Thursday, July 30, 2009

The Ugly Truth



In The Ugly Truth (2009), set in Sacramento, CA, there's a scene where the main character Abby, (Katherine Heigl) describes why she prefers to live there over New York City.
Watching this movie in Sacramento was quite funny. The audience coudn't help but laugh when Abby mentions some statistics such as a lower divorce rate in Sacramento, and some implication that it was a very safe place to live in. Abby works for a morning news show, with the mandatory cooking segment, but no mention of any crime, poverty or budget crisis. The marriage stats seem to be off as well, according to bestplaces. In this context the movie title "The Ugly Truth" takes on a whole new meaning.