New in Town

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New in Town

PG

Released Jan 30, 2009

1h 36m

Romance

Comedy

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Lucy Hill (Renée Zellweger), an ambitious executive, lives the high life in Miami. She loves climbing the corporate ladder as well as all the material goods that her success can buy. When she is offered a temporary assignment to restructure a factory in a backwater town, she eagerly accepts and anticipates a huge promotion in the pipeline. However, what Lucy gets is a life-changing experience and romance with the man of her dreams (Harry Connick Jr.).

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Cliched and short on charm, New In Town is a pat genre exercise that fails to bring the necessary heat to its Minnesota setting.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: B

Feb 14, 2012

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 4/5

Sep 24, 2010

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Daily Telegraph (UK)

Rated: 3/5

Sep 24, 2010

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nothing here is original or even mildly amusing.

Rated: 2/10

Nov 29, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

It's not romantic. It's not funny. It's not entertaining.

Rated: 1.0/4.0

Sep 18, 2020

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

Should have been called Old in Seconds.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 11, 2020

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Antonia S

Not sure what this film is meant to be. It's not particularly romantic, and only a handful of mildly amusing moments. Spent the whole film distracted by Renée's awful hairstyle... I just wanted to mess it up.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/11/25

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Daniel G

Really pleasant, totally conventional RomCom in which Renée Zelwegger does just a few too many pouty faces, but my wife laughed a lot, which is relatively uncommon.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/02/25

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Martin B

A savvy exec from Miami doesn't show up in Minnesota in the middle of winter with a light jacket on. That starts the ball rolling on numerous illogical bits they cast aside logic for to get laughs culminating in the manner in which the plant is saved that was pure fantasy. That said it's a heart warming movie that will give you a good feeling which is short supply these days so watch and enjoy.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/28/25

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Test T

I watched this on DVD recently. This could have been a rather dull story about the turnaround of a rundown factory, if it wasn't for the Minnesota setting and the quirky characters there, which reminded me of the Fargo movie. Renee Zellwegger plays Lucy, but I thought she struggled in this role which did not seem suite her. I liked the country music soundtrack, and I found the Minnesota scenery interesting. It's not a particularly bad movie, and it's pleasant enough to watch, but it's missing something unique and special to make it stand out.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/05/24

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Dizzy D

I can be a cynical curmudgeon when it comes to romantic comedies, but this one is great. Familiar plot, but with very original writing, fine acting and humor. People who don't like New in Town don't like fun.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/24

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Colin M

Weak comedy about a business executive sent to sort out a food manufacturing plant.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/24

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Synopsis

Lucy Hill (Renée Zellweger), an ambitious executive, lives the high life in Miami. She loves climbing the corporate ladder as well as all the material goods that her success can buy. When she is offered a temporary assignment to restructure a factory in a backwater town, she eagerly accepts and anticipates a huge promotion in the pipeline. However, what Lucy gets is a life-changing experience and romance with the man of her dreams (Harry Connick Jr.).

Director: Jonas Elmer
Producer: Paul Brooks, Darryl Taja, Tracey Edmonds, Peter Safran
Screenwriter: Kenneth Rance, C. Jay Cox
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Safran Company, Edmonds Entertainment, Epidemic Films
Rating: PG (Some Suggestive Material|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 30, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 4, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.7M
Runtime: 1h 36m

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