Very well executed

Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Going into this for the first time, I honestly didn't know what to expect. Once I sat down to watch it, I was falling off the couch laughing. When it comes to the age-old battle of the sexes, it never gets old. There are storytellers who give a very vague, uneventful image of men and women against each other and then there are those who go right for the throat. "The Ugly Truth" is one of them. Take note: not all guys think alike and not all ladies think alike. It is just that simple. In not so many words, that's what this movie is saying. There could never be a better title than "The Ugly Truth." You cannot go PG or PG-13 with this one. R is the best that it's going to get because you cannot dumb down the relationship with men and women. It doesn't work. If you want something that you can laugh at when you're having a very bad day or just want a movie to keep you feeling good on a regular day, pursue this one. You can watch it over and over and never get tired of it.

I have watched this several times and it is a ROM COM that follows a predictable formula. Furthermore, it never made me laugh at all. Part of the reason it never made me laugh is that is it so incredibly predictable. That said, the story took some deeper views of the relationships between men and women than most ROM COMs. The main relationship is between TV Producer Abby, and TV up and coming talk show or segment host Mike. In Abby we see a controlling women that scares men away, and furthermore, she has a hopeful view of finding a perfect guy someday. In Mike, we have someone running from any entanglements and seeking conquests. He has a negative view of women but still wants sex with them. He presents and ugly view of relationships, but has a sense of how to fix them to get to win win. As a side project, he helps Abby become the woman that men desire. But at the same time, she becomes someone she is not comfortable being. We also find out along the way, that Mike's negative view of women was forged by numerous negative experiences he has had in relationships with women.The final step to bring the movie to its very predictable end, is that Abby must lose her dreams and Mike lose his pre-conceived notions and take a risk based on the feelings they have developed for each other.

The movie's main theme is really directly depicted in the suggestive nature of the scenes. The comedy is full blown geared up for mature audiences. I like to compare this movie to Hitch (2005). I think that this is quite the opposite of Hitch, especially on the methods and the conflicts the two movies presented. But The Ugly Truth hits it harder and rougher to those who have the symptoms of serious passionate relationship issue syndrome. This movie's appeal comes from all those suggestive scenes, which also sets it way apart from Hitch. The acting is just another okay overall. Gerard Butler provided the right amount of balancing to Katherine Heigl's lead performance, which is for me not very special. I like how the movie builds just enough of the complimentary characters such as Joy and Colin.

I am a sucker for rom coms. I am aware that many like this one are not very good. They all draw from a short list of popular clichés and then they mix them up and cast the movie with the "it" girl of romantic comedies at the moment. The clichés featured in this movie are, but not limited to; the chauvinistic man whore who acts the way he does because he was hurt, the liar revealed, the bickering couple who "secretly" love each other, and topped off with a cheesy public outburst to declare their love. The result is a generic rom com that will disappoint the film critic. I enjoyed this movie because I knew exactly what it was going to be when I saw it. Sometimes I enjoy predictable movies because I don't want a surprise. I enjoy knowing what is going to happen throughout the movie. It's like eating a frozen pizza or a hot pocket. You know it's not very good for you, some would even debate whether it is actual food, but sometimes you can't help but enjoy a substandard meal because it is a guilty pleasure. For me that is what this movie feels like. Nothing in this movie is spectacular and some of the things in this movie are down right awful. That being said I don't regret seeing the movie and enjoyed it despite its many many flaws.