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Edna 2021-11-11 08:01:16

It can be said that as soon as Gerard Butler appeared, all audiences over the age of 12 could guess the development and ending of the story. But to me, this is not a cliché. The real cliché is not to let you guess the ending, but to completely lose your own style characteristics, so that the audience will not remember where they came from even if they see a certain clip after many years. . Unfortunately, this film is so clichéd.
Katherine Heigl, a TV producer, was forced to accept Gerard Butler's "assistance" when the show's ratings declined. Gerard Butler is the host of "The Ugly Truth". He exposes the relationship between men and women in a way of boldly exposing pornography and indecent. He also believes that men are lower-body animals, and women should not fantasize about men who do not exist at all. Katherine Heigl completely opposed and despised him, until she met the lover of her dreams, she asked Gerard Butler for advice. Finally they were together.
As a comedy film, the climax of the whole film is concentrated in the first half. First, Gerard's appearance, the straightforward sexual content and bold hosting style, and later secretly helping Katherine hook men, all have good jokes. It's a pity that the movie halfway is like a roller coaster slamming into the brakes, and suddenly falling into a soap love story. The previous jokes, the chemical reaction between Katherine and Gerard, are all gone forever. Until the last hot air balloon took off, I felt a bit sensational and romantic, which really made me overwhelmed.
The "style characteristics" mentioned above are Gerard in this film. If Katherine sells beauty in this film, then Gerard sells his character and proposition for love. This is not only the characteristic of Gerard's character, but also the characteristic of the whole movie. The second half of the movie is about a man who doesn’t believe in love and thinks that men are all lower-body animals. After discovering that he really "loves" a woman, the reaction and thought change caused by it should be very different. It's interesting to dig into. Just like the last JUSTIN LONG in the HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU at the beginning of the year, a self-proclaimed man and woman relationship master finds that he is still at a loss in front of love, behaving like a little girl. But this film completely gave up on this point. The psychological turning point of Gerard can be said to be a complete one. In the second half, he loves her and kisses him. .. The gimmick and laughter of "Exposing the Nature of Men" in the first half of the movie are completely gone.
Apart from the bad customs in the second half, the viewing quality of the first half is considered passable. The joke is only one of the reasons, and the other major reason is the two protagonists who are so charming. Friends who have watched "Grey the Intern" and like IZZIE can't miss this film. Katherine is still very cute in the film, and more beautiful and sexy. The most tempting and coveting scene is that of wearing a low-cut evening dress and leaning over to change underwear. And Gerard hides his muscles from beginning to end, exposing a charming smile and the charismatic character given by the screenwriter.

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  • Wava 2021-11-11 08:01:16

    09.11.27. Male gangsters are perverted, females are hungry, thirsty and brain-disabled. Only male matches look good. Ugly truth, really ugly.

  • Romaine 2022-03-21 09:01:34

    I love Izzie, but I just want to give 2 stars!

The Ugly Truth quotes

  • Mike Chadway: Rule #4: Never talk about your problems 'cause men don't really listen or care.

    Abby Richter: Some men care!

    Mike Chadway: No, some men pretend to care. When we ask how you're doing, it's just guy code for "let me stick my dick in your ass".

    Abby Richter: OOH!

    Mike Chadway: Oh, I know you think Colin is above it all, but trust me, he's a guy. If he's even remotely into you he's probably thought about each one of your orifices at least ten times.

    Abby Richter: I love how you assume all men are perverse as you are!

    Mike Chadway: Oh, I don't assume. I know.

  • Abby Richter: I'm sorry, but Jack Magnun will no longer be able to do 'The Ugly Truth', which should really come as no surprise because men are completely unreliable. Take Mike Chadway, for instance. He up and quit the show, without so much as a word. You think you know what men are going to do. You think you know what men want to do, but when it comes right down to that moment where they need to step up and, I don't know, make a move - they chicken out.

    Mike: Oh! I am all over this.

    Abby Richter: The big strong brave men, that we've all been reading about in novels and watching in movies since we've been nine years old, - -that's a fallacy. They don't exist. Men are not strong. Men are not brave. Men, are afraid. Even if they have a moment in a hotel elevator and it's totally romantic and full of potential, men are incapable of copping to it because, why? Men are weak.

    Mike: Let me tell you something about women. Women would have us believe that they are the victims; That we break their hearts for sport. That's crap. They say they want romance, they say they want true love, but all they want is a check list. Is he perfect? Is he handsome? Is he a doctor? For you men who fit the criteria, don't kid yourselves. Cuz they're not sleeping with you, they're sleeping with a carefully calculated set of venal choices. Money over substance, looks over soul, polished over principles. No gesture, no matter how real or romantic will ever compensate for a really impressive list of credentials.

    Abby Richter: This coming from a man who's never made a gesture other than this one.