The Ugly Truth (2009)

Director:

Robert Luketic

Writers (WGA):

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

Love | Hot Air Balloon | Date | Call In | Show Producer

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Katherine Heigl	...	Abby
Gerard Butler	...	Mike
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
Dan Callahan	...	Rick
Tess Parker	...	Bambi
Arielle Vandenberg	...	Candi
Kevin Connolly	...	Jim
Rocco DiSpirito	...	Guest Chef
Valente Rodriguez	...	Javier
Jamison Yang	...	KPQU Big Wig
Blake Robbins	...	KPQU Big Wig
Austin Winsberg	...	KPQU Joe
Tom Virtue	...	Balloon Pilot
Adam Harrington	...	Jack Magnum (as Adam John Harrington)
J. Claude Deering	...	Drunk Guy
Alexis Krause	...	Cute Brunette
Craig Ferguson	...	Himself
Caleb De Oliveira	...	Kid
Jade Marx-Berti	...	Hostess (as Jade Marx)
Lenny Schmidt	...	Waiter
Mimi Michaels	...	Female Fan
Donnie Smith	...	Boyfriend
Kate Mulligan	...	Waitress
Earl Carroll	...	Security Guard
Marc D. Wilson	...	Bell Man
Nathan Potter	...	Waiter #2
Jeff Newburg	...	KPQU Production Assistant
Ryan Surratt	...	Bartender
Vicki Lewis	...	Saleswoman
David Lowe	...	Cameraman
Yolanda Pecoraro	...	Sexy Woman
Brooke Stone	...	Karen
Stephanie Mace	...	TV Production Assistant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jessica Lynn Sadowski	...	Hotel Guest (as Jessica Lynn)
Maurice Andrews	...	Audience Member (uncredited)
Ashley Ausburn	...	Girl on Bike (uncredited)
John Bailey	...	Bar (uncredited)
Alicia Baker	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Kevin Bangos	...	Stagehand (uncredited)
Melinda Bennett	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
April Betts	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Skyler Caleb	...	Station Employee (uncredited)
David Carrasco	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Adam Clark	...	Cliff (uncredited)
Sandra Daubert	...	Mike's Mom (uncredited)
Sabrina Diaz	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Kim Donovan	...	Woman on Bike (uncredited)
Jessica Drake	...	Caller (voice) (uncredited)
Alan Dunn	...	Comets Baseball Star (uncredited)
Christina Gabrielle	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Steven Galarce	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Jerald Garner	...	Restaurant Guest (uncredited)
Lejla Hadzimuratovic	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Safia Hakim	...	News Station Employee (uncredited)
Justin Rodgers Hall	...	Himself (uncredited)
Stephen Hansen	...	Devil's Baseball Hero (uncredited)
James Howarth	...	Date (uncredited)
Lexy Hulme	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Spencer Knowles	...	Baseball Player #1 (uncredited)
Courtney Kocak	...	Disgusted Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Angel Lacy	...	Wine Fair (uncredited)
Bruna Matsin	...	Production Manager (uncredited)
Tina Mayer	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Taylor McCluskey	...	Station Employee (uncredited)
Erin Micklow	...	Trashy Redhead (uncredited)
Bob Morrisey	...	Harold (uncredited)
Shanna Olson	...	Beautiful Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Sandra Plazinic	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Bertrand Roberson Jr.	...	News Station Employee (uncredited)
John Robert	...	Male Fan (uncredited)
Calo Rodriguez	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Leonard Jonathan Ruebe	...	Valet (uncredited)
Ashton Shane	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Anthony Simone	...	Day Player (uncredited)
Rich Skidmore	...	Announcer (uncredited)
Chris Spinelli	...	Park Pedestrian (uncredited)
John Summers	...	Office Worker (uncredited)
Daniel Cage Theodore	...	The Speaking Baseball Player (uncredited)
María Antonieta Vázquez	...	News Station Employee (uncredited)
Forrest Walsh	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Holly Weber	...	Chef Megan (uncredited)
Tracy Weisert	...	Stage Manager (uncredited)
Reed Willard	...	Wine Festival Attendee (uncredited)
Tamara Witmer	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Sebastian "Sebass" Wolski	...	Upscale Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Carolina Zaballa	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Luketic

Writing credits (WGA)
Nicole Eastman		(screenplay) and
Karen McCullah Lutz		(screenplay) &
Kirsten Smith		(screenplay)
Nicole Eastman		(story)

