director: Robert Luketic
writer: Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith, Nicole Eastman
starring: Gerald Butler, Katherine Heigl
genre: Comedy, Romance
The trouble with romantic comedies lately is that there not funny and not so romantic. Why is that? It’s probably that they rehash the same old formulas and just believe the talent of the actors will make everything ok. Well it cant always be like that. Ugly Truth again is just like all the rest of romantic comedy's this year, little bit of funny and a little bit romantic but not enough to make a more satisfying package.
Abby (Katherine Heigl) is a beautiful woman, smart, attractive and professional. But the love her life hasn’t come just yet. After trouble at her morning TV show and her bad dates she’s stumbles on a tv show the ugly truth by Mike Chadaway (Gerald Butler). He gives her a ranting she needs to wake up. By coincidence he's hired to her program and the antagonism begins. The two at odds come to together to show that they can help each other. As Mike helps Abby with her love life she helps him with his career. But they will both will see that helping and caring for someone that deeply means something much much more.
The reason why romantic comedies don’t work anymore is primarily that events occur in the film that are not believable. Meaning something most people would never do. What im asking from a romantic film right? But im not asking for something that’s not possible, but give me something that will either make me laugh with that scene or make me tear up. Simple stupid scenes that are just there to move the plot along dosent move anything, it just drags an nonexistent plot knowhere. And makes us not sympathize with the characters for their dumb decisions.
Classic musical montage, little bit of silly romantic stuff which you cant avoid in the genre are in the film. But there is also some funny scenes and the most important factor the chemistry between Heigl and Butler is great. But as always the plot is predictable and ends too quickly. Wished every romantic comedy passed through the hands of Woody Allen or Richard Curtis for a re write because at least then it be more of a pleasure.
Review by Paul
Abby (Katherine Heigl) is a beautiful woman, smart, attractive and professional. But the love her life hasn’t come just yet. After trouble at her morning TV show and her bad dates she’s stumbles on a tv show the ugly truth by Mike Chadaway (Gerald Butler). He gives her a ranting she needs to wake up. By coincidence he's hired to her program and the antagonism begins. The two at odds come to together to show that they can help each other. As Mike helps Abby with her love life she helps him with his career. But they will both will see that helping and caring for someone that deeply means something much much more.The reason why romantic comedies don’t work anymore is primarily that events occur in the film that are not believable. Meaning something most people would never do. What im asking from a romantic film right? But im not asking for something that’s not possible, but give me something that will either make me laugh with that scene or make me tear up. Simple stupid scenes that are just there to move the plot along dosent move anything, it just drags an nonexistent plot knowhere. And makes us not sympathize with the characters for their dumb decisions.
Classic musical montage, little bit of silly romantic stuff which you cant avoid in the genre are in the film. But there is also some funny scenes and the most important factor the chemistry between Heigl and Butler is great. But as always the plot is predictable and ends too quickly. Wished every romantic comedy passed through the hands of Woody Allen or Richard Curtis for a re write because at least then it be more of a pleasure.I think you get my drift on my feelings about romantic comedies. I just want what my mom's generation had back in their time, quality even if the plot is a rehash of something else. I enjoyed the film as much as i did The Proposal and he’s just not that into you and that's the problem. Too much of the same lowers the rating for the film but still has a cute feeling and i believe most people will enjoy it even for its standard plot.
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