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Five Problems With Chick Flicks

Katherine Heigl’s new romp, The Ugly Truth, is the latest in a string of brainless romantic comedies. Marisa Meltzer on five things the genre can do to make us fall in love with it again.

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In The Ugly Truth, which comes out today, Katherine Heigl plays Abby, a beautiful, single, thirtysomething producer on a ratings-challenged Sacramento morning show. Her standards in men are so high that potential dates can be dismissed just minutes into dinner based on the wrong choice of tap versus bottled water....

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