Produced by
Kimberly di Bonaventura	....	producer
Katherine Heigl	....	executive producer
Nancy Heigl	....	executive producer
Ryan Kavanaugh	....	executive producer
Andre Lamal	....	executive producer
Gary Lucchesi	....	producer
Karen McCullah Lutz	....	executive producer
Deborah Jelin Newmyer	....	producer
Eric Reid	....	executive producer
Steven Reuther	....	producer
Tom Rosenberg	....	producer
Kirsten Smith	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Aaron Zigman

Cinematography by
Russell Carpenter		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Lisa Zeno Churgin

Casting by
Deborah Aquila
Jennifer L. Smith
Tricia Wood

Production Design by
Missy Stewart

Art Direction by
William Hawkins

Set Decoration by
Kathy Lucas

Costume Design by
Betsy Heimann

Makeup Department
Michelle Rene Elam	....	key hair stylist (as Michelle Elam)
Sean Flanigan	....	hair department head
Zoe Hay	....	makeup artist
Corinna Liebel	....	makeup artist (as Corinna Woodcock)
Tania McComas	....	makeup department head
Vickie Mynes	....	hair stylist (as Vicki Mynes)
Christina Raye	....	hair stylist
Michele Tyminski	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Steve Demko	....	post-production supervisor
Ted Gidlow	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jon Mallard	....	first assistant director
James McQuaide	....	second unit director
Tyler Romary	....	second assistant director

