'The Ugly Truth' (2009)

R | July 24, 2009 | 103 mins

The battle of the sexes is on.

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.

Cast: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler [+]
Director: Robert Luketic
Writers: Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith
Producers: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi
Kimberly di Bonaventura, Katherine Heigl, Nancy Heigl, Eric Reid
Cinematographer: Russell Carpenter
Editors: Lisa Zeno Churgin
Music: Aaron Zigman
Production Company: Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Lakeshore Entertainment

Filming Dates: April 16, 2008 – July 12, 2008

Genre: Raunchy
Era: Golden Age

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Name

Character

Abby

Mike

Colin

Joy

Stuart

Georgia

Larry

Elizabeth

Dori

Josh

Release Date

July 24, 2009

Runtime

103 minutes

Distribution

Sony Pictures Releasing

MPAA Rating

Language

English

Country

United States

Filming Locations

Location

Address

Film Relevance

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1930 Rodney Drive, Los Angeles, California

Abby’s apartment building.

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Weimer, California

River picnic scene.

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Foresthill Bridge, Placer County, California

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Lake Skinner Regional Park, Winchester, California

Site of the hot air balloon festival.

KCET Studios

4401 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

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Abby: I am not desperate!… why, did you think I sounded desperate?
Mike: Listen to you. Desperately asking me if you sounded desperate?

Mike: Rule #3, men are very visual. We have to change your look.
Abby: What’s wrong with my look?
Mike: Abby, you’re a very attractive woman, but you’re completely inaccessible. You’re all about comfort and efficiency!
Abby: What’s wrong with comfort and efficiency?
Mike: Well nothing, except no one wants to fuck it.

Abby: Tell me about the doozy. You know, the woman who broke your heart.
Mike: You are just totally trying to kill my buzz.
Abby: No, I’m not. I’m just interested in what makes you you.
Mike: Well, for your information, it was more than just one. It was more like a parade. Codependent girls, unfaithful girls, depressed girls, narcissistic girls, phony girls. Girls who, it turned out, didn’t actually like me. By the time I hit 30, I realized that you can only have so many lousy relationships before you figure out there’s no such thing as a good one.
Abby: You can’t really believe there’s no such thing as a good relationship.
Mike: To my very core.

Abby: Can we go over your intro one more time? “I’m Jack: and this is…”
Jack: The Ugly Truth. [imitates shooting a gun with his thumb and forefinger]Abby: Ok, let’s maybe lose the gun thing.
Jack: What? The gun is my signature move.
Abby: Unless the NRA is paying your mortgage this month, I say lose the effing gun!

Mike: So there you have it. Never assume a girl is easy or assume she’s a prude. There are many layers in between, and it’s your job, gentlemen, to peel back those layers and figure out exactly what type of woman you’re dealing with.
Joy: That sounded almost enlightened.
Mike: Because once you do peel back those layers, my friends, her lady garden awaits.
Joy: And he’s back.

Mike: Yeah, it is scary. It’s terrifying especially when I am in love with a psycho like you.
Abby: I am not a psycho!
Mike: I just told you that I loved you, and all you heard was ‘psycho’. The definition of neurotic!
Abby: The definition of neurotic is a person who suffers from anxiety, obsessive thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical ailments without any objective evidence of…
Mike: Shut up! Yet again, I just told you I am in love with you and you are standing here giving me a vocabulary list.

Gerard Butler, to thoroughly understand the “man’s man” in American society, went behind the scenes of Adam Carolla’s namesake podcast to observe him.
The film was shipped to theaters under the code name “Helpful Advice.”
The hot air balloon festival actually takes place in Temecula, which is 450 miles away from the on-air location in Sacramento.
When Abby is on a date with Colin at the baseball game, the score is visible as 4-1. Even after the team hits a running score single, the score seen does not change.
In the wrestling scene, Butler is enjoying himself with two twin girls on air, surrounded by Jell-O. He ad-libbed the lines ‘‘I can still taste you. You know what I mean.’’

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