Abby Richter (Katherine Heigl) is an ambitious morning talk show producer on "A.M. Sacramento" who prides herself on being able to find an instant solution to any problem—any problem that is except her own unhappily single status. When it comes to dating, the always-in-control Abby has a flawless track record of failure. When her show suffers a ratings slump, Abby is forced to team with the newly recruited special correspondent Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler), a man who couldn't push more of her buttons. His "The Ugly Truth" segment promises to spill the beans on what makes men really tick. But his outrageously racy, gleefully chauvinistic, "shock jock" style rubs Abby in all the wrong ways and to make matters worse, becomes an instant ratings bonanza, sealing his network status. Then Abby meets Colin, her neighbor, and he's a single doctor! He's everything Mike Chadway isn't—suave, polite, not remotely into jello wrestling—and this time, Abby doesn't want to blow it. She hates to admit it, but she needs Mike's insight into the male mind to make the right moves. Now, as Mike coaches Abby and Abby puts Mike's provocative seduction theories to the test, they are both about to discover an ironic truth: as different as we might be, men and women share some of our most secret feelings in common.

To me there are two type of films that can be referred to as “chick flicks” the first being the kind that is so obviously geared for the fairer sex that they really don’t even try and make there movies original or even bearable instead they seem to be happy with making the same film over and over again. The second kind is one that realizes even though they are making a chick flick they can make it accessible to both genders and actually make an effort at being original and funny and luckily the Ugly Truth falls under this second category. The movie is a chick flick but at the same time it is funny, original and something guys can go to and not feel like they are being tortured by the same old story repackaged and sold once again over and over and over again.

The film takes a fun look at relationships and the difference between men and women in a very tongue in cheek kind of way. It is funny and humorous and downright obscene at times as well but the problem that nearly derails the film though is the predictability of its story. I wonder when was the last time there was a chick flick that wasn’t so predictable that the ending just seems like an offhanded slap in the face. All the originality of the film is lost by the ending and how predictable it is as it tries to make all its female watchers happy with an ending straight out of a storybook. I would have preferred the characters to stay true to who they were and not be pandered to though.

Katherine Heigl is a pretty face but she can’t act worth a darn which makes me wonder why she gets any praise at all as an actress or how she manages to keep getting movies like this. She is your cookie cutter version of every female lead from every chick flick you have ever seen and if the movie didn’t have Gerard Butler as a saving grace it would have likely fallen flat on its face. Luckily Gerard Butler is near perfect in the film and almost every single funny moment of the film is due to him. The Ugly Truth as an ok, funny chick flick that is so very predictable.

Grade: B-