Art Department
James Addink	....	second art department coordinator
Alan Alvarado	....	propmaker foreman
Fred Apolito	....	propmaker
Rupert M. Benson III	....	assistant props
Jack Blanchard	....	leadman: additional photography
Randy L. Childs	....	propmaker foreman
Sarah Contant	....	set designer
David Corral	....	greensman
Robert Danté Denne	....	paint supervisor
China Fox	....	assistant property master (as China Iwata)
Douglas Fox	....	property master
Neil Garland	....	propmaker gangboss
Hector M. Gonzalez	....	on-set dresser
John Herbert	....	painter
Regina Hermosillo	....	set decorating coordinator
Karen Higgins	....	construction coordinator
Eric Hill	....	set dresser
Scott G. Jones	....	gang boss
Steven Kissick	....	general foreman
Anthony Klaiman	....	set dresser
Canyon Martens	....	greens foreman
Carla S. Nemec	....	art department coordinator
Anthony D. Parrillo	....	assistant art director (as Anthony Parrillo)
Nashon Petrushkin	....	set dresser
Drew Pierce	....	scenic artist
Brian Tipton	....	shop foreman
Jason Vanover	....	key greensman
Mark Weissenfluh	....	leadman
Jonathan Woods	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Michael Babcock	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Babcock	....	supervising sound editor
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Bryan M. Cahill	....	boom operator
Craig Dollinger	....	boom operator
Lee Gilmore	....	sound effects editor
Avram D. Gold	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Aaron Grice	....	utility sound
Tiffany S. Griffith	....	dialogue editor
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer
Tim LeBlanc	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Anne Lockhart	....	adr loop group
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Steven Morrow	....	sound mixer
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Jason Oliver	....	adr recordist
Steve Pederson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Joseph Tsai	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Larz Anderson	....	special effects coordinator
Bart Dion	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Robert Adams	....	compositor: Gradient Effects
Tim Alexander	....	digital effects artist
Oliver Arnold	....	cg supervisor
Joel Ashman	....	digital compositor: Gradient Effects
Jennifer Avery	....	visual effects production manager
Adam Avitabile	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Louise Baker	....	previs lead: Proof, Inc.
Ian T. Barbella	....	visual effects coordinator
Anthony Barcelo	....	digital compositor
Andy Barrios	....	inferno artist
Travis Baumann	....	digital compositor: Gradient Effects
Danny Bergeron	....	visual effects executive producer: Mokko Studio
Kelly Bumbarger	....	digital compositor
Andy Burmeister	....	matchmover
Cyntia Büll	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Merlin Carroll	....	roto and paint lead
Ray Chang	....	digital compositor: Gradient Effects
Vincent Cirelli	....	visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
Chad E. Collier	....	digital intermediate data technician: Company 3
Michael Collins	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Shane Cook	....	compositing supervisor: Gradient Effects
Robert Coquia Jr.	....	i/o vfx
John Cornejo	....	lead compositor
Daniel Craemer	....	visual effects
Chad Dombrova	....	technical director: Luma Pictures
Scott Dougherty	....	visual effects executive producer: Furious FX
Jenny Foster	....	visual effects producer: LOOK Effects
Michel Frenette	....	senior compositor: Mokko Studio
Katie Godwin	....	visual effects coordinator
Joanna N. Goslicka	....	tracking artist
Anthony Grant	....	model/texture artist
Steve Griffith	....	visual effects producer: Luma Pictures
Jennifer Gutierrez	....	junior compositor
Martin Hall	....	compositor: FuriousFX
Lindsay Hallett	....	visual effects executive producer: RIOT (as Lindsay Burnett)
H Haden Hammond	....	sequence supervisor: Luma Pictures
Jacob Harris	....	paint artist: Luma Pictures
John R. Hazzard	....	pipeline technical director: Luma Pictures
Dylan Highsmith	....	visual effects editor
Craig Hilditch	....	digital compositor
Holly Gregory Horter	....	digital artist
Josiah Holmes Howison	....	digital compositor
Christopher Ide	....	post production assistant
Andreas Jablonka	....	digital compositor: Luma Pictures
Justin Johnson	....	digital effects supervisor
Harimander Singh Khalsa	....	digital compositor (as Michael Cashore)
Deke Kincaid	....	senior compositor: Gradient Effects
Mark Kolpack	....	visual effects producer: Gradient Effects
Alain Lachance	....	lead compositor: Mokko Studio
Chris LeDoux	....	sequence supervisor: R!OT
David Lingenfelser	....	executive visual effects supervisor: Furious Fx
Zachary Lo	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Jason Locke	....	lead matchmover
Sean Looper	....	pipeline and tools supervisor: R!OT
Jessica Madsen	....	digital artist
Sarah McAnally	....	assistant visual effects editor
James McQuaide	....	visual effects supervisor
Mindy Minkow	....	visual effects coordinator
Mike Murphy	....	previs supervisor: Proof, Inc.
Marla Neto	....	visual effects production assistant: R!OT
James Notari	....	visual effects coordinator
Kim O'Donnell	....	digital compositor
Gary Oldroyd	....	visual effects on-set supervisor
Eric Potter	....	visual effects
Rebecca Ramsey	....	visual effects executive producer: Look Effects
Pimentel A. Raphael	....	animation supervisor
Devon Read	....	digital compositor: Gradient Effects
Migs Rustia	....	visual effects editor
Gabriel Sanchez	....	visual effects supervisor: LOOK! Effects
Chad Schott	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Payam Shohadai	....	executive visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
Prasanna Siddharthan	....	digital compositor: Gradient Fx
Joey Sila	....	digital compositor: Luma Pictures
Tiffany Smith	....	visual effects producer: Furious FX
Eva Snyder	....	junior compositor
Roland So	....	matchmover
Martha Soehendra	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Martha Soehendra	....	digital compositor
Paul Stemmer	....	visual effects editor
Michael Stewart	....	digital compositor: Luma Pictures
Richard Sutherland	....	lighting td: Luma Pictures
Mai Suzuki	....	digital restoration artist
Steven Swanson	....	visual effects supervising producer: Luma Pictures
Olcun Tan	....	executive visual effects producer: Gradient Effects
Thomas Tannenberger	....	visual effects producer: Gradient Effects
Cameron Thomas	....	compositor: Gradient FX
Yuki Uehara	....	visual effects
Tina Wallace	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Kyle Ware	....	visual effects coordinator: Luma Pictures
James Waterson	....	digital compositor: Luma Pictures
Shane Christopher Wicklund	....	digital compositor: Gradient Effects
Shane Christopher Wicklund	....	paint artist: R!OT
Sonia Yu	....	lighter: Luma Pictures
Bob Froehlig	....	lead systems engineer: Gradient Effects (uncredited)
Dawrath Phoue	....	roto/paint artist: Luma Pictures (uncredited)

