy

My husband and I saw this at a sold-out sneak preview on July 17. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time at a film and the audience seemed to find the film as funny and bawdy as I did. My husband was happy to watch a romantic comedy from the male perspective as well as the female for a change. The leads are attractive but not the usual "perfect" specimens we usually get in these films, and the situations, while often over-the-top, are quite humorously portrayed. The typical fairy tale elements seem to go by the wayside here and we're left with a harsher but very funny battle-of-the-sexes comedy for the times in which we now live.