"The Ugly Truth" by Katherine Heigl
“It’s a matter of looking chaos in the eye and telling it to F-off,” exclaims Katherine Heigl’s Abby Richter early on in The Ugly Truth.
That’s an important quote for a few reasons.
It doesn’t simply apply to the chaos inherent in Richter’s job as a news show producer for a local Sacramento channel. It’s actually more applicable to modern dating. Dating is chaotic. Many young professionals are fickle and driven by whim. So how do you navigate those murky waters and hold onto your sanity?
You have to understand The Ugly Truth, which according to Mike Chadway—a fantastically funny Gerard Butler—is that all men are dogs. Mike has become the new hot-button risqué anchor of Abby’s news program and she couldn’t hate him more. However, she reluctantly begins to realize that he may be right. After he bets her that he can fix her dating life, she takes some notes from him. That’s when the real fun begins.
The premise of the film is simple but smart. Abby must rely on Mike to get
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