Stunts
Brandon Beckman	....	utility stunts
Randy Beckman	....	stunt coordinator
Cornell Brandon	....	stunts
Brycen Counts	....	stunts
Chris Daniels	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Jacob Dewitt	....	stunts
Rockey Dickey Jr.	....	stunts
Cheyenne Ellis	....	stunt double: Katherine Heigl
David Kilde	....	stunt double: Gerard Butler
Rusty Manning	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Saeed Adyani	....	still photographer
Will Arnot	....	Steadicam operator
Will Arnot	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Craig A. Brink	....	rigging gaffer
Craig Brown	....	grip
Richard L. Carden	....	dolly grip
Rick Colosimo	....	grip
Vincent Contarino	....	dimmer board operator
Chris Funk	....	rigging electrician
Sheila Greene	....	rigging electrician
Mark Hadland	....	best boy electric
Gene Hara	....	electrician
Morgan Jenkins	....	camera loader
Will Jenkins	....	camera loader
Michael Kleiman	....	second assistant camera: additional
Len Levine	....	gaffer
Josh Levy	....	video assist operator
Gary Lowrance	....	electrician
Michael Lowrance	....	electrician
Jesse Mather	....	lighting technician
Kevin McKnight	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Matthew Mebane	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Tom Morash	....	rigging electrician
Jesse Olivares	....	digital video assist operator
Haydn Pazanti	....	camera loader/second assistant camera: "B" camera
Nolan Pratt	....	rigging grip
Rick Pratt	....	rigging key grip
Dennis Seawright	....	first assistant camera
Jim Shelton	....	key grip
Mike Simko	....	grip
Brent Studler	....	electrician
Jon Sudtell	....	best boy grip
Chuck Whelan	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Philip Hurn	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Animation Department
Pimentel A. Raphael	....	animation supervisor

Casting Department
Natasha Delahunt	....	extras casting assistant
Samantha Finkler	....	casting associate
Carla Lewis	....	extras casting
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Amanda Chamberlin	....	costumer (as Mandy Chamberlin)
Heather Hybbert	....	costumer (as Heather Hybert)
Joyce Kogut	....	costume supervisor
Ric Spencer	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Matt Besserman	....	post-production assistant
Don Broida	....	first assistant editor
Siggy Ferstl	....	digital intermediate colorist
Jordan Fox	....	di colorist assist
Nicholas Hasson	....	smoke editor
Andy Kaplan	....	digital intermediate producer
Santiago Padilla	....	colorist: dailies
Jim Passon	....	color timer (uncredited)
Dave Pickett	....	colorist (television version) (uncredited)

Music Department
George Doering	....	musician
Jerry Hey	....	orchestrator
Steve Juliani	....	music preparation
Patrick Kirst	....	orchestrator
David Metzner	....	music editor: temp score
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Angie Rubin	....	music editor
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Michael Stern	....	music recording engineer: music scoring mixer
Jesse Voccia	....	composer: electronic music
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz	....	temp music editor
Aaron Zigman	....	orchestrator
Emily C. Kwong	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)
Mateo Laboriel	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Roy Beville	....	transportation
Grady Allen Bishop	....	driver: camera car
Alex E. Burns	....	transportation
Bruce Comtois	....	driver generator operator
Mark Dobkousky	....	driver
Geno Hart	....	transportation consultant
Alan Kaminsky	....	picture car coordinator
Jay Krueger	....	driver
Seth Levine	....	driver
John Pellegrino	....	transportation captain
Michael J. Riegle	....	driver
Tim Schau	....	transportation
John Siedenburg	....	driver

Other crew
Ted Alvarez	....	key assistant location manager
H. Leah Amir	....	key craft service
Spencer Andrews	....	stand-in / photodouble: Kevin Connolly (as Spencer Jambor)
Bethany Andriuzzo	....	second assistant accountant
Joshua Aufrance	....	post-production accountant
Travis Bauer	....	assistant: Mr. Luketic
Julie Bernards	....	payroll accountant
Kendra Burrell	....	production assistant
Jennifer Bydwell	....	clearances and product placement
Steve Cainas	....	production coordinator
Sue Chipperton	....	animal trainer
Patrick Chisholm	....	key assistant location manager
Calvin Dean	....	baseball technical adviser
Deborah Dellosso	....	animal trainer
Jessica Drake	....	dialect coach
Jennifer Dunne	....	location manager
D.R. Farquharson	....	project manager: Deluxe Digital Cinema
Corinne Fixmer	....	first assistant accountant
Wilma Garscadden-Gahret	....	script supervisor
Shaun Gavin	....	location scout: Oregon
Andrea Giannetti	....	studio executive: development
Kyle Gibson	....	accounting clerk
Vicki Goldsmith	....	additional set production assistant
Grant Grabowski	....	assistant production coordinator
Dana Graham	....	key assistant location manager
Nick Grimm	....	assistant: Gerard Butler
Brent Hagata	....	production assistant
Dan Harder	....	lot medic
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative
Karen Ibara	....	assistant: Katherine Heigl
Rachel Jensen	....	production assistant
Stephanie Mace	....	production assistant
Michelle Maloney	....	key set production assistant
Kevin Mills	....	production secretary
Laura Pearson-Smith	....	marketing and distribution (as Laura Pearson)
Will Ruvalcaba	....	key assistant location manager
Shane Sankey	....	construction accountant
Kate Schriver	....	assistant: Mr. Rosenberg
Lindsey Shupe	....	production assistant
Max Smerling	....	assistant: Mr. Reid
Joni Smith	....	production secretary
Michael Umble	....	unit publicist
Mathew A. Villalobos	....	key assistant location manager
Michael Westby	....	production assistant
Whitney J. Willard	....	production accountant
Herbert James Winterstern	....	assistant: Mr. Lamal (as Jamie Winterstern)
Nancy Wong	....	key assistant location manager
Jessica Wood	....	assistant: Mr. Lucchesi
Michael Zazarino	....	choreographer
Christina Hwang	....	title producer (uncredited)
Jeremy Jacobs	....	stage manager (uncredited)
Liz Lira	....	choreographer (uncredited)

