The Ugly Truth

Scratch that.... The Horrid Truth.

The ugly truth is that some movies just miss the bull's eye. The ugly, ugly truth is that some movies drastically miss the bull's eye. The ugly, ugly, ugly truth is that some movies just miss the dart board, period.

The Ugly Truth, directed by Robert Luketic, follows a control freak television program producer, Abby Richter, who is forced to work with an offensive and self absorbed television host, Mike Chadway, who is the host of The Ugly Truth, a television show in which he reveals what really makes men and women tick. The two instantly develop a disliking for each other, but eventually Mike ends up composing Abby's demeanor as a woman to get her a boyfriend, using his dating theories to guide her relationship with her neighbor, Colin.

This movie was a big disappointment. It was a very brittle set up of lame clichés, stupid gags, and the same old "they hate each other but they end up falling in love" plot. The outcome is very predictable, and the jokes are just plain not funny. The characters are so overwhelmingly stereotyped, and even as an adult movie, the scenes with inapproprate references (in other words, all of the scenes) are just plain awkward to watch. I found myself thinking "They actually thought that was going to be funny?..." numerous times throughout the film.

So if you want to see a movie in which a control freak falls in love with someone she previously hated, go and watch The Proposal again for a better outcome.

The ugly truth in this movie is so dreadfully hideous that it is not even as if the dart missed the dart board, it is as if it missed the dart board and landed on your foot.

My verdict: 3/10
-Wolfie