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The Ugly Truth (Widescreen Edition) List Price: $28.96 Sale Price: $14.00 Used From: $6.70 Average Rating:

Description

Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler star in this wildly funny battle of the sexes. Abby (Heigl), a successful morning show producer, is looking for a lot in a man. Mike (Butler), her obnoxious TV star, knows men only want one thing. Determined to prove that she's not romantically challenged, Abby takes Mike's advice during a promising new romance, but the unexpected results will stun everyone.

Katherine Heigl further cements her reputation as one of film's most dazzling, and go-to, romantic comedy heroines. In The Ugly Truth she brings her deft comic timing and true vulnerability to a film that avoids clichés, successfully, all the way until the surprising, quiet end. Heigl's partner in crime--and at first, in pure hatred--is the rakishly charming Gerard Butler. Heigl plays Abby, a career-bound TV producer, and Butler is Mike, an outrageous dude's dude whose public access show about what men want (one thing only) makes him so popular that he's hired to work alongside Abby, who naturally chafes at everything Mike stands for. Yet The Ugly Truth could not be more unpredictable, and men as well as women will like the refreshing story line and the crisp direction by Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde, Monster-in-Law). Both lead actors put their all into their performances, and the nuance and depth makes The Ugly Truth not just a great date-night film, but a transportive testament on the primal human urge simply to connect. The Ugly Truth is more than a little raunchy, and it deserves its R rating, but there's hilarity in its crudeness. The supporting cast includes the delightful Cheryl Hines and John Michael Higgins as a tensely married couple forced to appear together on TV. And Eric Winter (Brothers & Sisters) is dreamy as Abby's potential love-match--as long as she doesn't have to be herself. The DVD includes mostly forgettable deleted and extended scenes, but also a gag reel that shows that the cast had every bit as much fun creating the film as the viewer has watching it. The Ugly Truth has never shined so brightly. --A.T. Hurley Stills from The Ugly Truth (Click for larger image)

DVD Information

Binding: DVD
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Brand: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Original Release Date: 2009-01-01
Actors:

• Gerard Butler
• Katherine Heigl

Reviews

I've seen both Katherine Heigle and Gerard Butler in movies I very much enjoyed. The previews made it clear that this was a male chauvinist pig meets woman movie, so I was expecting sparks and growth from two fun characters who smooth each other's rough edges. It turned out that the most truthful thing in the advertising for this movie was the word "Ugly" in the title. This is a very ugly movie. The male chauvinist pig schtick was taken far further than I've ever seen it taken before. (Except maybe in caveman movies.) Katherine Heigle's character was ugly too, in her own inability to see men as anything other than some sort of object to be captured and owned, somewhat like her cat. But as the movie went on, she became uglier by taking on the excessive crudity of Gerard's character without really growing away from the ugliness in her own. And by excessive crudity, I mean full on foul-mouthed swearing, ugly words used to describe sexual organs, and crass descriptions of sexual activity. This movie bore as much resemblance to the truth about love and romance as a chain saw resembles a knife used to prepare a gourmet dinner. It has absolutely no respect for relationships between men and women, ripping and tearing the truth into shreds of rancid meat without even a pretense of precision. While it's true that men do notice a woman's looks, and some men never get past that stage, that's about all this movie really gets right. It's as if the writers glanced at a fine painting--let's say the Mona Lisa--and described it as a drawing of a girl, never recognizing the true beauty in a good relationship between a man and woman except as a strange feeling in the back of their minds. It's ironic that of the three movies I rented at the same time--The Ugly Truth, Zombieland, and Inglorious Basterds--this one turned out to be the most crude and ugly of the three, when it should have been the best.

What a silly and trite movie - not even good comedy or romance. Gerard Butler is a great actor and has done some really good movies. This one was NOT one of them. If you want to be irritated by Hiegl and disappointed by Butler, then this is a MUST see movie - otherwise give it a big miss.

This movie was on our daughter's Christmas wish list, she was so happy to open it on Christmas morning and we've all enjoyed watching it. Kathryn Heigl and Gerard Butler were wonderful. Light, fun, enjoyable.

It was very easy to order and the order arrived very quickly. The dvd appeared in excellent shape. I have not had a chance to watch it yet.

This film is a rude, crude and very funny romantic comedy focusing on the differences between the sexes. The female lead is a somewhat stereotypical career woman with a laundry list of requirements in a mate so impossible to fill that the only man in her life is a cat. The male lead is an outrageous television "relationship expert" who is blunt in the extreme about his cynical assessment about what men want from women. Needless to say, when the two first come together the fireworks aren't at all the romantic sort. Through the course of the film, however, Abby and Mike gradually develop a grudging respect for each other. She allows him to use her to prove his theories about landing a suitable man, while he in turn finds himself attracted to a woman for reasons other than her breasts and other physical charms. When each has revealed his or her personal vulnerabilities, they see each other honestly and discover that the truth about what they really want in a relationship matches up much better than it seemed.