The Ugly Truth

Every Tuesday the Markey Square Theatre charges $4.00 for a film. As you can imagine there are lengthy lines and all the auditoriums are filled. It was a rainy miserable day so I headed out for The Ugly Truth. It was all very ugly. The average age was 20 and they were noisy and the place was packed. I should have stayed home and cooked. The film was as ugly as the atmosphere.

Why do they make such bad films? Katherine Heigl is a delight to look at and Gerard Butler is a cutie. They alone could not save this film.

This story has been told many times. It is the old Kiss Me Kate story. Girl is difficult. Girl meets boy. Girl hates boy. Girl comes to love boy. That’s it.

Abby played by Katherine Heigl is a director of a TV program. She is bossy and controlling. There is some humor in the terrible program. The masters of ceremony are a man and wife team. The tension between them does provide a few smirks.

One evening Abby calls into a late night cable show to complain to Mike about the ‘garbage’ she is listening to on his program. He is the announcer at a show called The Ugly Truth. The program basically talks about relationships. He is down on women and uses abusive coarse language about women and their needs.

What a coincidence. Mike gets hired by Abby’s bosses and she now finds herself as his producer. Mike starts changing everything and the ratings go up. Abby finds herself in a helpless situation as far as work goes.

Mike also helps Abby to attract the handsome man who moved into her housing complex. He tells her every move to make. I suppose it was supposed to be funny when Abby is at a business dinner with her handsome neighbor. A vibrator just happens to be in a strategic place and gets activated while she is dining. Funny? I don’t think so.

Abby and Mike discover that they have a lot in common. I just saved you a lot of money.

Go and see a different film that has some redeeming qualities.