The Ugly Truth Trailer Starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler

Posted by on November 27th, 2008   Filed under: Comedy, Trailers

Katherine Heigl impressed me with her performance in Knocked Up last year, and at the time it seemed like she might have a decent career ahead of her starring in comedies. Since then, however, she seems to be gravitating towards fairly run-of-the-mill romantic comedies, like 27 Dresses and her upcoming film The Ugly Truth.

In The Ugly Truth she plays a TV producer who is challenged by a sexist correspondent to try out some of his theories on finding the perfect partner. This self-proclaimed dating guru is played by none other than Gerard Butler (300), sporting a rather odd-sounding American accent. The movie looks pretty bland and predictable, although the supporting cast does include Cheryl Hines and Kevin Connolly (E from Entourage). Check out the trailer below and see what you think. The Ugly Truth hits theatres on April 3rd, 2009.



  • Wow. Even Butler can’t rescue this mess. No thanks.

  • Wonder what Katherine Heigl will find to nag about this time around… Can´t wait!

  • Can anyone tell me when we last had a good romantic comedy? Like something clean and fun I can take my grandmother to, not the raunchy stuff like Knocked Up…

  • @Ashley: Shall We Dance (the Japanese Original version of course) was probably as squeaky clean as a romantic comedy could ever be considering that they are all about teh sex no matter how you try to spin it. Sex jokes are the easiest way to get a laugh. Therefore, most comedies will fall back on them…so good ol’ grandma should probably just stay home and watch TCM.

    Shall We Dance and Annie Hall are probably the only romcoms I’ve seen that are actually great films that transcend the stigma of the genre. (The stigma being that romcoms are predictable shit that primarily appeals to women. Those two movies prove it doesn’t have to be that way!)

    BTW: Am I the only person that finds it disappointing that Gerard Butler isn’t skilled enough to pull off an American accent?

  • Haha, I know most romantic comedies in history suck, but there a few that I will always love, even if they are predictable crap. I grew up on Splash, and I think that is a great movie because it has adventure and fantasy elements and great comedic performances tied into the love story.

    Beyond that though, I’m having trouble coming up with any rom-com that I would willing watch over and over again.

    I loved Gerard Butler in Dear Frankie, but I have yet to see him in anything else that really impresses me. I’m hopeful that he’ll do something eventually, but this is definitely not it.

  • michele

    If Will Farrell can put out all those ridiculous films and still have an audience, I don’t see why Katherine Heigl can’t do the same LOL Seriously, they are making “Pink Panther 2″, so I’ll definitely pay for a ticket to see The Ugly Truth.

    And why should Gerard Butler have to master an American accent why can’t he use his Scottish accent. America is a “melting pot” and there is no true “American accent” anyway, North, South, Midwest, East, West take your pick.

  • It will please its audience, thats all that really matters

  • MILF in Maine

    Why won’t you male pigs let us enjoy a good ROM-COM once in a while?

  • rus

    Fun, safe, GOOD RomComs….hmmmmm, go to Europe fine lads and ladies: Amelie, El Postino

    I think Jerry Maguire is pretty amazing mix…