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The Ugly Truth

2009 · 96 min · Director: Robert Luketic ★ IMDb 6.4 · 243,971 ratings

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A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.

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The Ugly Truth (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 32%, Love 22%, Surprise 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

32%Humor
22%Love
  1. Humor32%
  2. Love22%
  3. Anger15%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Surprise. Genres: Comedy, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Anticipation
  • Love

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Anticipation

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Humor
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 57 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorAnticipationLove
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor38 %37 %15 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor42 %39 %20 %3 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor46 %43 %23 %3 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor49 %46 %23 %5 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Humor49 %48 %24 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Humor50 %48 %29 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor50 %48 %35 %13 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Humor50 %48 %38 %15 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Humor51 %49 %35 %19 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Humor52 %50 %32 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Humor54 %53 %33 %11 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Humor56 %54 %31 %13 %
62.5 %≈ 60′Humor50 %45 %32 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Anticipation46 %34 %36 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Love51 %29 %40 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Anticipation55 %24 %41 %40 %
82.5 %≈ 79′Sadness55 %21 %36 %26 %
87.5 %≈ 84′Humor55 %27 %36 %28 %
92.5 %≈ 89′Love54 %30 %33 %39 %
97.5 %≈ 94′Humor43 %27 %18 %32 %
Icarus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

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Eric Winter

Colin Anderson

Nick Searcy

Stuart

John Michael Higgins

Larry Freeman

Kevin Connolly

Jim Ryan

Cheryl Hines

Georgia Bordeney

BS
Bonnie Somerville

Elizabeth Chadway

JD
Jesse D. Goins

Cliff

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Noah Matthews

Jonah

JS
John Sloman

Bob

Yvette Nicole Brown

Dori Coleman

DC
Dan Callahan

Rick

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Tess Parker

Bambi

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Arielle Vandenberg

Candi

RD
Rocco DiSpirito

Guest Chef

Details

Directed by
Robert Luketic
Written by
Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith, Nicole Eastman
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.4 · 243,971 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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