The Ugly Truth: A Review
August 31st 2009 02:19
I caught “The Ugly Truth” a couple of weeks ago and I remembered thinking to myself distinctly as the movie progressed that this must be a romantic comedy written for men.
There was hardly any man-bashing, no cheating husbands or gay characters and it actually celebrated ‘real’ men; the adventurous, dangerous, edgy, say-it-to-your-face type.
Of course with Gerard Butler as Mike Chadway at the helms of “The Ugly Truth”; a late-night call-in talk show; one cannot imagine him playing something less ‘manly’. Well, he was a bit leaner in “300” but who’s taking notes anyway.
Enter modern woman, Katherine Heigl as Abby Richter; self-made, control freak, highly successful, extremely respected and single. Heigl is a great actress and her face doesn’t look quite right during close-ups (I much prefer her in Grey’s Anatomy) but she carries the role nonchalantly well.
The movie is a typical romantic comedy with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments but nothing spectacular about it. It might make you think about modern love and what it means to a modern woman but I think we are all smart enough to separate fact from fiction.
Facts are men this good looking usually aren’t this well-spoken and women this successful probably don’t need men as desperately as this.
Ha!
Catch it on a night in when you want a movie with seamless set design and styling & if you are in the mood to remind your stereotypical self why your love life is in whatever condition it is.
2.5 out of 5 stars.
DM
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Well, its not a bad bad movie...But having said that you're better off waiting for the DVD.
It's definitely a good time-filler but then again aren't all rom coms like that?
Do let me know what you think of it after you've got the chance to see it yeah?
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