I was actually excited to see this movie. The previews looked cute, and I love Gerard Butler (still haven’t seen 300, but Phantom? Hello, ladies?). I knew not to expect more than the typical romantic comedy, with the plot plainly laid out in a two and a half minute trailer. Butler’s misogynistic Mike is going to help uptight Abby (Katherine Heigl) land the man of her dreams by teaching her how to play the dating game.
Abby is the producer of a morning news show, co-anchored by a married couple, and slipping in the ratings. Her boss makes the highly unlikely decision to hire Mike, a man with a local cable access program that tells “The Ugly Truth” about the relationships between men and women. Hired for a weekly segment to boost ratings, his antics quickly become an attention grabber and he appears on Abby’s show daily. As Mike helps Abby loosen up and manipulate her handsome new neighbor into a relationship with her, Mike realizes he’s been falling for her the whole time.
My problem with this film is not its predictability. If you go into it know what to expect, it can be comforting to know there will be a happily ever after. What I found highly disappointing was the lack of cleverness. The jokes fell flat, the “shocking” behavior was crude, not funny. This could have been a better movie, but how many people really expected it to be?
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this coming from the one who thought Zack and Miri was funny but NOT crude? I smell favoritism. You heard it here people, read Chris’ reviews instead.
Oh, sir. I never said it was not crude. I said it was vulgar and occasionally disgusting, but a sweet love story and hysterically funny.
This movie was only crude, not funny.
Oh, Mr. Butler is to die for in P.S. I Love You. That is the only reason why I wanted to see this movie, lol! It makes me sad that romantic comedies have really taken a dive. I hate predictability. My Best Friends Wedding was one of the late great romantic comedies of recent. The end was so not what you wanted, but it just worked.
Side note, have you seen Sunshine Cleaning? Very good flick. I’m an Indie girl myself, always have been.