The Ugly Truth 
We saw this movie on a date night a week or two ago, it was actually a wonderful moment where Stacy looked me in the eye and said, “Why don’t we go to a movie tonight?” This does not happen every day. I’ll see anything you want if you come up and ask me to go to a movie. So we went to see Grey’s Anatomy girl (Katherine Heigl) and the dude from 300 (Gerard Butler) in this romantic comedy, if you can call it that.
I’ll be honest, I really don’t mind romantic comedies and the premise of this one seemed interesting enough. Basically, Katherine Heigl is a TV producer for a lame morning show that is suddenly spiced up by the introduction of a crude, chauvinistic relationship advisor, Gerard Butler. Of course, they fight for most of the movie and eventually fall in love. The thing is, this is not your normal romantic comedy. Romantic comedies normally derive their humor from awkward situations and funny innuendo, this movie simply removes ALL of the innuendo. It is blatantly crude, with plenty of profanity and discussion about all aspects of sex. There is no nudity in the movie, but other than that, they really leave nothing up to the imagination. Now, some of the jokes and situations are hilarious and it’s not all bad, but the truth of the matter is, I can’t suggest this movie to most people. Maybe if that’s really your thing, but anybody that is probably reading this won’t appreciate it.
All in all, the characters are interesting, they have a somewhat unique interaction, and you do feel good when they finally get together, because they actually are really right for each other. Unfortunately, the movie comes across as almost in the same vein as the frat-boy comedies like The Hangover and anything with Seth Rogen in it. Hope this helps you out, feel free to subscribe to the blog….
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