Today we introduce a comedy, romance film released in 2009: The Ugly Truth
Photographed by the United States. Directed by Robert Luketic
Screenwriter Nicole Eastman / Karen McCullah Lutz / Kirsten Smith
Starring Katherine Heigl .... Abby
Gerard Butler .... Mike
Bree Turner .... Joy
Eric Winter .... Colin
Nick Searcy .... Stuart
Jesse D. Goins .... Cliff
Cherry Haynes Cheryl Hines .... Georgia
John Michael Higgins .... Larry
Noah Matthews .... Jonah
Bonnie Somerville .... Elizabeth
John Sloman .... Bob
Yvette Nicole Brown .... Dori
Nathan Corddry .... Josh (as Nate Corddry)
Allen Maldonado .... Duane
Steve Little .... Steve
Dan Callahan .... Rick
Tess Parker .... Bambi
Arielle Vandenberg .... Candi
Kevin Connolly .... Jim
Rocco DiSpirito .... Guest Chef
Valente Rodriguez .... Javier
Jamison Yang .... KPQU Big Wig
Blake Robbins .... KPQU Big Wig
Austin Winsberg .... KPQU Joe
Tom Virtue .... Balloon Pilot
Adam Harrington .... Jack Magnum
J. Claude Deering .... Drunk Guy
Alexis Krause .... Cute Brunette
Craig Ferguson .... Himself
Caleb De Oliveira as Kid
Jade Marx-Berti .... Hostess (as Jade Marx)
Lenny Schmidt .... Waiter
Mimi Michaels .... Female Fan
Don Smith .... Boyfriend (as Donnie Smith)
Kate Mulligan .... Waitress
Earl Carroll .... Security Guard
Marc D. Wilson .... Bell Man
Nathan Potter .... Waiter #2
Jeff Newburg .... KPQU Production Assistant
Ryan Surratt .... Bartender
Vicki Lewis .... Saleswoman
David Lowe .... Cameraman
Yolanda Pecoraro .... Sexy Woman
Brooke Stone .... Karen
Stephanie Mace .... TV Production Assistant
Bob Morrisey .... Harold
Maurice Andrews .... Audience Member (uncredited)
Ashley Ausburn .... Girl on Bike (uncredited)
John Bailey .... Bar (uncredited)
Alicia Baker .... Bar Patron (uncredited)
Melinda Bennett .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
April Betts .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
David Carrasco .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Adam Clark .... Cliff (uncredited)
Sabrina Diaz .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Kim Donovan .... Woman on Bike (uncredited)
Jessica Drake .... Caller (voice) (uncredited)
Alan Dunn .... Comets Baseball Star (uncredited)
Christina Gabrielle .... Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Steven Galarce .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Jerald Garner .... Restaurant Guest (uncredited)
Lejla Hadzimuratovic .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Safiyyah Hakim .... News Station Employee (uncredited)
Justin Rodgers Hall .... Himself (uncredited)
Stephen Hansen .... Devil s Baseball Hero (uncredited)
David Hill .... Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Lexy Hulme .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
James Kim .... Baseball Player (uncredited)
Spencer Knowles .... Baseball Player #1 (uncredited)
Courtney Kocak .... Disgusted Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Angel Lacy .... Wine Fair (uncredited)
Tina Mayer .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Taylor McCluskey .... Station Employee (uncredited)
Erin Micklow .... Trashy Redhead (uncredited)
Shanna Olson .... Beautiful Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Sandra Plazinic .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Bruna Raynaud .... Production Manager (uncredited)
Bertrand Roberson Jr. .... News Station Employee (uncredited)
John Robert .... Male Fan (uncredited)
Calo Rodriguez .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Leonard Jonathan Ruebe .... Valet (uncredited)
Ashton Shane .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Rich Skidmore .... Announcer (uncredited)
Chris Spinelli .... Park Pedestrian (uncredited)
María Antonieta Vázquez .... News Station Employee (uncredited)
Robson Vieira .... Waiter (uncredited)
Forrest Walsh .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Tracy Weisert .... Stage Manager (uncredited)
Reed Willard .... Wine Festival Attendee (uncredited)
Sebastian "Sebass" Wolski .... Upscale Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Carolina Zaballa .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Michael Zazarino .... Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Holly Weber .... Chef Megan
Kevin Bangos .... Stagehand (uncredited)
Synopsis: The protagonist of the story is a morning show producer who is reluctantly embroiled in a series of challenges that make her cry and laugh. These challenges were created by her chauvinist journalist colleagues to prove her absurd theories about gender feelings, but the outcome was unexpected...
As the producer of the famous TV show "Challenge early morning", the beautiful and intellectual Abiri (Katherine Heigl) has always been the focus of discussion in the station, not only because of how popular her show is, but more importantly, Abiri, who has reached the age of establishment, is still single, which can't help but arouse the reverie of most people in the station, and for Abby Herself, why she is single is very clear: because her mate selection criteria are really amazing, And it was precisely that she once met "Mr. Perfect" who met all her standards, but this crush finally left her, so now Abiri no longer believes in love so much, and she puts more thoughts on her work.
