The Ugly Truth is a 2009 American romantic comedy film starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler. The film was released in North America on July 24, 2009, produced by Lakeshore Entertainment for Columbia Pictures . Abby Richter is a morning show TV producer in Sacramento, California. Coming home from a disastrous date, she happens to see a segment of a local television show, "The Ugly Truth," featuring Mike Chadway , whose cynicism about relationships prompts Abby to call in to argue with him on-air. The next day, she discovers the TV station is threatening to cancel her show because of its... poor ratings. The station owner has hired Mike to do a segment on her show. At first, the two have a rocky relationship; Abby thinks Mike is crass and disgusting while Mike finds her to be naive and a control freak. Nevertheless, when she meets the man of her dreams, a doctor named Colin living next to her, Mike convinces her that by following his advice she will improve her chances with Colin.
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| Release date: | July 16, 2009 |
| Directed by: | Robert Luketic |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Producer: | Tom Rosenberg, Kimberly di Bonaventura, Gary Lucchesi, Deborah Jelin Newmyer, Steven Reuther |
| Editor: | Lisa Zeno Churgin |
| Music by: | Aaron Zigman |
| Cinematography: | Russell Carpenter |
| Screenplay by: | Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith |
| Estimated budget: | $38,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |