Memo to expecting parents: be careful. Name your son Lynn, and he'd better grow up to be a hall of famer for the Steelers, or else he’s in for a lifetime of ass-kickings.Studio execs should be just as prudent. Name a film The Ugly Truth, and you’re seriously asking for it. I did a search and found these reviews:
“The truth about it is ugly indeed.”
-Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
“Ugly is, indeed, the word for any comedy that manages to insult both its cast and audience with nearly every scene.”
-Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
“The ugly truth about The Ugly Truth is the fact that it could have been a whole lot funnier.”
-Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
“You can’t handle this truth!”
-Lou Lemenick, New York Post
“The truth is this movie is ugly, in spirit and execution.”
-Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News
“The real ugly truth about The Ugly Truth is how starkly it illustrates the decline for Hollywood comedies.”
-Jason Anderson, Toronto Star
“Trite and utterly predictable? Ain't that The Ugly Truth.”
-Claudia Puig, USA Today
“If the movie had even a moment of freshness or wit or one honest laugh. It doesn’t—and that’s the ugly truth.”
-Joanne Kaufman, The Wall Street Journal
“The Ugly Truth feels more ugly than true, and predictable in everything except its level of crassness.”
-Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe and Mail
“A cynical, clumsy, aptly-titled attempt to cross the female-oriented romantic comedy with the male-oriented gross-out comedy that is interesting on several levels, none having to do with cinema.”
-Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“The Ugly Truth is ugly yes, funny no.”
-Eric D. Snider, film.com
“The Ugly Truth? That's half right.”
-Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic
“Toss this ugly-ass crap to the curb, along with the other multiplex garbage, and see a romance that gets it right.”
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
It's official: I MUST see this film. Twice.
