Low expectations, weak trailers and little word of mouth led me to believe that The Ugly Truth had little to recommend it. True enough, there was little hope but, and other critics be damned, the movie is not as bad as I expected. Don’t worry, The Ugly Truth is by no means the latest Sleepless in Seattle and yet, for the dog days of summer, it could have been far worse.

Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler star as Abby Richter, television producer, and Mike Chadway, shock television host, for a local television channel. The ratings have been approaching zero and getting worse when the channel’s manager picks Chadway from the public access channel to spice things up. His show, appropriately named  The Ugly Truth, is about the battle between the sexes. Apparently, according to Chadway, women have taken to the trenches and are losing horribly. The abrasive and hyper-masculine host believes it’s his personal responsibility to rescue women, and thereby men, from themselves. READ MORE

Opening this weekend for your enjoyment or not (in the case of Orphan) are G-Force, The Ugly Truth and Orphan. The weekend looks like a winner, a place and a no show. READ MORE

Eric Winter (ex-Rex, Days of Our Lives) is in The Ugly Truth, starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler, premiering this Friday in theaters. He portrays a surgeon Heigel's character meets and Butler helps her entice. Watch the trailer for The Ugly Truth after the jump. READ MORE