Gerard Butler’s 14% Rotten Tomatoes Rom-Com With a ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Is a Streaming Success 16 Years After Grossing $205 Million
Gerard Butler's most divisive rom-com is a streaming success story, 16 years after the film earned a 16% Rotten Tomatoes score.
One of Gerard Butler’s most controversial romantic comedies has returned to streaming charts more than 15 years after its release. Butler stars alongside Grey’s Anatomy veteran Katherine Heigl in The Ugly Truth, the 2009 rom-com that grossed over $200 million at the box office against a modest $38 million budget. The Ugly Truth is streaming exclusively on Peacock, where it is the sixth most popular movie on the platform at the time of writing. The film was panned by critics upon release and earned a 14% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but general audiences were kinder to The Ugly Truth, giving it a 60%. The rom-com follows a television producer who takes control of a morning show segment on modern relationships that’s hosted by a misogynistic man.