The idea of marriage and love soon piqued the interest of her colleague Mike (Gerald Butler). He thinks that Abiri's current view of love is very problematic, so he makes a little trick to provoke Abiri to participate in a challenge show he has produced, in which Abiri gradually discovers some truths that she used to think are "ugly facts"...
Average review score: 6.5
◎ One-sentence comment
Cloaked in a somewhat farcical guise, this film is actually a very traditional and conservative comedy film. —The New York Times
Hopefully, Catherine Heigl isn't just willing to stay on top of being a vase, she deserves a better platform to play. ——bigscreen.com
This summer, "The Ugly Facts" is probably the least flavored comedy. ——firstshowing.net
◎Behind the scenes
Catherine Heigl's solo show
Hollywood has never been short of female stars, especially beautiful female stars, and like Catherine Haiger, who is both young and old, is probably relatively few, child star debuted in 1989, she began to participate in dramas in 1989, and at that time she was only 11 years old, in 2007, "One Night Belly" won the North American box office of more than 100 million, immediately made her as a heroine of the price increased several times, this new work "Ugly Facts" and "One Night Belly" are comedies, plus the previous starring "27 sets of dresses", whether Catherine · What does Heigl prefer to make in this genre? She said: "Indeed, I love making comedic films, and I enjoy the process because it's always full of laughter, both inside and outside the scene. People always have to think about a lot of ideas to amuse people, because the whole shooting team is very young, everyone is always not bound by the script, but looking for more possibilities, which makes me feel like I'm not working, but having a happy party with a group of friends, so I like the way this kind of film is shot. ”
Speaking about how katherine Heigl was chosen as the film's heroine, director Robert Luctic said: "It was decided before filming started, the film revolves around the heroine Abiri, who is the absolute central character in the story, because we need an actress who can hold the scene, and Catherine Heigl is obviously such a person. I've seen her past work, and I love the feeling she feels in the film, it's fascinating, it's convincing, and that's exactly the charisma that the heroine of the film, a showrunner, needs. In fact, I used to say to Catherine Heigl on set, hey, this is your solo show, you're going to do the best, and she really surprised me, she did a great job, I felt that there are a lot of possibilities in this young actress, and if possible, I look forward to working with her. ”
The screenplay for the film was written by three screenwriters, and in it, the fledgling Nicole Eastman was the main writer of the story, and the first full script was written by her alone. For this story, Nicole Eastman's view is: "I have been preparing such a theme, telling the story of a professional woman choosing love at work, this story contains some of my own life experiences, as well as the lives of my friends around me, I want to write this story representatively, can reflect some real cases of current society." The heroine is the absolute protagonist in this play, so I have been wondering, who is suitable to be the heroine of this movie? When the director told me Catherine Heigl's name, I remembered her films I had watched in the past, and I felt that she fit the requirements of the film very well. ”
Two or three things for contemporary men and women
Robert Luctic, who has shot films such as "Legally Beautiful Lady", is not very productive, several films have been filmed mainly comedy, and last year's "Blackjack" also achieved good box office results, for this new work, Robert Luctic said: "I hope that in this film can show some of the topics that everyone cares about in today's life, such as how older young women view the dilemma of marriage and career, how they deal with these problems, the heroine of the film is a host, Is the standard professional woman, she attaches great importance to the career, and this leads to her treatment of personal life in a variety of differences, she hopes to be able to put more time on the career, at the same time she is very demanding of the other half, and this is very unfair to men, because the focus of her life is not on the feelings, but ask others to do so, so her practice has been caused by the dissatisfaction of the male protagonist in the film, and the whole story has opened up. ”
"I hope this story will inspire the men and women in today's urban society," Robert Luctic said, "the title is 'Ugly Facts,' which of course doesn't refer to the love thing, but to the things that different people may do because of love that are not worth advocating. The male protagonist played by Gerald Butler believes that a simple male-female relationship is the root of emotional maintenance, but the heroine does not see it this way, which is the same as reality, women in society usually want to find a partner who can communicate and make themselves have a sense of identity, but perhaps it is much simpler for men, as long as they can get together in bed. I think this is a regression of values and an 'ugly fact' in today's society. ”
For this, Gerald Butler, who plays the male protagonist, also has his own opinion: "This seems to be a simple comedy about joyful enemies, but in fact, it breaks a lot of the current emotional problems between men and women." But I don't think there's much of a problem, after all, today's young people are no longer susceptible to a certain point of view, they are more willing to enjoy their own views. My friends around me all have their own living conditions, and I think the 'ugly truth' refers to people who don't understand what responsibility is, especially men, and their attitude towards feelings is very rash, which is something I can't agree with at all. ”
Gerald Butler's career for more than a decade has been in a semi-tepid state, until the starring in "300 Warriors" only tasted the opportunity to become famous overnight, for several years his film has been continuous, almost all kinds of subjects are included, for the filming process of this comedy film, Gerald Butler said: "The director and screenwriter seem to be very ruthless, there are a lot of straightforward dialogue in the script, these dialogues involve katherine Heigl and I in the film about the emotional issues that arise, In the actual shooting, the director wanted us to be able to interpret as much as possible, so we had to rehearse before each shooting, and it really looked like we were arguing. For that reason, I was also afraid of getting into a stalemate with Catherine Heigl, because it was so real that it was too real for us to get out of that state after each shooting. ”