Movie Review 3: The Ugly Truth (4/5)

like what Gerard Butler said in the movie...
the truth is ugly...

The Ugly Truth is the typical Hollywood romantic comedy...
but it is also filled with lessons we can learn...
before i go into that...

here is what the movie is about...

Katherine Hiegl is an award winning morning show producer whose show is facing the chop due to poor ratings...
and her boss decided to help up the ratings by hiring Gerard Butler, host of the "Ugly Truth" to do a segment on the show...
the Ugly Truth was popular with the crowd due to its blunt and crude breakdown of relationships...
being a strong, control freak who dreams of dating the perfect, sensitive guy...
Hiegl cannot see eye-to-eye to Butler's relationship-is-not-romance-but-desire point of view...

and like all Hollywood comedies...
the duo starts things off with lots of bickering...

things begins to change as Butler made a bet with Hiegl...
he would help Hiegl get her dream guy (her seemingly perfect boy next door)...
and if he fails he would quit...

from there it really goes along the normal Hollywood path...
i do not want to spoil the show for u by revealing too much...

but basically there are a lot of lessons to be learnt from there...

such as how we try to package ourselves to be the perfect one for another person...
how long can we keep up...
is that the real u?...

why does loving someone need a reason...

how we like to see things in all negativity even when someone is trying to tell us they are in love with us...

and of course...
how men are sexual animals using purely sexual cues for navigation...

there are plenty of funny moments in this movie...
and at no point...
unlike some comedy...
did i feel that the pace slow down to almost a boring level...

one thing that really help was the on-screen chemistry between the two leads...
nothing in this movie is out-of-the-world spectacular...
as outrageous as some scenarios can be...
they are all pretty believable...

all in all this is quite an entertaining movie...
if u are looking for some light-hearted laughs...
something a little sweet border-lining romantic...
this would be a good choice...

for this the movie gets 4/5...

just remember...
i still believe a sensitive guy exist out there...
who is not gay...

and remember to be who u are not who someone want u to be...

and most of all...
take note when someone says "i love u"...