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The Ugly Truth
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.
2009 · Directed by Robert Luketic · 96 min · Comedy · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 16 frames
Tagline
The battle of the sexes is on.
Plot
Abby Richter is a morning show television producer in Sacramento, California who believes in true love and is a big supporter of self-help books. Coming home from a disastrous date, she sees a local television show, The Ugly Truth, featuring Mike Chadway, whose cynicism about relationships prompts Abby to call in to argue with him on-air. The next day, she discovers that the television station threatens to cancel her show because of poor ratings. So, the station owner has hired Mike to do a segment on her show.
At first, the two have a rocky relationship; Abby thinks Mike is crass and disgusting while he finds her naive and a control freak. Nevertheless, when she meets the man of her dreams, a doctor named Colin, Mike convinces her that by following his advice, she will improve her chances with him. They make a deal: If Mike's management of her courtship results in her landing Colin, she will work peacefully with him, but if Mike fails, he leaves her show.
Mike improves the show's ratings, brings married co-anchors Georgia and Larry closer, and successfully instructs Abby to be precisely what Colin would want through many pointers, including: always laughing at his jokes and saying he is amazing in bed. Mike is invited to appear on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and is offered a job at another network. Abby is forced to cancel a romantic weekend with Colin, during which they had planned to finally sleep together, and instead fly to Los Angeles to persuade Mike to stay with her show.
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Crew
- Written by: Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah
- Cinematography: Russell Carpenter
- Edited by: Lisa Zeno Churgin
- Music: Aaron Zigman
- Production design: Missy Stewart
- Produced by: Tom Rosenberg, Steven Reuther, Gary Lucchesi, Kimberly di Bonaventura
Cast
- Katherine Heigl as Abby Richter
- Gerard Butler as Mike Chadway
- Eric Winter as Colin Anderson
- Nick Searcy as Stuart
- Bree Turner as Joy
- John Michael Higgins as Larry Freeman
- Kevin Connolly as Jim Ryan
- Cheryl Hines as Georgia Bordeney
- Bonnie Somerville as Elizabeth Chadway
- Jesse D. Goins as Cliff
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Lakeshore Entertainment, Relativity Media
- Budget: $38,000,000
- Box office: $321,700,000
- Themes: surgeon, sexism, romcom, romance, television producer, morning show, relationship, sex toy, valentine's day, misogyny
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