Thanks
Toby Midgen	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Lakeshore Entertainment
• Relativity Media (in association with)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• ACME (2009) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal (2009) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2009) (Estonia) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2009) (Latvia) (theatrical)
• ITA Film (2009) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Lifetime (2011) (USA) (TV)
• RTL Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Belgium) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Luma Pictures (visual effects)
• Gradient Effects (visual effects)
• Furious FX (additional visual effects)
• yU+Co. (additional visual effects)
• Proof (additional visual effects)
• Proof

Other Companies

• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Film Art  artwork
• Headquarters Casting  extras casting
• Hollywood-DI  HD screening services
• Klass Security and Investigations  film security (uncredited)
• LCW Props  set equipment
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Momentous Insurance Brokerage  insurance
• Momentous Insurance Brokerage  production insurance services
• Picture Mill, The  titles
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  modem card rentals
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Spacecam Systems  aerial cameras provided by
• Star Waggons  cast trailers
• Star Waggons  hair and make-up trailers
• Star Waggons  star trailers
• Sunset Gower Studios  sound stages & facilities
• Warner Brothers Post-Production Services  sound post-production

Also Known As:

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 Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13 | Japan:R15+ | Sweden:Btl | Brazil:14 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Taiwan:R-12 | Peru:14 | Germany:12 | Malaysia:18PL

Filming Locations:

1930 Rodney Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Lakeshore Entertainment

Trivia:

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

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Mike and Abby are on camera on the hot-air balloon, it is secured to the basket and balloon lines. When they move around, the basket and lines move with them while the camera remains still.

Quotes:

Abby Richter:Tell me about the doozy. You know, the woman who broke your heart.
Mike Chadway:You are just totally trying to kill my buzz.
Abby Richter:No, I'm not. I'm just interested in what makes you you.
Mike Chadway:Well, for your information, it was more than just one. It was more like a parade. Codependent girls, unfaithful girls, depressed girls, narcissistic girls, phony girls. Girls who, it turned out, didn't actually like me. By the time I hit 30, I realized that you can only have so many lousy relationships before you figure out there's no such thing as a good one.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in "Bad Movie Beatdown: The Ugly Truth (#2.13)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Everybody Got Their Something

One of the few all-around great love movies, both for women and men!

So as I was forced to watch this movie with my sister and her friend, the original stereotypical thoughts towards all love movies seem to be bursting throughout my head- corny: guy meets girl, girl hates guy at first, girl meets another guy then realizes that the first guy was the love of his life, girl goes back to guy and the movie ends with a touching make-out scene. Well, of course this was the case. HOWEVER, I wouldn't exactly call this movie a chick-flick. It seem to be the "battle of the sexes type," and it did not disappoint. I can easily say that I had some great laughs in this movie; surprisingly, and I am not even a comedy/chick flick guy. The whole moral of the movie is something both guys and women can you relate to, and some scenes are just hilarious for all types of audiences. The whole plot of the story was actually pretty solid for this style movie. In fact, the approach of this movie is so unique that I believe it belongs in its own category. Gerard Butler gives an excellent performance, both funny and charming. The humor had tremendous variety that kept audience laughing hysterically at some points. Overall, I really do recommend this movie for the male audience (Especially couples) and guarantee that they will not be disappointed after seeing this flick.